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@Gillyman Did you find a CO2 supplier in the Manchester/Warrington area? My situation is almost identical to yours and I am now in need of a proper gas cylinder.

Thank you everyone. I dissolved two teaspoons of sugar in a little warm water and put in each bottle, squeezing the air out, as suggested, yesterday morning. I'm glad to say that I was awoken at 3am this morning by the bottles springing back into shape, so it looks like they are pressurising nicely.

Thanks for that. Would there still be enough active yeast in the bottles? They were clear and only a small amount of sediment in the bottom.

My first attempt was a Burton Bridge Brewery Summer Ale kit (tin). I bottled two weeks ago and it has cleared nicely in 2 litre cola bottles, which I primed separately with 1 teaspoon of sugar each. I opened one yesterday and was greeted with a barely audible hiss, and no head at all on...