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Thanks!

As the topic title says it's been leaking at the tap seal. It seems to be when pressure builds. I released a bit of pressure from the top cap to combat this and it gets better for a while and then starts seeping/leaking a bit again. Could this be due to me not using the supplied barrel cap (I...

Do you still have the instructions? Mine said to put them in a cup a boiling water for 10 mins and then tip the whole contents of the cup into the FV.

I don't get what's happening though? And do you inject C02 as soon as you keg the beer?

Just to update, I returned to the keg the next day and guess what - everything was fine!!?? The beer came out with quite a lot of force into my pint glass. A bit cloudy so I've returned it to the garage and left it alone. I'm baffled to say the least!!

Thanks guys. Will re -prime tomorrow. One last question - is it strictly necessary to boil up the sugar? The instructions on the kit simply said to add sugar.

One small problem. I only have the standard cap fitted so will need to completely remove the cap to put the c02 cap on. Yes I know I've messed up. Is re-priming now my only option?

It had about a week in the warm kitchen. Will adding c02 save my beer? Or should I re-prime?

I added the 150g of sugar as prescribed by the instructions. It actually frothed out of the barrel when I did so! When I say I removed the cap what I actually did was unscrew it a little and I could hear c02 hissing out. Not sure why there wasn't enough pressure to push even one point out!! Can...

Thanks for the advice by the way!

I was under the impression that you didn't need to add any c02 until about halfway through the keg? I do have a c02 cap but what do you mean my beer will only last a week without c02? Do you mean it will be flat within a week?

Hi. I gave in to temptation the other night and went to pour myself some evil dog ipa from my pressure barrel. Only about half a point came out before it trickled to a stop. When I unscrewed the cap it started flowing out. What am I doing wrong? Surely that can't be right!!

Thanks for clarifying!

When people talk about transferring to a secondary fermentor for a week or two before bottling, wouldn’t the sugars be fermented out by the time of bottling and therefore the beer would stay flat?

I have just kegged this with 150g of priming sugar. I added the 2 hop 'teabags' 2 days before kegging as I am a big fan of fresh hopped beers. I'm hoping to open it on Christmas eve even though it will be cloudier than a day in Bridlington. The only concern I have is that the OG was about 1.050...