Recent content by Chris Bolton

Returning to home brewing after many years I bought 4 Youngs 25l fermenting bins from ebay. The lids are secured with a moulded "skirt" that runs around the circumference of the lid. The problem is none of the lids provide an airtight seal and I'm wondering this is by design or poor...

Well, similar to a polypin in that any air can be expelled after filling and that they collapse when dispensing. I took a punt and bought 6 of them in the sale, Regatta Water Carrier. I was aware that they may taint the beer but following a trial after sanitising them and filling with water...

I was thinking that storing in a collapsible container with a reduced volume of air would be preferable to leaving it in the fermenter? My motive is just to try and maintain a "buffer" of beer that's ready to bottle without increasing my stock of empty bottles... if that makes sense??

Is it feasible to store beer post fermentation and prior to bottling up to a period of say 4-6 weeks? I've some containers akin to polypins that I'm thinking could be used.

Just to say hello and thanks for letting me in! I'm just about to start wine making and brewing again after a break of quite a few years and looking forward to revisiting some of the old country wine and beer recipes.