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Thanks for the warning.

Is that really silicone tubing? It looks like PVC.

I would learn to solder if I were you! Ideally you should have no joints that are in, or are above the wort. If you have to have a joint, much better to be a soldered one. A compression fitting might not leak today, when you test it, but a few weeks from now when you've manhandled it a few...

Yes Fil, I think you are right over the lack of gap. I'm sure that would improve things, although it is quite quick as long as the mains water temperature is low enough. Recently, with the hot weather we have had over here the water temperature was about 22*, so that didn't help matters. I...

Just a comment on those olive oil containers as fermenters. I have looked at those, as they look like an interesting alternative to the plastic Speidel vessels that I use. However, there are two main grades of vessel - one type that have folded seams (that you showed), and one type that are...

I don't know much about these. I bought one years ago, and have only just got it up and running. Mine is variable temperature and it can be switched from ice to cold water. For my purposes (primarily fermentation temperature control) I see little point in using the ice position, as I foresee...

Well, here are my versions. I wish I'd fed a small diameter copper tube inside the the large one, but I couldn't work out how to terminate it, so I just did this. I did the large one first, and realised it was a bit tall for a Burco boiler, so I made the small one as well. The tall one is used...

I've got a few like that, and as they are also cloudy and taste disgusting, I am guessing they have some sort of infection. It is possible that you also have one, just not a horrible tasting one, or as far advanced as mine. Assuming you took a final gravity reading when you kegged, maybe try...

I thought from some of your earlier posts that you were in danger of having to change your name, but I see you are good for a little while yet!:thumb: I'm impressed with your experimentation on yeasts etc. I have decided to take the route that I want to be able to recreate a brew, almost with...

Take a look at the Rosemary. I suffered a bout of pneumonia a few years ago, which seemed to resurrect my childhood asthma. Unfortunately, an attack can be brought on by a few beers, even my own! I am highly allergic to sulphites, and have never touched Camden tablets since having a nasty...

Nice! Very nice!

No, I am suggesting you will need to chill the cornie full of beer down to the minimum temperature, as well as the keg you are filling, in order to be able to fill the keg without it all frothing up. If you can fill a mini keg with beer that is at normal serving temperature and is well...

Four pints is about the most I would drink - more often 2 or 3. At the moment, however, that is every day. At those rates, I am not concerned by driving the next morning, as I would have had around a 10 hour gap between my last drink and any driving. Having large quantities of beer on tap is...

Yes, that seems to be the case, but the confusing thing is the fittings shown in the photo seem to be the same as my other JG fittings, come fitted to a beer cooler and are attached to what looks like 15mm beer line.

Ensure that the cornie is carbonated to your satisfaction at the temperature you are likely to serve it at. Then chill the cornie keg full of beer as cold as you can get it, without it freezing. Chill the mini keg. Attach a short length of tubing to your tap and fill from the bottom of the...

No they are jacketed conical fermenters, with tc fittings for entry and exit. I'm sure I can devise some reducers to suit the tc fittings that I have, but I'm a bit stuck with this 15mm JG fitting.

I would guess a yeast susceptible to high temperature. I imagine few of us know the exact temperature in the vessel at the height of fermentation. That is something that I would definitely like to get sorted out. I had a run of undrinkable or barely drinkable beers, and so I have recently...

I'm hoping that someone more experienced than me can give me some advice. The photo shows a beer chiller that I've been sitting on for some time. I would like to use it to chill my conical fermenters. The JG fittings you can see are 15mm both ends. How would you go about attaching to...

Yeh! The 20l is slimline, not much bigger than a cornie. You should be able to get two in most fridges. The 30l is easier from a height point of view, but you will only be able to fit one in the fridge, unless you have a tall fridge and you can get one above the other.

My wife bought for my birthday one of those barrels that have been converted to have a door at the front with a shelf inside. I have been searching for a mini fridge that will fit inside and house two 5l kegs, including the fitting that will allow them to dispense to the rear of a Lindr...