Recent content by beer baron

Can you recommend a good place in the UK to buy a Hamleton Bard S30 gas canister, and approximately how much are they Cheers :mug:

Thanks guys will use more vaseline next time. On my way to my Friends house now with a big stick to force feed him flat beer:D . If it is flat will co2 work to bring some fizz back, Ive herd the fizz doesn't last with co2 but this is from the same person who told me to release the pressure! I...

I kegged my first brew a few days ago. Added 2.5 oz of sugar for secondary fermentation as the instructions said. After 2 days its started hissing and leaking from the tap a bit, a Friend said to release some pressure from the top which i did. Is this normal and did i do the right thing. The keg...

Hopefully chilled i thought maybe i could transfer from the keg to a bottle, something like a plastic fizzy pop bottle to chill before drinking. That way i would only need a few bottles.

Thanks guys, if barrels or kegs as you call them are ok i think thats the way forward for me, i dont fancy a trip to the emergency room!, and there is not much space in my apartment for all those bottles. Cheers!!!!

Just started my first brew (larger kit) 2 days ago and im not sure whether to use bottles or a barrel when the time comes. Which is best and what are the prose and cons? Thanks. :mug:

Hello everyone from the Lake District NW England. Just started my first brew ( a lager kit) and have had lots of useful info form you all so i thaught i would join. Look forward to asking the many questions i have. Cheers :mug: