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Fair point - I wondered whether the bottles/barrel would need a different 'strength' of priming. Also, thanks Graz - that's handy!!

Hi! I have a 32 pint kit of Woodforde's Admiral's Reserve coming to the end of it's fermentation vessel phase. I plan to put half into a 10 litre plastic barrel, and bottle the other half after syphoning it into a bucket. Can anyone tell me: The amount of spraymalt to add to the barrel, The...

When I check it's actually a 10 litre barrel. I have two so I filled the other with 10 litres of water and it rather coincidentally came up to the top 'band'. I only kegged my brew an hour or so ago so I slacked off the cap, and drew out 4 500ml bottles to bring it down. I left the priming as...

Maybe this is a silly question, but how much beer should I put into a 9 litre plastic pressure barrel? Fill to top? 2" from top? 4"? First top band? Don't want to underfill/overfill with obvious pressure implications. Any advice welcome. Thanks.

Cheers and Thanks!

I've brewed this before, and just put one on last Saturday. I've brewed one can to 9 litres, and put in a sachet of Nottingham yeast instead of the supplied one. I plan to fill a mini keg, and bottle whatever's left. I'm considering priming with dark spraymalt, instead of sugar. Can anyone...

Just come back from the shops with a smile on my face - a general store selling 'out of date' Admiral's Reserve, shelf price £22, for £5.00!! Checked the expiry date, and it was last Saturday - 30/9/2017. So I pounced! Never brewed this before, can anyone add any hints, or is it...