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Ok so I’m thinking of getting one of these as I don’t know how much time I will have to brew from all grain or whether it’s really going to be my thing. Just asking in general are they worth it or is it best to wait and get something like a Grainfather g30

Ok so I’m currently chilling a lager brew And I appear to have lost nearly half of the initial pressure that was in my king keg pressure barrel, as this is my first success with one of these, is my loss of pressure normal??

Ok so as I’ve only brewed stouts/porters in my king keg until 2days ago and I have just put a lager in it and it appears to be pretty cloudy? Is this the norm as I don’t recall my other brews doing this but maybe I couldn’t tell as they were very dark?

Hi Just finished my first brew in my pressure barrel, I now want to start a new one, I cannot get the lid off, I have released all the pressure (prv removed) But still not joy, anyone else had this issue and if so how did you overcome it?

so I’ve successfully done a Cooper Irish Stoit kit in a King Keg Chubby pressure fermenter in a make shift Kegerator to maintain the correct temp for fermenting. what is the general consensus about what temp to now keep the brew at?

ok so I have now tried 3 beer kits with my king keg 30ltr chubby and each one has turned out the same, quick fermentation and then hit a stumbling block as either me putting in dry hops in or doing something wrong but all 3 beers came out with bearly any taste whatsoever? Ideas as to what I’m...

Hi, so my first kit brew in a pressure fermenter (King Keg 30ltr Chubby) is just about finished fermenting. Firstly! Do I cold crash it? ( the only manufacturers recommendations are to cold crash if you keg it! around 4 degrees C ) and will it help clear my brew? Secondly! What temp do I leave...

Hi So doing my first pressure fermentation kit brew (Dark Rock -Nectron ) 10 days in and it has stabilised at 1.010 as it should for the last 3 days but still appears to be giving off a lot of co2 as the spundy valve keeps going way above 20psi, is this normal or if not suggestions ??

What’s the general consensus on using Campden tablets on bottled water? Pointless or not?

So in a nutshell does anyone know how you put dry hops in the king keg chubby fermenter (during fermentation) when it doesn’t have a lid dry hop port? As in I thought the whole point of these fermenters were that it stops any oxygen getting in and stopping any off flavours???

Just asking what the general consensus is about where people put the sensor end of an ink bird in a fridge? As in either taped to the side of the fermenter or placed in a bowl of sanitized solution or??????

Has anyone tried wort kits from the Malt Miller or any other distributor and were they any good?

Hi Could I have opinions on the Grainfather s40 please? Thinking of purchasing one, if not what else would you suggest at the same ball park figure?

Hi Has anyone brewed Mangrove jack’s Raspberry and lime cider? If so did you use any apple juice with it or did it turn out ok by just using brewing sugar/enhancer? I’ve done ordinary apple ciders but not fruit ciders. Also did you actually rate as a drink in general?

So as the title suggest I swapped a yeast out on my extract pilsner brew but pretty sure I should have used 2 packets not the just the one, apologies for the naive question but as it took 12-14 days to reach my needed SG not the suggested 4-6 days is my brew going to be either pointless or not...

Has anyone brewed anything with vanilla in it and if so what did you use and when did you add it

Ok so this has not happened to me before hence the question I did a kit beer in my fermenter last night and put it in my fridge (with heater and ink bird connected) Checked it first thing this morning and all ok Came home from work (aprox 13 hrs later and the lid of the airlock appears to have...

Hi Just asking if anyone else has brewed this? by not using the dry yeast sachet provided but with the Muntons Premium Gold active brewing yeast ( as suggested in the instruction pamphlet ) and if it was any good or has anyone done it with both and what were the results please. Also I’m...

Ok so thanks to yourselves with amazing replies /advice I have now found a supplier for my co2, could I have advice on what size bottle I should/could use? Atm I only have a pressure fermenter which I want to use but will be stepping up to corny kegs at some point

Hi Does anyone have a specific place they can suggest for getting co2 bottles? I live in the very south west of the uk, and seem to be finding it very difficult to get