Recent content by ozymandias

Er... I'm from the UK and I'm not quite sure what a Cornelius Keg is... The pressure barrel I'm describing is what you put the beer into instead of bottles for conditioning and dispensing. It's high density plastic with a plastic tap at the bottom (no float system - it is pretty old!) and a CO2...

I'm testing out an old pressure barrrel - what pressure should the safety release valve sustain within the barrel? I have a pressure guage connected, and after CO2 injection it raises to about 2.5 PSI, but then falls off to just above zero. Now this could be because I'm using a guage designed...

Alternatively, why not make your own? It's bound to be cheaper! I made one with some 8mm copper coil inside a length of wide-bore pvc tubing. Instead of immersing in the wort, I put mains cold water through the pvc tubing outer (sitting in the sink) and syphon the hot wort through the copper...