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You're probably right and I'll use gelatine next time as it works by physical action rather than the black magic of charged particlal attraction. It may help get round the temperature requirement for isinglass. Still, no avoiding the fact that my beer's being stored warmer than it'd like. Until...

I know what you mean but I didn't use any flaked, torrified barley or wheat grain. As I said, it was a pale malt 7 1/2 lb, crystal malt 8 oz and raw cane sugar 1lb recipe. Not sure what to do with nowhere coolish to rest/store beer. Regarding, current batches, I can move to cold bath but...

Can anyone advise? I've got 2 x five gall barrels of grain mashed bitter laid down to mature, Brewed within a few days of each other and OG: 1049 & 1044 respectively. I primed (2oz demerara) and fined (isinglass liquid sachet) each and due to the hot weather recently, placed both under the...

Well it just shows it's good to read everything. Ashamed to admit, I hadn't thought of using an electrical whisk to aerate the wort. I assume that's what it was for. Will take that one on board... better late than never!

hi there yourself O.A.D. My first post here and I seem to have stepped into something! As it happens, I frequently take King keg taps apart to clean & sterilise. The top cap (with the on/off info & arrows) pops out if you use mild pressure at the seam with say a blunt butter knife (other knife...

Thanks again Samarith. I've now got one brew maturing and one resting in two King Kegs. Taps not overtightened and washers lightly vazzed. I'll keep a weather eye out for problems.The tap I had most trouble with is now "quarantined"! I think I'll take it apart as you suggest and see if I can...

Thanks for that. I do vas' the washer though. I'm just sterilising a second barrel to rack off from and rest from a finished fermentation. I see the closed tap is has a drip from the outlet again. The barrel is open (no lid) so there's not even any pressure! There's no leakage from the seal...

Hello all, Dragon Tales here from the village of Loughor in S Wales. New to the forum but been brewing a while. One problem I keep getting is leaking taps when resting or maturing ales. I use a barrel to rest ale before rebarreling to mature. In either case, I sometimes get a slow drip from the...