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If you do the above next time it makes getting that permanent bung out easier. I say easier but it is still a bitch.

You have to pull the spacer out and throw away then push your dip tube in a swift moment down on the red disc.

You can use your tap with the hobgoblin style kegs. Remove the black venting tap, use some pliers to pull the black spacer out, then force your dip tube into the hole, there is a red plastic disc that is designed to be broken and pushed out the way....

Bottled tonight. 2 x 5 litre Easy Kegs and 16 x 500ml bottles. Bin sample tasted great!

That looks the business....

Great stuff....bookmarked....:-).

Pretty easy.... The bung on the top can be removed by pulling the vent plug out, drifting the red plug in to the keg and the removing the main rubber bung body by wrapping dental floss round it and wrapping round a screwdriver and pulling. The guy in the video linked below uses pliers but...

Tesco are now stocking Old Speckled Hen in reusable easy kegs.... I know they used to use an integrated CO2 cartridge which made them difficult to reuse but the one I've just bought is in a standard Easy Keg....£16...

Duxux, when you say you use the sheet as a hop filter is the Wort still hot? I was just wondering about sanitation of the sheet otherwise? Sounds like a good method to me.... i reckon I could do a half size AG brew this way with my 15 litre stock pot....

Also it is worth noting I only do a 12l boil and top up to 23litres. Hop weights are adjusted in Brewers friend accordingly. :-)

The Galena was a donation from my Local Micro brewery. The Fownes Brewing Company. Top lads. It's a really clean bittering hop. Second brew I have done with it.

This looks great.... interested to know how it ends up.!

Down to Gravity in Seven days and tasting good! A 5 day dry hop of more amarillo and Cascade now...excited about this one...

I have reused with no issues. Just replace the caps with the easy keg ones available for pennies.

Hey Strong arm. ..glad to see your still on here and doing it for the extract brewers! I have a heavily cascade and amarillo hopped APA in the FV now.....

Thanks Johnny....Gonna fish em out I think...sterilised sieve.

A little advice guys. Normally I sieve out my boil hops as I transfer the wort into the FV but it seems that some got dropped over the edge of the sieve and are now floating nicely on top of the Krausen. My question is should I use a sterilised spoon or sieve to retrieve them out the FV...

Brew day went well... Recipe was as such.... Steep 500 Pale Crystal Malt and 250g crushed wheat 60 mins at 65- 70 degrees c 1.5kg of LME extra light 1kg of light DME 250g of Wheat DME 30g Galena 60 mins 10g cascade 30 min 10g amarillo 30 mins 10g cascade 15 mins 10g amarillo 15 mins 20g...

Thanks Ian....

Where did you get the bungs with the nut on from? Sound good. Haven't tried the speckled hen ones but I have reused some kegs I got from Purity brewery with no issues. Their vent plugs were easy to get out using dental floss....