What are my options with the equipment I already have?
I would rate myself as still a noob, however I am working on getting a consistent brew of dark ale using ready made tins of ingredients.
Yesterday someone gave me a lager kit (beer as opposed to dark ale) and I set it off going in the fermentation bucket as per usual and is brewing nicely. (PRIMARY)
My question is: I have at my disposal the pressure barrel I have been using for the dark ale... has a limited success at carbonating due to the fact I have no CO2 injector.
I have a standard plastic secondary which does not hold pressure with a narrow neck.
I have a number of used 2 litre coke platic bottles which are a bit large for conditioning but I guess it's possible.
Suppose I plan on leaving it in primary for 2 weeks, would you go to the pressure barrel and drink from there like is supposed to work, go to the secondary fermentor, then bottle, or straight to the 2 litre bottles?
I appreciate any comments.
(b)
I would rate myself as still a noob, however I am working on getting a consistent brew of dark ale using ready made tins of ingredients.
Yesterday someone gave me a lager kit (beer as opposed to dark ale) and I set it off going in the fermentation bucket as per usual and is brewing nicely. (PRIMARY)
My question is: I have at my disposal the pressure barrel I have been using for the dark ale... has a limited success at carbonating due to the fact I have no CO2 injector.
I have a standard plastic secondary which does not hold pressure with a narrow neck.
I have a number of used 2 litre coke platic bottles which are a bit large for conditioning but I guess it's possible.
Suppose I plan on leaving it in primary for 2 weeks, would you go to the pressure barrel and drink from there like is supposed to work, go to the secondary fermentor, then bottle, or straight to the 2 litre bottles?
I appreciate any comments.
(b)