Hello folks
I'm absolutely brand new to brewing. I could do with some suggestions as to how to remedy a situation that his arisen.
Basically, I'm a week off a brew being ready (a porter kit; had good reviews from what I've seen.) Stupidly, I got impatient tonight and drew a little bit from the secondary to see how it was coming along (that's probably opened up separate can of worms....) However, the tap on my secondary is dripping pretty constantly. I'd say about 3 drips every ten seconds. Not an emergency but enough to cause an issue re storage and also, I'm a touch concerned that air could be getting to the beer and and wrecking it.
My kit is one of those Wilko ones.
So, first question; I've turned the tap upside down. It seems to have stopped it or, at the very least, significantly reduced the problem. Are there any long term issues with this?
Long term solutions wise, I've tried to sort the tap out but I'm resigned to the fact that's it's knackered. I don't want to tip it on its side (I don't even know if you can or can't do that, but my gut reaction is not.) Can anyone see the problem in just syphoning it off to another barrel? If that is ok, then how would I go about re-carbonating? I used priming sugar that came with the kit last time, do I just use more? If so then how much?
Sorry for the 101 questions but I'm slightly kicking myself here.
Cheers in advance
I'm absolutely brand new to brewing. I could do with some suggestions as to how to remedy a situation that his arisen.
Basically, I'm a week off a brew being ready (a porter kit; had good reviews from what I've seen.) Stupidly, I got impatient tonight and drew a little bit from the secondary to see how it was coming along (that's probably opened up separate can of worms....) However, the tap on my secondary is dripping pretty constantly. I'd say about 3 drips every ten seconds. Not an emergency but enough to cause an issue re storage and also, I'm a touch concerned that air could be getting to the beer and and wrecking it.
My kit is one of those Wilko ones.
So, first question; I've turned the tap upside down. It seems to have stopped it or, at the very least, significantly reduced the problem. Are there any long term issues with this?
Long term solutions wise, I've tried to sort the tap out but I'm resigned to the fact that's it's knackered. I don't want to tip it on its side (I don't even know if you can or can't do that, but my gut reaction is not.) Can anyone see the problem in just syphoning it off to another barrel? If that is ok, then how would I go about re-carbonating? I used priming sugar that came with the kit last time, do I just use more? If so then how much?
Sorry for the 101 questions but I'm slightly kicking myself here.
Cheers in advance
