wigwamheed
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thats good, you'll have to let us know how they are i'm keen to get some, where did you get yours from? any thoughts on the reusability?
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wigwamheed said:
I wont really know about re-usability untill I have an empty one. I bought them from here, they dont say they are re-usable so possibly not. They are not "proper" PolyPins which I believe are re-usable so I guess I will have to wait and see...
I have not primed these either as the general concensus was to not prime them due to the potential of them popping...
I will post back with more information as I get it, any more questions feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer them :)
wigwamheed
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Thanks. Just had a look on that site and think you're right about them beeing one use as they sell replacement 20l bags for £1.90 each when you buy ten and cheaper when you buy more.
The only real way I will find out is when I come to try when there is an empty one, I dont fancy trying with a new one incase I cant re-use them and would then have wasted one...
wigwamheed
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True enough, at least they're cheap if they're not
Thats what I was thinking, wish I had checked a bit more closely when buying them though, I have a feeling that there was some home brew involved when I was buying them...
I will have to look into getting proper ones in the future though as I think that even if I can remove the bung/tap then when I put it back in it will not be as secure
I will have to look into getting proper ones in the future though as I think that even if I can remove the bung/tap then when I put it back in it will not be as secure
I used to use these a lot when I bought wine from France.
There's a wine place next door to Eastenders in Calais (Is it still there?) which sells wine by the litre - they have huge vats of the stuff, varying quality. They fill the bag like you were filling a car.
They sell you the polypins too, but IIRC they expected you to wash out the bag and they simply replaced the tap.
I suppose if you could get them properly sterilised, you could reuse the taps too.
I don't remember that they charged you much for refilling them.
Last time I was there, the red wine was around â¬1.35 a litre.
There's a wine place next door to Eastenders in Calais (Is it still there?) which sells wine by the litre - they have huge vats of the stuff, varying quality. They fill the bag like you were filling a car.
They sell you the polypins too, but IIRC they expected you to wash out the bag and they simply replaced the tap.
I suppose if you could get them properly sterilised, you could reuse the taps too.
I don't remember that they charged you much for refilling them.
Last time I was there, the red wine was around â¬1.35 a litre.
Had a taste of this last night, amazingly clear and not a bad taste at all, flat as a pancake though as expected, would pouring through a beer engine make this better?
Didnt get any pics sorry
Didnt get any pics sorry
Made a beer label :)
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Hahaha...love it BM!
Can you bottle and prime a couple of bottles to see if that helps with the carbonation?
Can you bottle and prime a couple of bottles to see if that helps with the carbonation?
May give it a try, had another pint last night (still no pics...) and its not too bad it being flat, the flavour is good :)
Really quite liking this now, going to be bloody hard when it runs out to leave the other pin un touched until TST :)
Really think I am going to have to bite the bullet and replace the nackered element in my boiler and get another brew on, think I only have 4 or 5 pints of mine left
Really think I am going to have to bite the bullet and replace the nackered element in my boiler and get another brew on, think I only have 4 or 5 pints of mine left
Did any one try this at TST? - I left before it made it on tap?
