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No, although all 3 pressure barrels were brand new so i'd presumed that it wasn't faulty equipment but that is probably a little naive.

I ended up binning the last two barrels in the end and i've done another brew which has exactly the same issue. When I poured it for the first time it dripped out about 1/5th of a pint and then it stopped. I put in some Co2 and the beer flowed for a while and then stopped again and the gas this...

I've managed to pressurise one of my KK with the PTFE tape, more vaseline and really tightening the lid. It's got old brew in so i'll be chucking it away to start a fresh brew. Can I ask another novice question. When I move the beer from the fermenter to the KK how can i be 100% sure that it's...

Thanks again for the advice. So just so i'm doing the testing correct. I fill the barrel with cold water to about 50% and i'll vaseline around the O ring and the lid then put soapy water around the outside of the lid and the tap. Then I'll put in approx 5 squerts of the C02 cylinder. Is this a...

Yes, so the beer kits includes some priming sugar which I added when i transferred the beer to the keg. I then left for a couple of weeks and it sat at about 21c/22c.

It is there and i put vaseline on the cap but not around the O ring? The barrel currently has beer in which i put in 2 days ago, should that have created enough pressure to flow? If not i was going to open up the cap bottle some of the beer and then i could vaseline around the O ring and put...

Not rude, i'm all over the show tbh! The two barrels that didnt work were both beer kits without any adaptions. My Co2 supply is via a S30 cylinder. (the large bottle that you twist on when you run out of natural pressure) I think it must be the cap because I half filled a barrel with water...

Thanks for your reply. I'd followed the process to the letter and when it came to getting the first pint the beer wouldnt flow and this happened to two different new kegs at the same time. I put in some Co2 and it dripped out for a bit but it was flat. I just can't believe i've got a leak from 2...

Thanks i'll keep going!! I've got a feeling it may be leaking from the lid so i've bought that PTFE tape to give that a go. I'm half tempted just to buy a a wilkinsons bottom tap barrel to see if that works better for me. I'd bought 3 TTKK on day 1 of taking the hobby so i may have been a bit...

thanks for the response. I just can't believe that i'd have the same issue with 3 of 4 new barrels which is why i'm convinced that i've either done something wrong! I may buy a cheap bottom top barrel to see whether that works better for me.

Help! So far i've done 3 brews and the first was perfect and the other two ended up down the drain which was painful. The last 2 brews in 2 different barrels wouldn't flow through the top tap so i thought before i moved my 4th brew to the King Keg Top Tap I'd check that the barrel was ok. So i...

So silly question of the day..... Can you actually put too much Co2 into the pressure barrel? I've bought one those bigger cylinders which you keep topping up. Is it just a case of adding the Co2 if you get the glugging or should you keep topping up to prevent you having the glugging?

Thanks for the responses, all very reassuring!

Appreciate your help, thanks.

Hi, I've just found the art of homebrew, although I think i've started at the worst possible time with the temperature challenge! Can I ask some specific questions which I can't seem to find anywhere. 1 - I currently have a stout in a King Keg (top tap) and its completed it's secondary...

Hi, I've just found the art of homebrew, although I think i've started at the worst possible time with the temperature challenge! Can I ask some specific questions which I can't seem to find anywhere. 1 - I currently have a stout in a King Keg (top tap) and its completed it's secondary...