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I've put down a Chris' British Ale in my fermzilla allrounder. I'm doing this in a chest freezer with a temp controller set to 17 degrees. The temp probe is sitting in a container (with water) where I've set my blow off tube. According to the temp controller my fermenting temp has fluctuated...

I've decided to try pressure fermentation and have done a bit of reading both here and on other sites. The FWK I have ready to go is a Chris' British Ale. I've brewed it before and really like it. With all the reading I've done I'm getting conflicting messages about pressure fermentation of...

Just got the S4 and it looks like a great kegerator. I especially love the fact that the gas bottle is on the outside. At the moment the fridge is running at 4 degrees which is far too warm. The Kegland video I watched seemed counter intuitive and when I tried to apply what they said it didn't...

Every now and then, when I change over a keg, I get a very frothy pour. This is despite the fact that the previous keg poured perfectly and I haven't changed the gas pressure. This time, when I pull the handle I get a blast of gas then a frothy pour. I can see gas pockets and bubbles in the beer...

Two weeks ago I kegged a FWK that had been sitting in the fermenter for nearly three weeks. All went well until I finished and went to attach the CO2 lines to my keg - the gas cylinder was empty. It was also too late in the day to get a refill. I attached the gas line anyway and put the keg into...

I'm finding the quality from FWKs is very good indeed and essentially the people making the kits have done the hard work for me. There are a lot of kits out there from different brewers including All Inn, Artisan Ale, Craftbrewer. These are the the three I've tried so far and all of their kits...

I recently fitted a two tap system to my kegerator. The gas bottle has the single line out leading to a splitter enabling me to pressurise two kegs. From the start I've always had two kegs connected and the beer has flowed OK. Last Friday, all I could pour was froth and quick check of the...

I put a Chris' British Ale (recommended in my last thread) in the fermenter yesterday and Krausen has already started. Then I checked the dates. I like to leave the wort to ferment for 14 days but have miscalculated as I fly out to Perth for a two week trip on the 14th day. If the wort is ready...

I put down a FWK London Porter yesterday. Following some advice, I put about 5L of wort into the fermenter, sprinkled the yeast over the top and let it spread out to avoid clumping. (The Yeast is a Lallemand Nottingham Ale Yeast). I then gave the whole thing a vigorous mix for about 60 seconds...

I tend to drink from the one keg while the other one matures in the 2 tap kegerator. The beer I was drinking was pouring perfectly. However, I wanted to see how my FWK English Pale Ale was faring after two weeks in the keg so I poured a small sample. It was a bit gassy but no worries as I just...

I've got two 19L corny kegs sitting in my kegerator and am drinking from just one at the moment. The other corny has a different brew in it and I'd like to try it. If I change over to the the other keg what will happen to the keg I've been using.? As I'm removing the CO2 pressure for the other...

I have just bought a US kegerator (Haier) that I got for $70 and the only issue is that it comes with a sanke coupler. I'm going to use post mix (corny) kegs and have bought two ball couplers for the gas and beer lines. The only issue is that the spear end (is that the correct phrase) on the gas...

I've brewed on and off for many years now but stopped about 10 years ago because I couldn't make a brew that tasted any good here on the Gold Coast. Maintaining constant temperature was the main issue. I think I can get round that now and any extra expense to do that is a no brainer as you'll...