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I use a standard plastic fermentation bucket with a lid. I tape around the lid to reduce any leakage and do closed transfer to a pressure barrel 'filled' with CO2 after priming with sugar solution for carbonation. Consequently I decided to add the gelatine finings after carbonation and before...

Update. The APA I brewed a month ago has finished carbonating so I decided to give 'closed circuit' fining a go. BUT. Before I do it for real I decided to do a rehearsal with water instead of Starsan and gelatin solution. Following your suggestions and advice, this is the kit I assembled for the...

Brewed this Bohemian Pilsner last year. This (last) bottle was in my brew fridge at 10C for over a year. Vast improvement on the beer a year ago. Head like Italian meringue and very well carbonated. Oh, and tasted better than the young beer as well!

😂😂😂 No. Your hand! In the picture! 😂😂😂. Is it Mrs H's hand? 😂😂😂

I'm guessing that's not your hand Mr H? 😂

I've had a bottle of Bohemian Pilsner in my brew fridge since when I brewed it this time last year! Thought it was about time to try it.. Head is very meringue like and the lager is much better than it was last year. Time has improved this beer significantly.

Probably shouldn’t say this as a pressure barrel user, but is it possible that the corny has a leak? ashock1

Good call. I only had a push on connector in my "bits box". I would've preferred an end feed soldered connector. Quick visit to the shed ..... ...could do something like this? Failing that just hold the copper tube with pliers or mole grips or the like 😂

Good job @MisterMike . What do you do for a prv?

Made one this morning. This kind of thing?

Hi @RoomWithABrew . If I understand your question, you’re looking for a way to connect a large CO2 cylinder regulator output to an S30 cylinder? If that’s correct and depending on your metal working/plumbing skills I’d suggest getting a S30 barrel cap valve (connects to S30 cylinder) and remove...

Cascade pale ale is my regular brew. 4kg pale malt, 0.4kg Carapils and 0.1kg crystal. 10gm fuggles 60 minutes, 30gm cascade 30 minutes, 30gm cascade 15 minutes and 40gm cascade for 30 minutes at 80C. I prefer Verdant IPA yeast.

23 litres cascade pale ale Total: 2713.5 litres

I'm sure you'll cope :beer1:

My eldest son was visiting from New York and asked if we could have a brew day while he was over. Of course I said “yes”. His flight was cancelled so he flew the following day, arriving here on brew day. He and his brother got to me after everything was set up and strike water was up to...

Thanks @foxy . I thought that might be the case but everything I read on line talked about how to prepare the gelatine solution and how to cool the beer before adding it but nothing explicit about adding the gelatine while still hot to the cold beer. acheers.

Just one more question about using gelatine. Do you have to add the gelatine solution to the beer while it (the gelatine solution) is still warm or can it be left to cool? The beer will already be cold.

I’m a carapils person. 10% of grain bill. If torrified wheat is too terrified to retain your head and oats get stuck, give it a go.

I used my refractometer regularly when I was experimenting with my mashing process but now I've established my process I just measure OG and FG with my hydrometer.

Further thought on this method. Just put the gelatine solution into a 500ml beer bottle and use counter pressure filler to top up with beer. Then, still using the CPF reduce barrel pressure (I’ll fit a spundy to the gas post) and increase bottle pressure to drive the beer/gelatine mixture back...