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Hi all, Ok I'm still very new to home brewing and have a couple of questions. 1. I started off a beer kit in November and then due to various events it's been left in the fermentation bucket in the spare room until now. It looks and tastes ok, do you reckon it's ok to barrel and drink? 2. If...

@ Themumbler - Thank you you are a legend. After close inspection A found the rubber seal was twisted, I've now sorted it and can no longer blow air through it (no matter how hard I try). Should I put vaseline on the band so that it can move if it needs too as it really is air tight now...

Hi Guys, Thanks for your replies, I can't see any rubber thing to cover the hole so maybe it's missing? Below are some images to help with diagnosis: I hope someone can shed some light on this, if it is a dodgy valve is there anything I can do (ie stick duck tape over it?) to save the...

Evening all, I recently purchased my first barrel from home brew online. It has a plastic cap with a plastic valve in it, problem is I can easily blow/suck air through it. When I blow through the tap it hisses through the valve. Is that normal? I hope so! I've just put a dasher the flasher...

Hi guys, quick question. After bottling on the 24th Nov the beer has been sitting in my spare room at around room temp. I was hoping the brew would be drinkable by Xmas but have just tried a bottle and it's very cloudy and tastes quite flat. I'm assuming that it might need a cool spell so...

Good Evening all, Here's an update on my brew and another question Tonight I used the hydrometer to test the brew and it was suitable to bottle. I've just bottled it all and capped it and will keep it in the warm for a couple of days before moving it to the garage for 14 days, then I'll drink...

Good Morning, I'm new to homebrewing (this is only my second batch) so please be gentle with me. I'm currently brewing using a woodfordes Nelsons revenge kit and have a question. I set it up last week (Sat) in my garage and left it there for a week with a brew belt on it to let it ferment...