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I'll repeat @Buffers brewery's post: "What do you plan to do with the 9-10 litres of air in the head space?". Unless this is a "proof of concept" of eventually being rid of a CO2 cylinder (which is what I'd thought it was) you are taking a risk with "oxidation" ... Story time! Although it's one...

As you've asked me specifically in another thread: Prime at what level? Well, I think I know you were asking for "cask" levels? About 0.5g per litre, gives about 1.2-1.3 volumes (presuming you ferment beer out before casking?). So, for headspace in half full cask, add another "volume" ...

The piccie of my no-chill cubes with "anti-bulge" plates attached and overly complicated fillers, ready to go, as promised earlier: Don't actually need those "complicated" tee-pieces on the fillers: The "Y" splitter like on the "Hop Missile" (a Chinese rip-off of the Blichmann Hop Rocket)...

That's not "no-chill"! That's "no-chill". Now, pay attention and understand the difference! 😁 Next we'll have @MashBag explaining where we'll find the boiler's on/off switch. (What you mean he already has and I'm not paying attention? ... Cheeky so-and-so.).

The one thing I found (okay, there might be more than one) was topping the "cubes" up with hot wort and finding they distorted in a way that they could hold considerably more wort than expected. This led to some difficulty in judging the final volume, gravity, so-forth. I use the Malt Miller...

I'm a bit lacking on "EWL" maintenance. But someone will be along ...

Oh no. You're reawakening a dodgy dead thread, which was much better off being left dead. You're even being party to the "famous" Guinness trick of talking about their old days as if it's still the case today. Exactly like @hoppyscotty was up to in your quote: Shame on him. However, Guinness...

To be honest, I thought the "rolled edged plates" were a dead duck after they released the new G30 v3 grain basket as an upgrade. Still, that basket is a bit more expense than just replacing the bottom plate (more cost than they - GF - originally said), but the cost of the entire new basket puts...

Electric pump? If you've got very low carbonated beer (<2PSI) and no handpump, I've often thought of using an electric pump. LPG regulator or breather to maintain condition, electric pump (fitted to a tap like in you link or a party tap, or a purpose built one, but I haven't seen any for the HB...

@Larse: Thanks for the "like" on my post ... I actually thought you might have been a bit narked by my comment! I have to come clean ... the reason I know those calculators are useless for "cask-style" is because in the earlier days I was trying to make them work for me!

Pardon? Beer priming and "carbonation" calculators are utterly (without exception) useless when it comes to "cask-style" beer. Changes in atmospheric pressure and temperature are handled by an LPG regulator (due to its large diaphragm), which is why I recommend them ("breathers" are okay, but...

There's no fixed amount, especially as we are talking very low pressures. I've said 12-14g per 20L in a Corny keg, in which there will be very little head-space. I know from experience I may even need to bleed off some excess gas before serving (venting). @Hazelwood Brewery has said more than...

Looks like the sort of thread I should have my say in? Massive difference! Although I have come across some who have a "lighter touch" on the priming sugar and churn out perfectly acceptable "cask style" bottled beer. The emphasis is on that "lighter touch"; probably means half the priming...

Flippin' heck! You all seem sorted here. I was preparing some piccies but I'm a bit behind what's already cluttering on. If I get a chance to catch up, I'll get some piccies posted.

Grrrr!

That's a dodgy bunch (quoting from their Web site): Might be? But very misleading as you never use it "dry". At a "reasonable" concentration of, say, 10g a litre it would be a lot less than 1% hydrogen peroxide in solution. I'm trying to use Hydrogen Peroxide as a "no-rinse" sanitiser...

Calm down, calm down. If you trip and fall in your fermenter, you only have yourself to blame. Anyway, if you can't handle the excitement of these automated contraptions, have a word with our resident luddite (@MashBag) and he'll set you right with some simple repurposed caps from RLBS. Don't...

That labelling all seemed to happen to all sellers (of percarbonate) very recently. Percarbonate breaks down to carbonate all the time, and I think someone must have got into trouble for not including sodium carbonate (washing soda) in the list of contents? (In 15-30 minutes a solution of...

Eee ... you do make it sound lovely 🤨 @Libigage, Generic "Sodium Percarbonate" (in coated prills so they don't deteriorate) are usually cheaper, especially in bulk amounts, and is exactly what's in these "oxygen cleaners" but without the unnecessary junk (perfumes, etc.). It's not "no-rinse"...

There is some unavoidable phaffing with beer engines at home ... but it's only once to set up against countless bottling sessions. And hand-pumps turn "cask-conditioned" (very low carbonated) beer into a luxurious drink that are just "fizzy" when bottled. Nope ... hand-pumps are well worth the...