Recent content by neale

I know you've solved the problem for now but for future reference the rubber washer should be on the outside of the FV not the inside. If you think how a thread works, its basically a spiral 'gap' that goes from inside your FV to the outside flange of the spigot. If you put the washer on the...

I think part of the problem is when stringent guidlines are put in place by organisations like the BJCP. People get het up about a certain beer not conforming to those guidelines. Then each of these styles get chopped up further with additional subcategories. Sometimes a beer cant fall naturally...

no problem, its a mistake that many peoples make with threaded connections. It seems logical to put the seal on the inside but doing this leaves a tiny gap around the thread that causes the leak. o ring seals can only ever work when they are trapped between two flat surfaces.

I know youve probably given up on this now but did you have the posts o ring on the inside or outside? it should be on the outside. I think in an earlier post you mentioned putting the o ring on the inside. If its on the inside the gas can simply make its way around the thread of the post and...

Ozzy just in case you didnt know there is a UK version of this forum which can be helpful for more local information. I use both and they are both great resources with many helpful and knowlegable users. UK homebrew forum

No not in Ireland, I'm in Sussex but GEB ship into the UK, I've been using them for a few years and always get good service from them. Good you got it sorted.

GetErBrewed sell themselves on customer service, and they have a responsibility to sell the goods exactly as they are described they should be. Contact them, I would expect they'll send out replacements to you and make a claim against their courier for the damage.

Martin Keen did a video on this a while back and seemed to get good results.

Anyone interested in a Guinness clone should check out this video it has some interesting pointers from Guinness themselves. No mention of souring though.

I've been filling my glass bottles to around 5mm from the top for my last 5 or so brews and only had one explode that I think I'd filled a bit too full. I'm pretty sure that the majority of CO2 that is produced get dissolved into the liquid. The blowing of bottles is probably more down to...

I'm not sure about advice in the US but here in the UK we are recommended to always have a 'non-softened' faucet to use as drinking water. We have the main kitchen cold water feed un-treated and use this for drinking and cooking water. If you are drinking your softened water on a regular basis...

I've done three brews topping up to maybe 2mm from the brim and so far no bottle bombs. The first was bottled and conditioned at fermenting temp, the second was cold crashed to 3°C, (38F), bottled, then allowed to condition at room temperature. The last was brewed with Kveik at 35°C, (95F) and...

The volume could have an effect on the light but there is most definitely a difference in the beers colours regardless of bottle size. When I drank these I poured bottle 1 and 3 into the same type of glass and the difference was the same as it appears in the bottles. If you look right at the top...

I'm probably a bit late replying for your last bottling but for future reference I fill a measuring cylinder with beer using the bottling wand, then fill each bottle using the bottling wand and just top up from the measuring cylinder. I do it as carefully as possible so as not to splash or...

This will be the final picture on this thread. We are now 3 and a bit months since bottling and there is still a definite difference between the bottle filled to the top and the two 'normally filled' bottles. I don't think the colour has changed since I last checked back in March. I opened...