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Thanks. Appreciate it!

Hi, I just came into possession of a bottom tap King Keg, for which I bought a 'Super 30' Co2 cylinder which fits on a valve on the lid of the keg. Can anyone explain to me when and how much gas to inject into the beer (which I am about to siphon from primary)? Secondly, there appears to...

Cheers! Best of luck with yours too.

Brew update. I woke this morning to find definite signs of action after about 30 hours. After I came back from work (about 10 hours later) I was delighted to see a Kreuzen almost touching the lid of my fermenter! Thanks to everyone for the advice, I suppose expecting things to go wrong is...

GN, Thanks for replying. Really? Three days? I was concerned because the vial said that fermentation typically takes between 5 and 15 hours. Bit misleading if you (and it looks like me, among others) are taking 24 hours+. Stevie

Al, I was rigorous with sanitation so I'm fairly certain that's not the problem, it is a plastic fermenter I am using, so maybe that explains the lack of bubbling. In in Scotland so I guess the yeast will have come across the Atlantic from WL, then on again from the mail order company in...

GI, In Fahrenhiet, I pitched at 71f, the fermenter cooled overnight to 62F before I brought it back up to 71f. I did shake the thial though not all that vigorously, there was absolutely no pressure whatsoever. Just looked at it, and there are two or three areas of a foam like substance...

Thanks guys, I appreciate the encouragement. I am I to take it that the bubblegum aroma coming from the fermenter is not a sign in itself of fermentation then?

Hi, I'm 24 hours into the primary fermentation stage with no visible signs of activity. No bubbling or sign of kreuzen. I'm brewing a Hefe-Weizen kit using DME and White Labs WLP300 yeast, I didn't use a starter as the thial directed me not to as these liquid yeasts are supposedly ready to...

Guys, Thanks, you saved me a lot of grief! For once I didn't trust my impulses thank God.... Cheers:D Stevie

Hi, Sorry if this seems a daft question :- Just tested a bottle of my first batch and it tasted a little flat with fairly poor head retention. I bottled straight from the primary fermenter, which was a week ago, I used 2 carbonation drops per 750ml bottle which now seems a little light. My...