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I have a large gas ring that I purchased from e bay that I use to brew on. The base of the pan is about 50mm/2 inches above the tip of the gas flames, is this to high? I seem to remember that hottest part of the flame is at the tip of the flame, should I lower the pan supports or just leave well...

Thanks for that, I just checked the john guest site and there is no mention of needing inserts.. Coming from the the building trade where inserts are used in plastic plumbing pipe I assumed that beer line would be similiar

Hi all, just getting all the bits together to start using sankey kegs. I've ordered 3/8" beer line and john guest fittings, just wondering wether you need to use inserts in the pipe like you do when using the plastic plumbing pipe?. I've not seen any mention of using inserts on the net...

I'm considering using Sankey kegs, so thought I'd check what was involved, one thing that has struck me, is that I've Google it and checked the forums but where do you get spares like o rings and lock rings for the kegs and spares for the Sankey couplers, if you're in the US it seems easy to get...

smells very good, so i don't think anything unpleasant has got in there still seems to be fermenting away, will update when it stops and i keg it and take a gravity reading

Hi everyone, something very strange is happenng in my airing cupboard. About a fortnight ago I brewed a clone of Courage best bitter, and used a sachet of Nottingham yeast. It quickly started fermenting and slowed down and stopped after about 4 days which is pretty much normal...

Hi Everyone, got home this evening from work and the wife had picked up a bottle of bath ales gem at the supermarket as she didn't think i'd tried this beer before. I was very impressed with the ale and wondered whether anyone had come up with a clone of this brew, as I'd...

thanks for that, I keep the kegs in our utility which is pretty warm, I prime with a mix of ordinary sugar and malt extract which works pretty well, on odd occasions i,ve manage to go through a whole barrel without needing to inject any co2 at all. Most brews i tend to get over half way through...

Hi everyone, I used to get my S30 co2 refills locally in St Austell, but the shop has now closed down, I know i can get refills in Plymouth but this involves a 60 mile round trip, do any cornish brewers know of any closer stockists where I can obtain refills from, many thanks...

Hi Runwell Steve, the crack in your photo looks like the crack on my first barrel failure, on my keg this was set into a depression so the thickness of the plastic was less than for the rest of the barrel, so I guess this was a fault in the moulding process (?) The...

just an update there appears to be a small speck of material embedded in the plastic where the leak was coming from which i presume goes through to the inside of the barrel, not very happy about this!!!

Hi all, I started all grain brewing about 3 years ago, during this time i have bought 5 king keg bottom tap barrels. I had one split after about 18 months use, on close examination, where the barrel had split there appeared to be an indentation where the plastic was very thin, as i...

just wondered how often people change the seals on Kingkeg pressure barrels, or is it a case of leaving things well alone until there's a problem?

sorry about that, yes I was talking about plastic kegs

hi everyone, just wondering what people do with their beer once its been kegged?, I'm never sure wether its best to leave it somewhere warm while it carbonates and then move it to somewhere cooler to clear down and condition or move it straight to somewhere cooler as soon as its...

Hi there, just as a matter of interest, we have just finished selfbuilding our new home. Out of approx 30 RCDs (all from a supposed top make) 4 were defective straight out of their boxes. When I asked the electrician about this, he said that was about par for the course, and that he'd...

Hi Everyone, I've recently aquired a Totton GP28/11 pump to use in my new brewery build, just wondering if it makes a difference which side of the pump a valve needs to be for regulating the flow of the pump. Would it be better on the inlet side of the pump or the outlet side...

Hi Everyone, brewed a St Austell "proper job" clone at the weekend as it was around 5.5 ABV I made up 2 yeast starters to give it a good start. I've just realised that one was Nottingham yeast and the other was Windsor yeast. Everything seems to be going well, but I was just...

hi everyone, does anyone do plastic kegs larger than 5 gallons in size, or is there another way of kegging up larger quanties of home brew at a time regards gunner

hi everyone, just getting all the bits and pieces together for my new garage brewery. The plan is to have the HLT mounted fairly high, feeding the mash tun and to pump the wort into the copper, and from the copper by gravity into the FV. I've bought a Totton GP 28/11 pump on...