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Went out to pour a pot last night and found there was no pressure in the kegs and the gas bottle was completely empty. Obviously I have a leak somewhere that I have to find as the bottle was pretty much new, but the question I have is will the beer be alright? It would have been sitting with no...

Does everyone still use the sediment reducer (I think thats what its called) that comes standard with the coopers kits. Mine is starting to look a bit average as it is very hard to keep clean. Are these really needed? Will you risk sucking up parts of the yeast cake when using the tap only?

I have just finished my keggle conversion and plan to be doing a BIAB this weekend. The old man had a burner laying around so i thought I could use that instead of going out and buying one. The problem being this is only a single burner and it takes sooo long to heat up. Im doing a test run at...

I recently put together my chest freezer with a 4 tap font ontop. The font can be flooded but at the moment I dont have it hooked up and I am finding that the first pour is always full of head due to the tap being so warm. From what I understand to flood the font correctly you are supposed to...

Do many people run 4mmID beer line? I recently purchased a 4 tap font and it has fittings for 4mmID and 6mmOD beer line. I cant fit anything bigger on to it. I was thinking of having my whole system set up with 4mm line, will there be any issues with this? The only thing that I can see is it...

I recently purchased a secondhand font from ebay and want to give it the once over before I hook it up to my chest freezer. The lines that are currently fitted to it are pretty average so I was thinking of replacing them. The problem that I have is the current lines that are fitted are 4mmID and...

I just bought myself a font and it has the quick release style fittings for the taps but I still need to buy the matching shank for my taps. I was told these were snaplock style but can someone confirm this for me before I buy some and find they are wrong

Anyone out there got a micromatic tap? http://www.craftbrewer.com/shop/details.asp?PID=929 I just bought a font but need to fit 4 taps to it. I was looking at the Craftbrewer site and they say its an "economical" tap. I just want to know if they are any good before I go out and buy 4 of them...

Does anyone store their gas bottle and regulator inside their fridge? Are there any issues of doing this? I have just bought a keg setup and was unsure if this was a good idea or not

Im looking at getting a fermentation fridge before summer hits so I can continue to brew without worrying about temperature variations. Has anyone out there used one of those thermoelectric wine cooler fridges as a fermentation fridge? I know they are not the most efficient things but I dont...

Anyone out there have a recipe for Monteiths Original Ale? Tried this while I was over in New Zealand and didnt mind it. Looking for a K&K recipe but im also wanting to try a partial so now could be the time to move on

This has probably been done somewhere before, but with this new forum it seems like a good place to post this. Does anyone have a good link to a guide for beginners to go from kits to partials?

Do many people out there use an oven to sterilise there bottle? Any problems with doing this? It seems like it would be a lot easier to give the bottles a quick rinse after drinking, place them on the bottle tree to dry and then give them another quick rinse followed by an hours or so in the...

Anyone have a K&K recipe for James Squire Amber Ale? I have done a search but can only find recipes for golden ale

I am currently making my 3rd brew, its a coopers pale ale with dry hopped with 25g cascade. After a few days i took a SG reading however the sample i took was a real murky pale yellow colour and was 1010, and didnt taste the best. There was plenty of activity through the airlock and a fair...

I just bought myself a Coopers kit and am currently brewing my first batch. Cant wait to see how it turns out. Anyway i already have plans for my next brew which will be a Coopers Australian pale ale. It says on the can that they recommend using the brew enhancer #2 which I have already bought...