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Awesome stuff guys, thanks very much for the valuable info you've given especially seeing as you say those pressure barells are rare in the US. You've helped put my mind at rest with this experiment - one of many I think, but I need to read up much more on this. Revvy, a spray bottle...

Cheers guys. Well, she was not happy about my choice of storage location, and the fact she arrived home before me and found out that she would have to release pressure on the barell. When she realized what could have happened to her clothes, well.. she was not best pleased, it was like...

Awesome friesste, that's exactly what I'll do. I think the type has a basic pressure valve on the cap so it might let off some of the presure in the meantime ...at least I damn well hope so, i don't get off work for a few hours and it's sitting in the closet next to my girlfriends best clothes...

Thanks Bioguy, I was not going to give up on it quite yet! Do you mean to keep the cap loosened off until fermentation is over, or just unscrew at regular intervals (ie once a day to release pressure)? I do have a hydrometer that I can check it with.

Thanks for the input Frazier. I had a feeling that I'd end up back at square one, guess I'll hit the store again in a couple of days!! Need to get some supplies anyway, so I'll buy the proper gear this time when I have more time to check this out properly. I'm guess there's no chance that...

Hi folks, good forum. I'm a total, total beginner at this, and as a spur of the moment act decide I'd start my own while the girlfriend made the mistake of taking me into a shop that sold brewing kits and equipment ;-) (she will regret that haha) Anyway, I got myself a Coppery bitter kit 1...