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Thanks for all the additiona responses, really great stuff to know! Looking forward to brewing it now!

+1 for stem reducers, and everything that TETB said. My set up contains goodness knows how many 3/8 stem to 3/16 fittings, but well worth it and they're not too expensive.

That's really good to know. I didn't realise even oxygen in lines would be an issue. Thanks for the advice. I plan to close-transfer from fermzilla to keg, so I shall be sure to purge the lines too!

That's a good point, I hadn't considered oxy clean as a source.

I'm planning to use wyeast London Ale III for this beer, but I could use dried now you mention it. Would I still need to avoid splashing when transferring wort to fermenter?

I am going to make a hoppy pale ale, which includes 100g hops at flameout and a substantial (300g) dry hop. Ordinarily I would splash the wort in to the fermenter to get plenty of oxygen in for the yeast (London Ale III), but I am also very aware that this style oxidises easily. From which point...

Good idea, I'll try that. It's been a while since I had beer in this keg so I'll give.it a go before filling it next. Thanks!

I believe so. I have old and new-style kegs and have never had a problem (I transfer to kegs using a grey disconnect, just because it's what I had available at the time). Maybe there are exceptions and it might just be I got lucky. I just checked on all my empty kegs - mixture of new(2021) and...

Just a heads-up, the grey disconnect will fit the Liquid out post, so no need to swap - might save some time. I.e grey fit both posts, black only the liquid. EDIT: see response below from Phildo, that this may not be the case for all kegs.

Nice day for a bike ride on the Reading Ale Trail. Loddon Ferryman's Gold

Wow! Can't wait cheers:

American Light Lager for me tonight. It got an HM at Lager than Life, and there's not much left in the keg

Nice one! I'm even more excited now! Good to know about the pub as I did think some non-sour options would be good too. Looking forward to it!

Tickets for camping sold out in under a minute. The people I know who planned to go didn't manage to get a camping pitch, so I am there on my own, but I'm sure everyone there will be nice

Is anyone going to Little Earth Fest 2024? https://littleearthproject.com/littleearthfest/ I managed to get a ticket, and was wondering if any other home brewers would be there.

I exclusively (apart from about 200ml between regulator and non-return valve) use 3/16 line for gas as it is much more flexible. It does require a fair few 3/8 stem to 3/16 John Guest connectors, but worth it in my opinion. For a barbed 3/8 connection, I'd suggest either replacing the barbs with...

Unlikely to be a problem. The reading on the bottle gauge will remain at the same place until the bottlw is almost empty(in so much as the liquid CO2 has gone and all the remains is gas), then it'll drop. When I take delivery of a new bottle, I have a pair of luggage scales to hand. The bottle...

Nice one, I'll gove this a go myself later. Thanks for the additional info!

Is that the Malt Miller fermenter? If so, does that break the thermometer (only goes up to 40 IIRC)? Love this idea!

Not yet, but plan to try in a couple of weeks in a bitter that I need to clear quickly.