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Thanks all. So based on the info from everyone I can add x amount of sugar to reach the desired carbonation level. From what Grmblz said it is also ok to store the beer at room temp as well which is the key thing I wanted to understand. Is there a time period that is generally ok to have the...

So I brew using FWK's, I rack, I drink, I brew again and so the cycle continues. I have a 3 font kegerator and 5 corny kegs and a single ferment fridge that can fit my fermentasaurus in. I am trying to get to the point whereby I always have 3 kegs on the gas and drinking, a fourth (and maybe...

Thanks WEAL, I will have a read.

Thanks for the info. I will just have to wait and see whether the 2nd hop addition at the time I started cold crashing has meant I don't get the full flavour. Maybe I will just have to get another of these FWK's and try it via your method to see whether it makes a difference.

Thanks for the reply. I have seen that post before and wasn't sure of the ease with which to succeed. I was also a bit concerned about the potential for bugs and beasties getting in with all the extra bits involved.

Hi all I have a Hop Nation XPA FWK in the fermenter at the moment and I have carried out the following steps with regards to the dry hop additions (as recommended by my LHBS): 1 - Added hop addition one at high krausen, popped them in through the top of the 'saurus and didn't bother purging...

I was hoping to read somewhere in this thread that someone had done this. To date I have always used CO2 to do a closed loop transfer from the FS to the receiving keg. Knowing you can do it via this method and therefore saving a bit of precious CO2 is great. Cheers

I purchased the cylinders from you guys in August, they are the exact type from the link you provided and they were empty. All I did was use the sodastream filling adaptor that you also sell: https://www.kegland.com.au/sodastream-cylinder-filling-adapter-filling-station-with-bleed-valve.html...

Thanks for the reply. Temperature wouldn't have been the issue as it certainly never got anywhere that would tip it even close to 30C. In terms of overfilling, I don't know if that happened. What I did was follow the instructional video you guys produced and then filled the bottles via that...

Kegland branded Sodastream cylinders. I have emailed them directly but have yet to get a response.

Has anybody had issues with the Kegland Sodastream bottles of late? I purchased two in August and filled them both up with no issues a few weeks after. About an hour after filling one of them and with nobody near it the bottle just exploded (not physically and thereby sending bits of bottle...

Good idea, that's good to know.

The advice taken was based on the guy from G&G. Maybe the yeast were hibernating as once I repitched the collection bottle from the saurus, a day later fermentation kicked it. It has been a very sedentary fermentation all up though with little krausen having formed. Either way, gravity dropped...

Thanks.

Thanks for the info. Wasn't aware of the differences between the wheat and barley side of things. The ferment is moving now so I will look to ditch the bottle and replace with a freshly sanitised one. My biggest concern was whether I may have picked up some beasties that were causing the...

In the FWK beers I have done to date I have had trub / yeast settle out in my fermentasaurus collection bottle with a generally uniform shape. I am brewing a Bavarian Weizen using Wyeast 3068 which took quite some time to get going and after re-pitching from the colelction bottle appears to be...

Thanks. I am just sanitising the spare collection bottle and will switch it over. One last thing for the seasoned brewers out there, I have the heat belt half way up the body of the 'saurus which has me thinking about the heat transfer and general temp of the wort. Given the conical shape and...

That was the reason, he said this type of beer lends itself to more esters. I think I could repitch from the collection bottle. If I do then would I be wise to leave the butterfly valve closed so the yeast remain in the top of the Saurus?

SG is the same at pitching, 1.046. I have been able to check regularly as there is a Tilt hydrometer inside. Understand about the starter but the guy at grain and grape said in this instance it wasn't needed because of something to do with the esters and making a starter would do something...

So on Thursday morning I pitched a Bavarian Weizen FWK with Wyeast 3068 yeast as recommended by my LHBS. I followed the same rigorous sanitation process that I have for the other 6 or so brews which all came out good. This is the first time I have used liquid yeast and didn't make a starter...