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I have three Perlick 630ss-304 faucets built into a chest freezer. The kegs are sat at 9c with ~12psi of CO2 pressure and 1m of 3/16" reduced diameter beer line. Pours a perfect pint in 20-30s. If you were only using 3/8" line and/or a CO2/N1 mixed gas that could have been the problem.

We're you having problems with corny kegs? They take a bit of tuning your setup (don't bother with a party tap or post fitted tap) but well worth sticking at it IMO.

Hops grow pretty well in the UK as long as you have a sunny spot for them. I have a Prima Donna (First Gold), you can plant a ryzome in the biggest pot you can it will be more managable and won't take over the garden. Let it do what it wants for the first year (just support the bines...

I usually keg these days, but still bottle three to keep for later. I fill all the 500ml bottles, add 1/2 level measuring cooks teaspoon of caster sugar with a funnel, then crown. They then sit in the kitchen (~19c) for 2 weeks before going into long-term storage. I hate bottling so anything...

I believe the 'real' beer glasses are more expensive as they cost extra to have them officially measured and stamped for HMRC volumes. You could try and pick up a gift set and have some included beers or look out for them being given away with a brewery tour. One of my favourites is a stemmed...

Just a thought, has anybody tried wrapping insulation around their pot to help with the boil? I use a Braumeister so with the heating element surrounded by wort the walls of the unit will never get hotter than 100c and an Asda Price foam camping mat wrapped around helps. Theoretically with an...

Oh, and get some corny kegs on the shopping list, you won't regret it! 😆

Fair warning, this may or may not work, its just a theory but I would be interested to know if it helps. Proper keg taps (faucets e.g. Perlic's) aren't ever supposed to be used part-opened, they are either closed or fully open. Having the valve part open causes turbulence and causes the...

If it helps I use 1m of 3/16” line for 12psi @ 9c for an AIPA style and it pours a pint in about 20-30s. I use 1/2m at 7psi for cask bitter style and 1 1/2m at up to 20psi for wheat beer/Belgian style. If you have flow control taps you might want to check these are all the way open if you’re...

I believe it was from BrewUK a few years ago. I do like a good Black IPA and much prefer a West Coast style IPA over East Coast (Green Flash West Coast IPA was awesome on draft in maui). Personally I'm over haze for the sake of it. I digress. I read somewhere BIPA can be tricky to balance as...

My favourite malt for black ipa is Black Prinz. Very dark but a special variety of barley which has no husk in the first place so no need to de-bitter it. I always just mash in with the rest of the grains, it adds loads of deep colour with a pleasant malty roastyness with zero bitter or...

Looks good. Personally I use Star San in the bottle, I have had the water suck up the blow off when cold crashing or lowering the temperature significantly once CO2 production has stopped.

Yes I had seen that beer, but have never tried it myself. Maybe I just call it a Specialist Fruit Porter and create my own style, saves all the politics huh? Obviously if it comes out delicious it was purely by design! 😆

Thanks both, if I understand correctly, BeerSmith is estimating about 29SRM, so perhaps I'll drop the BP down to 100g. Its great stuff for Black IPAs but it imparts much more colour than flavour in small quantities. I have no experience with elderberries so its going to be an exciting taste...

@matt76 Thanks for the reply! Yeah, it kinda felt wrong calling it a porter, definitely not traditional, but thought that might be a general direction to aim for rather than a random 'user-upper'! I've brewed the Smoked Porter from the GH book which was great and I think it may have been a US...

@Buffers brewery I’ve just checked, it is a 45cm balloon, but a flat circular mylar one. When I connected it I hadn’t fully filled it fully to he point of putting any stress on it and when it was done, it had visibly deflated a little, but it was nowhere near what I would guess to be half full...

FYI, last time I cold crashed in the FV from 19c down to 0.5c I used a full 40cm balloon filled from a CO2 cylinder. After almost a week at 0.5c the balloon was still over half full. This is for a 7(us)gal (26.5l) SS Chronical FV with a 20l batch in it. You’re not going to get a significant...

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Haha, just re-read my reply, I could have worded that better! Basically, once fermentation is done at 18c, consider switching out the airlock for a balloon! 🎈 😆👍

Looks good to me. You might want to switch out your airlock/blow off for a mylar balloon filled with CO2 when you begin to chill down (which could be filled from fermentation) as you will find as the temperature of the FV drops once CO2 production has stopped following completion of primary...