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Thanks Darrell, I think I will take your advice. (Later) Although the only problem I can see with that is if the cap leaks now, adding a Sparklets will just be a waste of gas. I poured a pint off last night and there was a bit of pressure, but by the time I poured a second pint, that had petered...

Well that's pretty crappy, isn't it? I checked the cap and I had Vaselined the rubber seal but I had done it up fairly tightly. I have added some more priming sugar and will leave it for a week or so before trying some again. I can't really take it back as they'd only offer me a replacement...

Last night I poured my first pint and - what a disappointment. The first thing I noticed, it's ain a cask, was that no beer came out when I opened the tap. I slackened off the filler cap and it started to pour. So no natural pressure. Whilst the beer tasted fine, nice and bitter, it was...

So it's jargon, thanks. I can cope with a 0.1% difference so will continue to refer to it as sterilizing. :cheers:

No need for a library book, Andy, with that kit as all the instructions are on the can. But I shall definitely tinker with any I make in the future. As I like hoppy beer, I shall be trying dry hopping. I'm just off to fit a waist-high shelf in the garage to place the keg on for the last seven...

So sanitising is not the same as sterilising? Yet we make up a sterilising solution? Or has that name also been changed? Without a fuller explanation, it sounds like the same thing to me, to kill germs which are possibly in the equipment.

You can read the book I recommended in an hour or two. Surely you can find time to do that? And as for sucking on the syphon tube, it's something I've always done, and always will. Bacteria? I'll have to tell my wife about that. :grin: "Learning on the job?" That's a sure way to make mistakes...

What on earth is a 'punk' IPA, and don't say look in the glossary? I have and it isn't there.

I am halfway though my first homebrew kit - well the first kit in over 25yrs - and have taken advice and have bought a Coopers Real Ale kit. Depending on the finished result I will either stick with other Coopers brews for a while or have a go at Woodfordes Wherry which always get's good...

Andy Some of your questions are so elemental and basic, I wonder what research you've carried out before embarking on this homebrewing hobby. Your local homebrew shop will be a wealth of knowledge if it's anything like mine, and there are many books available which will take you through the...

I have an aversion to initials anyway, with my least favourite being LOL, followed by 'awesome'. OK, I know it's not initials but.......... BMW = Bavarian Motor Works. :party:

Thanks for that. Many years ago, when I initially did homebrewing, I visited the local Goachers Brewery here in Maidstone and Phil Goacher just went to the fridge and scooped up a dollop of yeats into a jam jar. I think at the time I simply added it to the brew and it worked a treat. Another...

Hello? Is there anybody there?

I did check the glossary and it ain't there......anywhere. Yes I have visited our local homebrew shop in Maidstone, a tiny place which has been going non-stop since my earlier days of homebrewing. Always nice to pop in and have a chat with the eccentric owner. In fact I bought a hydrometer from...

I used to make quite a bit of wine but never ever made anything remotely as good as the cheapest table wine so I stopped. If only I could find a kit which matched up to a decent Rioja or Shiraz.

:mrgreen: Did I check my LHBS? I've got two BMW motorbikes; am I getting warm? ;-)

Judging by the map I may well be your nearest HBF neighbour. I live just off Blue Bell Hill and I've PM'd you, Bill.

I think you mean Watney's Red BARREL. Dreadful stuff.

I have a number of microbreweries near to me (in fact well over twenty in Kent alone) and wondered about asking one for a small amount of their brewer's yeast. If I manage to get some, it seems I can store it in the fridge for quite a few weeks. How much should I use in a typical brew? Should I...

Well I bought a pressure barrel from Wilkinson's yesterday (£16) and a test jar but they were out of hydrometers. I shall not bother with a CO2 gas injector as I always had sufficient pressure in the barrel in the dim & distant past. If I find that this is not now the case, I shall have to get...