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Hello, I have sucessfully brewed a number of beer kits from cans. I use a wine fermentor and then i put it into a King Keg. The only thing that is a real issue to me is most of the time it takes 8-10 weeks to clear even if i have added Beer Brite finings. Call me impatient but i would really...

Hello, I brewed a can of IPA and added light malt extract and a bag of glucose. I waited a month and tested it and found it to be cloudy, then after 3 months i found it still cloudy. I gave up on the brew and decided to dump it today (5 months after i brewed it), but by chance i poured off a...

Ah that makes sense. Thanks

Hello, The last kit i did in one of my king kegs had a very strange smell and taste to it, slighly chemically and slightly sulphur smelling. I have just cleaned the barrel out but the top with the valve still smells of that smell. Could it be that the barrel top with the valve have corroded...

This is one thing that puzzles me. You add finings but you also add sugar so it ferments more to add pressure to the barrel? Surely this stops the finings working?

This is really helpful thanks for the replies. Just thought of a few more questions. - When syphoning from primary to king keg would it make any difference if my syphon tube was short so the beer goes through the air and splashes into the keg? I'm trying to isolate potential problems with my...

Sorry what do you mean by when you run it off? What stage of the process? Thanks

Hello all, I'm new here, but not to brewing. I'm aiming to work my way up to propper ingredients once i have mastered brewing from kits. Unfortunatly the last 4 kits i have done have not been all that sucessful. Just wanted advise on the following please, in an attempt to get the next ones...