Recent content by Ivor DeBeer

One problem with clearing in the bottle is when you release the pressure, gas bubbles release from any yeast in the bottom often lifting the yeast with it. Reduced by less gas and longer rest so the yeast becomes more compact, also can't really transport it. Then there's pouring, a few have been...

You still need the time it takes for the beer to clear, I like 3 weeks minimum, so long as you have plenty of barrels - you are using one whilst other are clearing. I only brew 40 pints a week ( i told my gp I drink 28 units a week - as i like a couple of bottles of wine and a few whisky's the...

I transfer 19l of beer from plastic keg to corny under pressure (10 - 15 psi), up to now i have just been pushing the pvc pipe over the pb tap which was very nerve racking, expecting to get a beer fountain any moment. I thought about fitting corny keg fittings to the pb so i could have a pipe...

I made a table top tap (see picture) before settling on the £2 pvc tap i was really drawn to that tap, i must have viewed it on ebay a hundred times. I like the isolating valve, if the lift tap seal was to break you can isolate it and replace the seal also you can isolate it, unscrew the lever...

Do you Find the nozzles (sparkler?) are of any benefit? I have been using some taps i bought off ebay similar but without the nozzle, at the moment only on my corny. I stick a sort piece of pipe in which goes into the beer, i pull it out and wash afterwards, to some degree you can control the...