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My first all grain brew appears to have stalled. I was using the Crisp - English ESB kit from Geterbrewed with 5.39kg of grain And a batch size of 25L. The OG should have been 1052 but I measured 1050. The FG should be 1009, but it appears to be stuck at 1018. I have tried increasing the...

I can’t quite decide what to do about this barrel. If it is leaking from round the edge of the tap, is there anything I can do to fix this?

Inside, I think. No, actually I have just checked and it is on the outside. I’m guessing that is wrong?

My decision has been made for me. I brought the barrel inside in order to initiate the priming, and saw that there was a steady leak coming from the edge of the tap. So, not only would the barrel not retain any CO2, but I would not have had any beer left after a couple of days. As a result, I...

Thanks. Yes, I did prime it with sugar, but I put it straight in the shed. I shall bring it in now. Will it still prime if I have already started drinking it? I can always adad a CO2 capsule if that would help?

My latest batch has been conditioning in a plastic barrel in the shed for the last 2 weeks. I have read lots of posts about the likelihood of the CO2 escaping from these barrels. Sure enough, I tried the beer last night and, although it tastes great, it is flat. Is there any benefit of inserting...

If you have to give it a good stir to try to get it going again, should you stir up the trub or not?

But this is just for cleaning and not sanitising, right?

Not heard of this before. It is described as a stain remover! what makes this stuff right for homebrew cleaning?