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My first brew in over 40 years, in a builders 5 gallon bucket, lid definitely a not available extra.. :) Turned out superb, Ritchies`s Yorkshire Bitter.

Gotcha ... On new ring I measured outer diameter at 20mm, inner 16mm.

Diameter the same, ring thickness up by .5mm. to 2.5mm

There is enough space where the power wire for the heater goes in. I could not get a lid for the ferment vessel, it came from a builders yard :) Covid times, unable to shop around !

kelper You are De Man.. Just finished a very frothy and expensive in CO2 brew. The problem on examination was a leak on the "O" ring you mentioned. I could blow on the beer pickup tube and feel the pressure drop with the tap closed. I went to replace the "O" ring, I have a generous...

I live in Scotland, it is always cold.. Ok freezing.. My room temperature for my beer is around 15C or 59F in old money. I have just started brewing again after decades away. I went back to what i did then, and use a tropical fish heater, set to 22C / 72F. On my second Brew of Ritchie`s...

Well my first brew in the keg was a total success, apart from have excess froth in the ale. My pressures were low and i was going through a CO2 bulb every couple of pints. I read somewhere that lead length to the tap was often the problem. I added around 4 feet of tubing, resealed, pressurised...

I am with you on the 30+ years, I have just started again... First brew superb, good luck..

For pressure testing, use a foot or bicycle pump on the schrader valve. (assuming you have one fitted!) Pump up to ~15 psi and douse diluted foamy washing up liquid around suspect joints.. Will cost a lot in CO2 bulbs to do otherwise.

That`s my problem too ! Very frothy beer, and I am not using high keg pressure, normally around 5 or 6 psi. I have had the lid off and increased line length to around 4 feet with absolutely no change in the excess froth. Looks like will have to live with the froth and check/replace the O ring...

Great solution, use bigger bulbs and I have the schrader valve already fitted. On my first brew with the keg, beer is superb but reckon I have a lid seal leak as going through 8gm bulbs. I dont want to got looking for the lid leak with beer in, but next brew will definitely check the surface of...

Thanks, just brewed a Ritchie`s Yorkshire Bitter kit and can say it is excellent, a realy good tasting ale ! Already I have had a problem with the blow off valve dropping pressure down to about 5 psi. So plan to fit a real pressure valve running at 10psi, (available on ebay) It takes the...

Ex aerospace engineer (electronics) with Bae sytems. Ex Royal Air Force, served on 74, 11, and 43 squadrons. Did my first homebrewing about 40 odd years back, using the Beersphere which I had to modify to get repeatable and successful results. (gas leaks, gas leaks ... ! ) Got back into brewing...