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Hi Buffers Brewery, the caps are working a treat, no leaks whatsoever. To be honest, I'm not sure what equipment exactly to go for. I have no problem building quite a complex system with pump and spray bar. I already have a Inkbird temp controller, but need some guidance on what to put...

Hi Guys, I have now been making kits and using a couple of King kegs for the last year with good success and now thinking about all-grain brewing. As an engineer with an extensive workshop, I am getting bored during lockdowns and needing a project! I would like to fabricate my own kit. I...

Keep buying your CO2 😂😂😂

Valves finally arrived after a long wait. Ordered two, paid for two, eight arrived! Condom fitted to cap, all looking good. Still to fit the gauge and pressure relief valve also another schrader valve for testing. Unfortunately, both my kegs are full and waiting for the beers to clear, so I...

Hi @xozzx, Simply a bladder inside the King Keg that I can fill with air via a schrader valve. As the pressure in the keg, from the secondary fermentation drops as I drink the brew, I replace it with air. The bladder will not be under any real pressure as it will only be equalising the pressure...

Hi @Buffers brewery, Caps working well. The material is Lexon, 10mm, used for machine guards. Very tough, thinner sheets can be bent in a metal bending machine, but only up to around 5mm thickness. It machines very well and the thinner sheets can also be guillotined. I'm still working on the CO2...

Hi XOZZX, I might end up going down the same road as you. But as I have not yet bought any CO2 equipment apart from the refillable bottle that screws onto the top of my King Kegs, now is a good time to experiment with a non CO2 system that hopefully will only cost me £15 to put together and...

Hi Wherrypuzzled, If you haven't bought one yet, I have a spanner I made for my King Keg caps that I no longer need as I have done away with the original caps. It is a bit more substantial than the ones you can buy. Send me your address and I'll stick it in the post to you. Cheers, Pete

Hi Guys, Have a look at my post: CO2 alternative? If all goes to plan, I will have a system that does away with the need for CO2 altogether. I'm still waiting for a valve to arrive via Ebay, when it comes and I get the parts put together, I'll report back with some photos. Cheers, Pete

Hi Buffers Brewery, From what I have researched, latex rubber can be permeable to oxygen and latex rubber. But modern advances have added phenols to the rubber that removes the problem. But a condom being streatched to the internal dimensions of a King keg are liable, possibly, to make it more...

Just did, superb! Interesting point about permeability of oxygen and latex rubber, I'll check it out! Cheers, Pete

Hi Buffers Brewery, your casting is first class, well done! Cheers, Pete

Fair point Honk, I don't use them myself, but I could ask around! 🤣

Well I wasn't wrong about getting some stick! 😂

Was thinking of using a new one 😂 foil wrapped, do should be sterile?

In the photos, you will see my modified caps, the original King keg caps were not to be trusted,constant leaks! The large center hole is for the CO2 fitting, the next biggest is for my gauge and pressure relief valve, and the third is for the schrader valve. With no CO2 fitting required, the...

Ah, just got it! You keep the keg as standard but put an expandable bag onto the schrader connection. I have seen Durex filled with a couple of gallons of water (water bombs as a kid!) and they handled the abuse, and I'm sure they handle all other sorts of abuse 😂 This could easily be...

What sort of bag was that?

Hi Foxy, That does sound like the ideal solution but a few technical challenges with it. How would I get the beer into the bladder and still have the bladder attached to the bottom tap of my King kegs? I assume with a bladder you would still need a little priming sugar to remove the...

Hi Guys, Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated. I think I'll go for the easy option of making the brew up to 23 litres. Anything between 3 & 4% I'll be happy with, as long as I haven't diluted the taste too much, will report back on that! Cheers, Pete