Dazlerisepic
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When you say you brewed it....you have fermented it out before kegging?
I was going to leave it for a week but when it stopped smelling I tested it with a hydrometer and it said to bottle or kegg. It only has a co2 valve on but I have a spare lid, whould it be better to use a pressure valve in the early stages and then swap the lid for a co2 valve when its half used and it needs pressurising?If it was only in the fermenter for 5 days, I hope you have a pressure release valve on that barrel as I suspect it might not have fully finished primary fermentation.
Keep releasing some pressure over the next week by loosening the lid if the barrel starts distorting.
I will check it tomorrow and if it's looking like it's buldging I will release it. Thanks for the heads upAlso I know some hydrometers have marks on the scale to 'show when it is ready to bottle' but i usually ignore that. I go off the reading. For a kit and using kit yeast, I would usually bottle if I get 3 readings the same of 1.014 or lower.
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