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Glad its turned out alright, yes it will carb up during the second fermentation in the bottles/keg, make sure you leave it carbing for a couple of weeks during which time it will clear completely. I always bottle at least one in a PET(plastic) bottle so you can monitor the carbing as it will go...

Mine was in the FV for 35 days and I added the hops on day 31. Do not keep checking it, every time you open the FV you are risking infection, leave it for at least two weeks. So Check the SG at the Start and the FG after at least two weeks, but if it is still bubbling after two weeks check it...

MYO American IPA, taste great but still bit cloudy even after a month in the bottle, hey ho

The same thing happened to me last year, I bought a new one which had a sealed plug on it so I had to cut that off to feed the wire through the fridge. I plugged it in and it didn't work so was faulty when I purchased it but like you couldn't do anything about it. The joys of home brewing

Yes but is has to be at least 60% proof, so you need to brew some very strong beer!

Still drinking my Wilko Winter Ale, gets even better with time!

I can buy a lot of ingredients/ Kits for £130.00

Yes please if possible

It is also illegal to sell CO2 Cylinders or Brewery Beer Kegs, When keg watch see them up for sale they will contact the seller and arrange collection from them or prosecute.

I use that to clean my Cornies & Mini Kegs but they have to be VERY well washed out and rinsed with plenty of fresh water

I always use at least one PET bottle so you can feel the carbonation, if the bottle goes rock hard you are carbonated if not wait until it does!

Thanks for the responses, I understand now, I have not used it yet but may in the future

What are the benefits of using that rather than Dextrose?

What is the difference between Lactose and Dextrose and why would you use it? Just out of interest!

Never had a problem

I don’t use the kegs for second fermentation or conditioning that is all done in the bottle, and cleaning and sterilising the mini kegs is as easy as cleaning bottles

I must admit, I bottle everything for the second fermentation and then decant the bottles carefully into 5 ltr mini kegs and then just pressure up to 5psi for serving, the taste difference is amazing, I now have 3 mini kegs so I can have as much variation as I like.

As I said before check the Lid seal and the posts with the solution you will know for sure then but as Baron says a good hit of pressure normally seals things

I would test the seals on the lid and the posts, use a strong washing up liquid solution, if you have a leak you will see bubbles. I always found that if you pump up the Co2 at the start that normally seals the lid correctly but it depends on the condition of your seals/Corny keg

The colder the better, the beer absorbs the Co2 quicker & better, 1-2c