Weirdly, you might find if you open the tap up to fully open (with the glass tilted) you could reduce the froth. Be prepared to turn it off quick though. When I used the original tap supplied with the PB, the slower the pour the more froffy!
I think I need one of those! Is the adapter ok for pin type valve? Where do you get the gas?Hi Richy I use a soda stream for top ups you will need an adapter it works with pin or without View attachment 42831View attachment 42832View attachment 42831
Hi Richy I use a soda stream for top ups you will need an adapter it works with pin or without
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CO2-Gas-...433234?hash=item1ab25a9f92:g:rwcAAOSwhHZf8wM4No you are probly right, i have come to the conclusion a big cylinder is a lot cheaper in the longer term after initial outlay, think im on the corny road here
I'm a PB user - but I never get carbonated beer out - it's always flat (I don't mind, I like warm flat beer) - how do you get carbonated beer out of your PBs?Why a pressure barrel?
So when you can bottle beer, why bother with pressure barrels at all? My view - bottles are a real headache with all that cleaning, sterilising, filling, priming, capping, labeling, the risk of bottle bombs from over-carbonation or flat beer from under-carbonation. What you have to do 40 times over with bottles, you do just once with a keg. When it comes to carbonation, all the beers in the picture below came straight out of a pressure barrel beautifully carbonated and conditioned. You can of course get the same results with other systems but for me, pressure barrels are a good way to get great results without the hassle of bottling and without the complexity and expense of full-on cornelius (“corny”) keg setups with kegs, gas bottles, regulators, and all the plumbing – which is all a bit daunting in the beginning when you don’t even know what things are called let alone how they’re assembled and used.
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Read further down the thread and you will hopefully find the answers to all your questions. Almost certainly you need to replace the pressure release rubber on the valve - it’s very likely letting all the CO2 out. You’ll see photos and more info in the thread but come back to me if you need more help.I'm a PB user - but I never get carbonated beer out - it's always flat (I don't mind, I like warm flat beer) - how do you get carbonated beer out of your PBs?
Remember there is a route for gas to enter the keg (via the central pin/channel) AND there is a route for gas to escape (via the pressure release rubber).I have 6 PBs on the go and find KKs the best and as I said immediately I read the OP I think it encyclopaedia like.
However I have a problem that I can't solve as follows
Last brew had gas coming up the central hole during 2nd Ferm ... I lived with it as it was slight. When empty I changed the small rubber seal as advised in the OP and that gave me confidence as it was new , flush and tight
Just got to pressure with St Peters Ruby and it has started again so I am stumped. It is a brass valve not really old and takes the small gas bulbs
Just wondering if I can as a fix put a bulb in holder and pierce it . In theory (I'm good at theory till someone tells me my theory is rubbish) the gas can't get in the barrel as it is "full" and will provide a seal ?
So 2 questions above. I can't see how the valve can leak if the only way out is through the gas input hole so is there a way pls
I will change valve when Ruby has been drunk but is there a way to seal this leak till then
Cheers Wherrypuzzled
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