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You know that could be it, I am using a Youngs Barrel from wilkinsons on both batches so that might be my problem, I'll persevere with these two and see how they go. As opposed to buying lots of glass bottles would 2 litre coke bottles work as they can hold the pressure of the carbonated coke in...

As it's a beer I was told that priming it with sugar should carbonate it enough and that I didn't need to add any pressure to it by Co2. Not sure what thred it was but it was on here so I primed the barrel and left it for a few weeks

It was primed on both of them yes, I shall just have to drink it woithout a head, I know some people like it that way but being Yorkshire I like a nice head on my beer. There;s a joke there somewhere about liking good head I'm sure

Well kept the beer for several more weeks and no head, have made a second and again no head, I was wondering if the reason is because I put the beer in a pressure barrel and it only has a tap on teh bottom, not a sparkler like they have in pubs. Is it something I might have done wrong as I have...

I was wondering if there is a way to increase the alcohol content of a kit. Can you add more sugar to the FV and add more yeast to create more alcohol.

Thanks Stephen, I had actually seen the Admirals reserve and fancied it, Woodford Wherry is better you say? I guess with a 3Kg kit I don't need the brewing sugar, perfect. So many choices and so little time to drink them all in

I have just recently done my first batch of beer from a kit that I got for Christmas and am looking for another batch to do. I have seen some that I think would be nice but these are the 3Kg kits not the 1Kg kit I used for my first batch. Can someone let me know what the difference between the...

I best get straight down to Windsors world of shoes for my sandals then, beard could be good but I doubt the missus will like it, :nono: Then again socks and sandals, something wrong with that, something very wrong

Thanks, it's just so hard not drinking it when it is just stood there asking to be drunk.

I have fermented my beerm, transferred it to the pressure barrel and left for two weeks, I have tasted the ber and it taste fine and looks good, however, it does not keep it's head at all, is there something that I have done wrong for it to lose it's head or is this normal for homebrew. It's my...

I have put my beer in a pressure barrel and it has bene in there abotu ten days, I took a sneaky drink form it the other day to see it's progress. While the beer tasted fine it did have a cloudy apperance. Shoudl I leave the beer longer or is there anything you can add to the barrel / beer to...

I am a total novice and just bought my first homebrew kit, I only need bottles or a pressure barrel. As I have been told bottling is a pain, am going to use a pressure barrel. My question is as I am making a bitter do I need Co2 for my pressure barrel or is that just to carbonate your beer...