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Thats great thanks David. I will try venting a little at first and see how that imrpoves things, cheers Firgman

Thanks Camiller. Don't think that would be much help, I am in the UK and bought the keg from a 'general' superstore Wilkinsons. I think that brand name is Coopers? It is a straight forward rigid plastic keg - the beer is poured in through the top which has a screw on top with rubber to seal all...

Hello all. I am just finishing my first brew :ban: - kegged up into a pressure resistant plastic 5 gallon keg 2 1/2 weeks ago to condition/carbonate. Brew tastes quite nice but still a bit cloudy - should this clear over more time? My biggest problem is pouring a ruddy pint! Not sure if...

Have checked the beer over as advised ChshreCat. The SG is at 1.008 and I think the flavours pretty good. It has a nice, strong ale flavour which I was aiming for marred only by a quite bitter taste (which I presume will improve with age) and yeasty taste (which I presume will reduce when the...

Thats a good idea ChshreCat, will give that a go. The only thing I am annoyed about (a rookie error) is that although I had bought a hydrometer along with all my other equipment and read the instructions on how to read it, I did not realise that I needed to take a reading prior to any...

Thanks all, sorry but I think I have lead you a bum steer here. The plastic 'keg' that I will be carbonating/conditioning in will not be attached to a co2 tank for pumping, it is just a pressure resistant keg with a pouring tap on. I will therefore need to add the sugar for carbonation. I...

Ho ho, thats what I meant to say Dunerunner! With all the mashing and hops etc going in I would assume that there would be a lot more 'gunge and gunk' floating around in there Firgman

Thankyou MBasile, I was hoping that was the case but everybody here describing their fermentations seem to have masses of activity and foam and different colours etc. I suppose that they be using real malts and hops etc. I was just hoping that the yeast supplied in the kit was not good quality...

Apologies for all the questions. If I am reading the helps/tips/how-do's here correctly, I obviously need to add sugar to my keg for priming. Should I be using any particular sugar here or would standard cooking grade white granulated sugar be okay? If any sugar would be fine, does any one have...

Hello all. Been reading through posts here and can't find quite what I am looking for. I am on my first ever brew using a kit with tinned liquid malts. Everything seemed fine at first with bubbles constantly appearing on top of the beer and a lot of foam. However, now on the 8th (and in the last...

Thanks for that info Dustin. Getting a bit confused now due to my novice level of knowledge (zero that is). The 'beer enhancer' that I added to my original mix in the fermenting bin was supposed to be added instead of any sugar - the 'tip' on the bags instructions was that it is easier to add...

Helo one and all. I have started on my first home brew :ban: One of ma iny I hope! I would certainly like to move onto 'proper' home brewing choosing my own hops etc. as there are a lot of local brewers and farms supplying all different sorts but for my first try I have gone for an easy...