Recent content by CornishGreen

Help! Having returned from holiday, I checked two brews that were keyed a fornight ago into bog standard plastic kegs. One is fine, but I noticed a slight leak below the tap on the second, which has been used twice previously without issue. There was no leak at the time, so I just tightened the...

Many thanks for all the responses. Interesting to note that it's often best to go with advertised OG. It's the Woodforde's Wherry kit and I made it up to 27 litres. I gave the wort a good thrashing and dropping the liquor from a great height though, so wouldn't have thought aeration should be a...

Having started my first brew ten days ago with an SG of 1029, the FG is now coming out at 1011. Using the calculator above this suggests an ABV of below 2.5%. Having read previous posts, I'm thinking I'll put this being a bit on the weak side down to experience. It's more than likely I simply...

Thanks All. Can't wait to get the brew up and running!

Greetings all, I'm a newbie to the forum. Having read previous posts with interest and discussed at length with like-minded friends, I have just purchased the Woodforde's Wherry starter kit from BrewUK. Eagerly anticipating its arrival and looking forward to unleashing the end product on friends...