pressure barrel

So I messed up big time. First time making cider and I wanted to have it pretty highly carbonated to about 3.5 CO2 volume, about soda levels carbonation. I have the pressure barrel below with around 22L of dry cider inside it, the calculator said I should put 220g of sugar but I added 320g...

Can anyone suggest a tool to tighten a pressure keg top. Once closed tight it is really difficult to open. Looking for something to tighten around the lid to open/close. Thanks Clive

Hi, I could do with some help using my new pressure barrel. My understanding was 'transfer beer from fermentation bucket into the barrel and stick a CO2 capsule in the top of the barrel to provide pressure and carbonation'. Not quite sure what I have bought (?) but doesn't seem to accept any...

Hi All, newbie here. Had been toying with the idea of giving home brewing a try for a little while and recently got an extract kit – one of BrewUK’s bucket + pressure barrel sets with the Muntons American IPA beer kit. Spoiler alert: somethings not quite right with the beer! So was hoping if...

Wotcha. I just made a festival suffolk dark kit and, having read here and elsewhere that the supplied batch of fuggles hops over does the bitterness, I opted to add half the supplied amount closer to barreling than instructed by the kit. After 5 weeks in the PB the result is, you guessed it, not...

Hi. Can anyone help please. I have 2 pressure barrels a 25ltr and a 10ltr. When my last batch was down to half i transferred it into the smaller barrel (to make room for another batch) and added a co2 bulb to re pressurise. Most of which escaped straight away due to there being very little room...

Hi, I'm a newbie to brewing and to this forum. I have myself a KK top tap and am about to rack a Festival Razorback IPA in the next few days. I decided to check for any leaks in the KK as I've read that they are prone to leaking, but I just like the idea of them. I have added a pressure gauge...

Here is something to laugh about for the week ahead: Instead of being able to report proudly about my very first batch of homemade cider in the next few days, I discovered today that it has found a final resting place under the floorboards in the kitchen aheadbutt:tinhat:. I am using a King...

Hi guys, I have had trouble with my brews tasting great and crisp and the end of fermentation, then after racking into a pressure barrel (PB) for conditioning, the flavour is lost to a duller, slightly caramel flavour (still very drinkable! but not ideal..). I highly suspect this is due to...

Hi there! Apologies if this isn't strictly the right place for this. I was gifted a pressure barrel so I thought I'd use it to brew in (my first homebrew). The brew is currently fermenting in the barrel - fingers crossed I haven't cocked it up! Anyway, my question is, at the end of the...

Hi, I am new to brewing and hope you can give me some advice? I have just brewed my 1st wherry and batch primed in pressure barrel. It has been left to carbonate for 2 weeks and just moved to garage. I was wondering, would it be ok to fill a 5ltr mini keg straight from my pressure barrel, as...

I have a 10 litre pressure barrel (like the standard white plastic barrels but mini). I've been thinking of doing a small all grain, 5-6 litres something like that, so I can test out some beer ideas, would this be ok in a mini 10L barrel or will there be problems with there being too much space...