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To get a secondary fermentation from the priming sugar, you need some yeast remaining in the cider. If you add finings, the yeast will settle out but should still be alive. Personally, I've never found a need for finings in cider. After the initial fermentation, I transfer it to a polypin and...

I have to say, I am finding the new sodastream cylinders much longer lasting than the previous ones - that said, I think they are over twice the capacity. The beauty of the new adapter that Malcolm made, is that it doesn't freeze up and leak like the old one did. I was forever having to run it...

Yes, that's exactly what it does, it fits inside the Hambleton Bard valve. Press down and it squirts CO2 into the keg. One of the things I've found is that, because the thread is so coarse, you need an O ring to seal between the the connector and the Sodastream cylinder, otherwise the gas can...

I thought I had really screwed up when I spent £50 replacing the lids and injector valves for my Hambleton Bard, Sparklets and King Keg barrels when I came to replace my Sodastream cylinder and found out they had changed the screw fitting. My old Boots cylinder injector (much more cost...

Hmmm, it certainly seems as though I need to tread cautiously here. Either a light smoking or just a small proportion of smoked grain.

I am interested in trying to make some beer with smoked-malt but would be interested to hear from anyone else who has tried it. Did you smoke just a proportion of the grain and was this prior to crushing? Did you smoke pale malt, crystal, chocolate etc, for how long and how did you find the...