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Yep that is exactly like my troublesome one.. a dusty, old, degraded, matt effect look/feel.. I did purchase a couple of recon kegs recently from MM, so another reason for the priority of this going down my list, but I am going to play around in the weeks ahead and see if there is a way to bring...

Hi, I have the standard shaped 19L kegs. The one with the issue was a recon keg from The Homebrew Company. I've not actually done anything further since this thread to try and fix it as haven't had the time. I will jet wash it though and feedback any successes when I get chance..

Thanks, thats finally got me on the right track and got something ordered off ebay..... I was having a mare yesterday with my google-fu skills

Hi I've a decent plastic bottling bucket that I'm repurposing into a grain bucket but it has a plastic spigot on it which I intend to remove and replace with a simple compression type plug... At least I thought it would be simple but my google skills seem to fail me as I just can't seem to find...

+1 to this as well

thanks.. no harm in giving that a go when I have the pressure washer out, will try that out... failing that, I think I'll prob try an acrylic based lacquer with plenty of masking off as thats the only thing I can find from my own research that seems to come close to being what i need to seal...

Hi, I've a few kegs but one in particular seems to need some repair and need some advice. The black rubber on the top all seems to have started degrading where its rough, matt looking and easily rubs off onto my hands or other items like cloths that touch it.. Its like the top "lacquer" has worn...

I have a hoppy lager recently kegged which id like to enter if ok. If you can pm me your address and i can send a bottle later on this month.

When I turn mine on for a new brew (i do go periods with nothing in the FV so naturally I turn the maxi off), it does take a good few hours for the cooler to get the bath to cooling temps and to turn off finally. Those baths are pretty big lol.. Whenever I fill mine up from empty, I'm looking...

My one doesn't chugg away all the time and the cooler will shut itself down when i guess the bath is at the temp that it wants it to be at and whenever that is, the water hasn't been frozen as i've often had times where the cooler is off, but the recirculation is on pumping water up to the FV...

I modified my maxi to have the recirculation pump controlled via an inkbird and I've not noticed any issues with freezing and I just use water for cooling.. at the moment its cold crashing a lager and its steady at 1.3 degrees in a cool garage. (or at least that's what the inkbird reckons the...

Hi, I've currently a couple of the kegland pressure filler cap's but they are a one piece device so can't take them apart and give them a good clean from time to time.. So short of running cleaner through them, or soaking them with a disconnect on, I can't think of a better way to get inside. I...

@Broken Toe I haven't actually dry hopped the one I've in the FV at the moment. I didn't want to go too crazy overboard on the hops so opted for a large hopstand instead..

Sounds awesome, would love to try one.. I'm no judge but i'll try and give it an honest appraisal!.. when my v1 is ready then happy to return the favour with one of my to try out and see what you think of it

Thanks, that is really useful feedback... I've got a lot of hop aroma coming out of this one and smells really good tbh!.. I think i'm all but decided to put this one into the mixed style based on your's + yeastface comments and see what the judges reckon.

Yep @MickDundee a modern IPL / Cold IPA style, very close to the new NZ pilsner style in the 2021 guidelines but using European hops rather than NZ...

Thanks @YeastFace .. I hadn't considered the mixed style beer but reading the style guidelines, it does actually seem like a really good fit

Hi, The title says it all hopefully. I'm just trying to work out the best category for a hop forward india pale lager "style" beer for a comp later on in the year... So far I've whittled it down in my mind to: 1b: american lager 2a: international pale lager 21b: specialty IPA 34c: experimental...

I always use a blow off tube ever since a few years ago I had a 8%+ black IIPA blow the cap + airlock clean off and made a mess everywhere. Couple with the fact that prior to that i've had fermentations push all the star san out the airlock as well I made the switch to a tube and not looked back..

Couldn't agree more.. I absolutely loved the grapefruit hit of this IPA in the early days of it and regularly purchased it, but now it really does taste cheap with a fake grapefruit flavouring..