Recent content by steveTu

PJ, Brilliant - thanks for your input. I looked back at your brewing set up - very impressive.

PJ, Thanks for that - sod's law I just had an idea and tried running the cap under hottish water for a few minutes to get the plastic to expand a bit - seems to have done the job though. I'll get a spanner ready for the next brew! I'm happy if the flavour changes (slightly) or even if the beer...

Good afternoon all, I've just finished my first 'brew' (Young's Brew Buddy) and I wish I had the patience to have left it longer as the final few pints were markedly better than the first. To get round my impatience I've grabbed another KK - but I think I will need three to keep a steady flow (...

Marco, I have (had) the same problem with my current batch of Young's bitter in a King Keg top tap (see No Barrel Pressure) - I'm also new to this. I don't think I have a pressure leak, as I can introduce CO2 (8gm) and the 'pressure' will still be there a day later - but after a pint or so the...

HB, How many 8gm CO2 cartridges would then be required to dispense the beer?

Cussword, Yes, I got the 'How To' assemble a king keg and saw the bit on the seals.

Thanks for that. If I do that, what do I do after, simply inject some CO2 to push the introduced air to the top? Do I need to re-primes or should that be good?

Good morning all, I was given a Youngs ale kit for Christmas a couple of years back, and finally decided to 'make' it a fews weeks ago. I bought the barrel, the bin, brew belt extra sugar etc and set off - (nb I had brewed before in the 70's - Boot's kits - and it was a basic failure so I...

Dennis, I recall my original attempts not being toooooo good either, and then it seemed that home brewing went out of 'vogue' anyway. I think the person who bought me the The Youngs kit I got for Christmas thought it was 'self contained' and had all you needed (like those old brew bags - just...

Good afternoon all. I'm a 2nd time newbie, as I originally tried homebrewing beer back in the 70's when kits were available from Boots. So now you have my rough age! I'm now trying home brew (beer) again - just to see how many mistakes I made the first time - and because somebody bought me a...