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OK so finally bottled today and seemed like a good thing it has been in there 22 days! Quite clear and already carbonated! Fancied having a sip but Grand Cru instructions say wait 6 weeks aargh! As it was in FV for so long can I cut this down a bit to maybe 4 weeks? Also as it seems quite...

Hi, Have just been given as part of Bday present the very useful present of an FV with a tap at the bottom which will make racking easier. When I fit the tap do I need to put some sort of oil or grease on it i.e. vaseline? Also given a Festival golden Stag kit :D Do I need to bottle this or...

Brill thanks

My beer has been fermenting in the FV for 17 days now as not had time to bottle. Is that a problem? Would prefer to leave till Monday ie 22 days. Beer is Brewferm grand cru.

Ok though those corny kegs very pricey? Would a king keg be any good? I just have a very basic plastic keg at the moment

Hi What is a good beer kit to get that is either lager is lagerish that I can keg without it going flat quickly? cheers

At the weekend my father in law insisted he give me an old beer keg (which was actually good quality) as well as a bitter kit from Boots which he reckoned was 15 years old. He helpfully recommended not using the enclosed yeast sachet! Anyone reckon this beer kit will still be worth brewing? :?

:cheers: Checked after a week or so in the warm and now got a lovely head on it just the way I like it! Still a little young tasting but be good for Xmas I reckon. Gonna put back in the garage in a couple of days but now bit worried they will get frozen - papers say -15 this week!!

Ok so opened first bottle after 3 weeks and 5 days - couldn't wait any longer! Tastes decent at the moment though smells a bit homebrewish I am sure it will improve - needs to be good by Christmas. Anyway my question is about the head. The kit instructions say half a teaspoon of sugar and I put...

This has been in bottles for 2 weeks and 5 days and I can't wait to crack one open but checked today and they are still a bit cloudy. Is this normal for this kit?

Hi has anyone used the plastic 1 litre PET bottles you can get from the supermarket for bottling their brew? If so are they strong enough for this purpose? Usually juice bottles, ribena etc, they look and feel as strong as the PET bottles I bought previously.

Ok so realised I actually have not PET bottles left so have let some pressure out the top, boy was that keg pressurized, spent too long in the warm I guess when I was ill. Waiting to see if the leak has stopped :hmm:

Yes jonewer thanks, will do that with the barrel, but what about the beer right now?! Rob, do you mean I can just tap the beer from the keg now into PET bottles (I have some) without sugar (as the beer is already carbonated) and it will keep ok in them till the weekend?

Its one of these http://www.balliihoo.co.uk/balliihoo-5- ... r-p-8.html

No Rob its most definitely leaking away - a few pints gone already I'd say, hence the emergency!

Do you mean the black rubber band around the outside of the tap? That's where it's leaking from. Or shall I just unscrew the lid very briefly?

Last Friday I half filled my keg with some Ritchie's simply lager (bottled rest). Instructions said store in warm for 5 days then move out to the cold to clear. I fell ill on Monday and have been pretty ill all week but now recovering. Actually went into hospital Weds night. Anyway to cut a long...

:wha: Can someone clarify this for me?

:thumb: ok great, so once I have some bulbs and a holder, do I just use them when my kegged beer is getting a bit on the flat side?

Hi, The cap on my keg seems to have an appropriate pin for using C02 bulbs. Is that right? see pic http://s1074.photobucket.com/albums/w40 ... kegcap.jpg