Hi All,
my apologies if this has been posted already, I searched for it but couldn't find a similar post. I am new to home brewing (about 8 month) and used to bottle beers so far.
I recently got a pressure barrel and have a brew that is more than ready to be transferred to 2nd fermentation (I used a Geordie Winter Warmer brew kit). Now I keep reading that I need a CO2 injector, as I will loose pressure and won't be able to draw beer from it half way through. However, I won't be able to get the injector in time and really want to avoid bottling.
So I though of using the pressure barrel and once drawing beer becomes impossible I'll open the lid and add some more priming sugar to re-start CO2 production and wait until there is enough pressure.
I would like to know what you think about it, is it a foolish idea or could it work?
many thanks
Fred
my apologies if this has been posted already, I searched for it but couldn't find a similar post. I am new to home brewing (about 8 month) and used to bottle beers so far.
I recently got a pressure barrel and have a brew that is more than ready to be transferred to 2nd fermentation (I used a Geordie Winter Warmer brew kit). Now I keep reading that I need a CO2 injector, as I will loose pressure and won't be able to draw beer from it half way through. However, I won't be able to get the injector in time and really want to avoid bottling.
So I though of using the pressure barrel and once drawing beer becomes impossible I'll open the lid and add some more priming sugar to re-start CO2 production and wait until there is enough pressure.
I would like to know what you think about it, is it a foolish idea or could it work?
many thanks
Fred