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I wasn't offended either. I was surprised at the mods response.

I did suspect there would/could be a subtitle difference based on the shape, in addition if one was slightly warmer the yeast could have reacted quicker and raised the temp. etc... With not having much experience it's difficult to know where the easy wins or the big pitfalls are. From what...

it's a music (mac lads) reference, also 'made of ale'. Did that get you out of it Andy?

I got the cheap keg point, I've had a few fails with wilko kegs but the king kegs seem to have similar issues (leaking taps), and with the pressure top they are comparable in price. onwards and upwards. I'm not about to give up but, I've recently moved from wilko wine kits to beaverdale...

sorry, what do you mean? it's only Huddersfield, not that wild

Thanks for the feedback. Cheap kegs.. is there any such thing.... It sounds like it might be worth bottling some and trying again. On an optimistic front, I suspect that with the pressure increasing the airflow would be out of the keg, therefore not drawing infection into the keg. I...

I saw open fermentation in a small brewery in czech, it was amazing. I had only just started home brewing at the time and quickly realised that there's more to it than poring cans into a fermenter and filling it with water. If you get the chance purkmistr (http://www.purkmistr.cz) is well...

maybe my tea towel was too dry, lol

I was referring to a 23 litre plastic 'thing', I will now try to refer to this as a fermenter, thank you for pointing out the difference. Regarding covering it with a tea towel. I had put the lid on it, and the tea towel was covering the small hole an airlock would go through on the bucket...

Until now I've done the cheaper kits, so was expecting great things from this based on the better wine kits I've used. Everything seemed to go well until I turned the tap on the keg. It spat out a bit of sediment then stopped flowing. What the... I then tried to gas it, and found the keg had...

Hi Guys, I get the impression there won't be a simple answer to this, but want to judge opinion. I've been brewing beer kits in a 23lt demijohn from Wilko with an air lock in the top. The other day while in my LHBS I reached for a similar demijohn and mentioned it was for a beer kit, I was...

Having made Beaverdale Barola and liking it, I picked up this on the recommendation of LHBS in the absence of beaverdale. It's about halve way through at the minute. I'm looking forward to trying the finished thing.

oh, top I've got is a sparkler bulb type.

OK, so the next stupid question is how do the co2 caps regulate the pressure in the keg? The three feet are off the floor. The keg isn't leaking or weeping, but I'm concerned theres too much pressure in the keg. Cheers

Hi, I've been brewing kits a while bit I'm not sure what the different keg tops are for and how they should be used. I've got a standard keg, with a tap at the bottom. It came with a top, I also bought a gas top for it. Should I just use the gas top or start with the standard and swap...

thanks, I'll get onto it. Lots to learn...

Cheers fella, I've got a hydrometer and I'm slowly learning to use it, what am I looking for? A particular reading or a constant reading?

Hi, I put a wilko Hoppy Copper Bitter kit on 2 weeks ago. It was meant to finish in around 7 to 10 days, but it's still bubbling. Should I leave it or take some kind of action? Cheers

Hi, I've not taken the SG, partly because I'm not sure when to take it. Should I take it at the time I put the yeast in or several days later when I top up the demijohn with water? You've asked an interesting question, as and when I make another I'll measure the SG.

I've made up two demijohns of WOW, one using ASDA Orange and the other using ASDA Orange and Pineapple. I'm not expecting much difference but thought I'd give it ago. I followed the video: http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=33606 I didn't add yeast nutrient as I noticed it...