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In short, yes it does have one - and no it doesn't need any fiddling. I expect it will look like a small, thick rubber band wrapped around a (tip of small finger sized) bit sticking up out of the top.
If you can post a picture I can point it out to you?
If I'm right, are you using the tinned, all in one kits you can buy in Wilkies, If so forget the expensive pressure barrels, smile nicely at your local Pub Landlord and ask him/her, or in this PC world her/him to save you the Magners Cider Bottles.
You need a minimum of 40, IF you need a continuing supply get 80
Follow the instructions, after (generally 3 days) once the bubbles have stopped! Bottle, forget the hammer on cheap skate crown topper, get youself the one with the two handles you push down, don't forget to add the sugar before you top! I use a 1/3 t/spn, put the bottles in a dark cupboard for at least 14 days (you might even want 120 bottles for a continueing supply)
I find the "german lager" to be the best, after your first brew you might want to start experimenting with Demarerra Sugar / caster sugar mix, or even Glucose, Honey, try it it's fun!
Food and drink , I supose I can enter my gardenig bit then.
Whilst on holiday last week daughter picked my first crops of tomatoes and cucumbers.
Much tastier than the supermarket ones.
As for being on topic my homebrew carear did not last very long.
One night I thought there was a war going on.
60 odd bottles of beer went pop. Someone had turned the storage heater on which was next to the boxes of beer.
Dave p
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In short, yes it does have one - and no it doesn't need any fiddling. I expect it will look like a small, thick rubber band wrapped around a (tip of small finger sized) bit sticking up out of the top.
If you can post a picture I can point it out to you?
Hi Waz, I have been brewing beer and making wine for for over 35 years, and I am a member of the National Guild of Wine and Beer Judges. If you want any serious questions answering please PM me.
To answer your query the funny aluminium spigot with a screw thread on that's on the barrel screw top is dual function. It is there to inject carbon dioxide gas into the the barrel to provide top pressure to push the beer out of the tap and stop air glugging back in through the tap and oxidising the beer.
Also when the beer is first put into the barrel with priming sugar this will produce the condition in the beer (fizz) If you put excessive sugar in the beer or there is unfermented sugars in the beer that the yeast will act on over a few days excessive carbon dioxide will be produced which will vent off through this safety valve.
In my early days of home brewing, I used empty plastic coke bottles with great success. I then progressed to porcelain capped Grolsch bottles, again with great success. Then came a Boots pressure barrel, with the spigot valve that Big Frank mentions, and a Soda Stream cartridge. The results were often better than some draught beers I've had in pubs. I used Boots own brand tins of wort, as well as that from John Bull and Edme. A Barley Wine I once brewed, went down a treat, even though I extended it from a 24 pint kit, to a 30 pint kit. It was still strong.
If I were to go back to brewing again, it would have to be the pressure barrel for ease of sterilising and maintenance. Bottles can become tedious.
Years ago as a young boy, I remember my father using McEwans Pale Ale bottles with rubber screw tops for his home brew. There was so much pressure in the bottles (after priming) that they all exploded, leaving the screw tops still in the glass necks.
And for once, neither my brother nor I got the blame.
One bit of very important piece of advice for you, is to be meticulous when it comes down to cleaning and sterilising equipment. There's nothing worse than going to all that effort, to find that your brew has "gone off" due to induced bacteria, or it's tasteless by not rinsing off properly, after sterilising.
Happy brewing,
Jock.
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