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Thanks. I've boiled them for quite a while and it doesn't work. I tried softening the gasket with an electric heat gun but unfortunately the tops are made of plastic too and they melt as well. Not to worry, I'm sure I can buy the whole mechanism in one of our supermarkets and they do have a...

Thanks Passedpawn.

I know I'm 14 years down the line for this post, but the only beer I buy here in France from a shop is Fischer. I then reuse them to bottle my own brew. Only trouble I have is that the gaskets on the bottle are glued on and take a lot of getting off. In the past I've tried a sharp knife but that...

Thanks VikeMan It's more the terms used by users of this forum (and others) that I was concerned with. For instance, I came across a thread about "whirlpooling". It took me quite a bit of reading to realise that in UK we would call that "stirring rapidly". As I once was contracted to do some...

Good luck with your figuring. Unfortunately, English UK and English USA don't always follow the same path. Where I might translate a set of initials in UK English, I'd probably get quite a different answer on the other side of the Atlantic. Maybe one of the "older" members may have not much to...

Hello 89Hen, I'm new to this forum and noticed your post. I've been brewing quite a while, but in England. American terms and products are very different to those used or available in UK. Did anyone ever answer your post about abbreviations? shunter50

Hello. I'm a new member and appreciate this is an old post, but can you re-do the jpg's again please. I can't get them to download. I presume it's the time factor. Thanks shunter50