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Thats the beauty of living on a boat. Moored up in the middle of nowhere not a house nor a trick or treater in sight.

Thanks for the replies. Sorry my question was a bit flaky. The cap is a pressure valve rather than my description of it being a vent. I will be priming the barrel with sugar but did not think this alone would be enough to "force" the beer from the barrel. It makes perfect sense, 24hrs later, not...

I have just inherited a pressure barrel. The cap is vented to let gas out but not air in. When i come to draw beer from the barrel will i need to loosen the cap to allow beer out or will the build up of pressure allow the beer out?

Whoops! Sorry folks, isn't my face red. I just had another look at the hydrometer along with my wife who said "should that glass tube thingy with the bubble thingy at the bottom have liquid in it". Doh! Apologies all and am i glad i didn't start ranting about Simply Bitter.

Just started my 3rd batch of beer. The 1st two from Wilkos (stout & bitter) having turned out good, especially the stout, given the far from ideal brewing condition. Just to refresh i live on a boat so temp control is nigh on impossible. This 3rd batch is the Ritchie's Simply Bitter. I have...

Hi all and thanks for the add. Sorry about the vagueness of my location but i live on a narrow boat so i have NFA though i am originally from the Rochdale area. When i was land based i did have a little dabble with home brewing with varying degrees of success and failure. Back then i was...