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Thanks lads, i guess my next two brews will be Mexican Cerveza and Canadian Blonde. I might try some Tate and Lyle on these then.

Hi all, so far i have successfully complted four brews. All coopers including Dark ale, pale ale, lager and european lager. Until now i have used either 1kg of brew sugar or 1kg of brew enhancer. My question - Is there a cheaper alternative or more readily available option? my closest home...

Thanks Folks, i am trying one more pub source before finally signing up for my first BOC cylinder.

Yeah, the one here in NI will anyway. lol. It is industrial gas though so thats where my question comes in. Not sure if they would supply food quality.

Ok so i have used a kg of sugar and kg of brew enhancer. as far as flavour goes, theres plenty of it. This is the first time i have tried the European lager so i have no benchmark as far as taste is concerned. excited though I havent got around to putting hte canadian blonde on yet. hoping to...

Hi there just signed up to BOC, my last piece of the jigsaw. Anyway, they are asking me if i need Vapour or Liquid industrial CO2. I can only assume vapour as im not sure why i would put liquid in there? also, is industrial different from food gas? either way, about 80 quid for quite a big...

thanks for the reply. I am literally just in the door from the BOC place. Following our conversation yesterday my head was filled with doubt and confusion after my visit to BOC yesterday. I was told i would need a different regulator to fit the BOC bottles. I asked the guy in the store if i...

Thanks. I noticed that adaptor earlier but just wasnt sure if it would work. What is the argon part? I called up to the BOC place and he showed me the regulator to use. It has a male connection which screws onto the female connection of the cylinder. If the adaptor above worked that would be...

Hi All i have signed up a BOC account here in northern ireland, because as far as CO2 sourcing goes, its quite difficult. So i now have a source of CO2 whenever i want it, and will be charged only when i hire the first bottle. turns out, the regulator is entirely different from the one i was...

Hi all, I have european lager kegged for the last 3 weeks, so five weeks gone in total. Sampled one of the bottles made with leftover from FV. Tasted unbelieveable. Thing is, when mixing hte ingredients i added both the brew enhancer and the sugar. It was only after i realised it should be one...

thanks guys. Think il stick to the CO2 then in the meaintime and possibly experiment a bit later on.

Hi All quick question. i have set up an account with my local BOC outlet and it seems i now have a few optionsas to what gas i want. as fas as i knew, i was going up to get a cylinder of CO2 for the yr and that would be that. Seems my options are either plain CO2 or: SUREMIX 30 A 30% carbon...

great advice lads, thanks!

Hi All, i have a bar set up at home and currently have a couple of corny kegs ready to go. i Attached them up last night with about 14 ft of line, co2 cylinder etc etc and poured a great looking pint.The only problem is, it was just run as a tester as i bought the two pumps on ebay (stella...

will do mate. il give you a shout soon when i get pouring. good luck, and happy brewing!!!

i must get a look at 'craigtube'. can never have too much info when it comes to this kegging business. in work at moment and they have it blocked! Are you using co2 cylinder/regulator etc?

Mate, thanks a million for the help here. il give it a go. thing is though, i will be setting up my corny keg keg for the first time dispensing from a tap. might be worth using this batch for that as a tester then bottle the remaining few litres. thanks. :thumb:

Thanks for the reply. There doesnt appear to be any films. The only thing, there were small floaters that seemed to be dropping off the lid of the FV. A creamy substance. i think is the yeast right? sorry for the novice questions. Just paranoid over the use of the FV as compared to my sealed...

Hi there, i have two brews that have been fermenting for a couple of weeks now. The European lager which seems to have turned out well and Coopers Australian Ale...which hasnt (i dont think) The coopers Aussie ale has taken on a very dark colour. Any ideas if this should have happened? i guess...

thanks for all the super answers. would they be suitable periods for my second question also?