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Drunkula has the sacred first dibs on it. Apologies. The firkin is a beast and would be a great investment if you want to serve your beer at an event (though I had to do a double brew day to make it work.

Hello, I am getting married and SWMBO would like more room in the house. I have also been unable to brew in our new house as the kitchen is a bit small and, to be honest, I have a love of brewing but will be back to it when I have the funds for a proper man-cave. I bought all this kit new and...

Set it up today and it didn't blow its top! Surprisingly good considering the overpriming but I've kept it out in the cold for a month. First couple of pints pretty cloudy but am now leaving it for 48 hours before the main event where it should hopefully clear. Sent from my SM-G930F using...

That's my plan. I assume there will be some carbonation, even if it's been kept relatively cold? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Thank you. Pretty embarrassing I know... It's so far staying intact but I'm worried about putting it in the car to move it to this venue! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Thank you for the advice for next time, Steve. Any advice for handling this current predicament? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Many thanks. I've now discovered a far weightier problem: I've overprimed. I stupidly had my parameters wrong on the brewer's friend priming calculator and I put 400grams of sugar into the firkin... Now, damage limitation: it's outside in the snow where I know it won't blow up due to the...

Hello, I just wanted to see if I've made a huge error with my casking of my beer. With the cask almost entirely full, I went to hammer in the shive and it just wouldn't go in fully. Bubbles kept fizzing near the sides of the hole and I felt like it just wasn't secure. I siphoned out about a...

Hi pal, I personally don't use a bottling bucket but I know others do. I have the same syphon and so I use two things to stop the sediment getting swirled around. 1) A mesh bag around the end of the syphon (bottom end.) This won't help if you really swirl it up but stops any flecks getting in...

Thankfully no other home brewers! That's good news, thank you. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

I hadn't planned on force carbing because I wanted it to be properly cask conditioned. If it's on stillage three days before it should be ok, right? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Looks good. Think it'd affect the priming of the beer? I only have the one firkin which would mean siphoning the beer through the filter to the firkin but then presumably it would be flat? An update: the groom is heading down three before the wedding so I could put the firkin in with him and...

This sounds good. What/where is a plate filter? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Thanks guys. Just for information purposes the beer I'm brewing is in the style of Proper Job (scaled down on ABV for a session.) Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Because they have many processes that don't translate to a home-brewer/I find that I pick up more from multiple sources. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

For some reason that posted twice (I blame Tapatalk.) Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Think this is a non-starter? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Think this is a non-starter? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Well, it's been a long while since I posted properly on here so here goes. I am levelling up my game to cask conditioning having already used a corny and co2 with some confidence. An acquaintance has loaned me a plastic firkin from his brewery in order to practise my brewing for my best...

Went to the pub round the corner from work after my first week in a new job and was dismayed to see they had generic lager, Guinness (which I'll happily drink but it doesn't get me going unless I'm back in Ireland) and Doom Bar on the hand pull. Doom Bar is the beer that people who aren't...