Off Topic Perfect Draught

[My Left Foot]

I have a Perfect Draught and it's great. Never bought a can or bottle for in the house for over a year. Jupiler, Stella, Spaten and Lowenbrau are my favourite lagers,
Heated Seats the best ale I've tried.

 

[Nig]

nig is posting some good advice regarding home brew, take note people if you fancy trying it.

i think he basically covers this but just to spell it out, never be tempted to bottle/barrel it too soon, i always left a couple extra days to allow more sediment to settle...after that it is all about getting it into the bottles/barrel without disturbing it, believe me, those extra couple of days can make a big difference to how much 'mush' is floating around, how long a bottle will take to clear and how much is likely to get agitated and mix with the ale, that is when you get that really bitter after-taste.

never ever scrimp on the cleaning side, i know nig covered this but it cannot be stressed too often, as soon as you empty something, clean it out.


Plastic pop bottles take a lot of pressure mate, most of the modern thin glass bottles would blow easier.

barrels, easier and far less clart on than individual bottles (i was always told to use beer bottles not pop bottles, something to do with the pressure building up and pop bottles 'blowing') but they can be a pain to get clean...i had 4 barrels on the go with injectors to put a bit 'fizz' into the ales, forget it as once the barrel started to empty it seemed all you did was put air into the space rather than the ale, stuck with the barrels without the injectors and my usual tipples were lager, beer and always a cider on the go to mix my own snakebites while the missus did a lot of wines using those '5 tropical fruit' drinks.

cant say i ever got a 'great' tasting ale but it all went down well at the parties...or when all else had ran out.

Plastic pop bottles will take some pressure mate. Better than most modern thin crap glass ones.
And I wouldn't want shattered glass everywhere unlike plastic lol.

 

[Porterfield73]

30p a pint for me

Yes, the 2ltr ones or 1.5/1.75ltr coke bottles.
Coke ones are good/thicker.

Just make sure they are for fizzy drinks.
I bought a load of those sparkling water bottles from Morrisons.

https://groceries.morrisons.com/pro...g-raspberry-blackberry-spring-water-112024011

The grandson drank the water
They're 1ltr so don't normally bother now as 2ltr means less bottling.
Their still water bottles are the same.

But 2ltr are easily obtained off friends etc.

I have a device you press the bottles on to squirt sanitiser inside and a bottle tree to stack them upside down and drain.
Them and the bottling wand make bottling a whole lot easier as its a pain in the arse,

Milton takes 15 minutes to sterilise and you don't have to rinse.

Be aware, I say it's easy, and it is, but you have to take things like temperature into account.
Too cold and the fermentation won't start. Too warm and it can spoil the taste dramatically.


Get a cheap bottle brush to clean inside bottles too.

sounds great (and cheap) but I couldn't be arsed to do all that. quite happy to change kegs (30 seconds) and carry on drinking.

 

[Oldsandy]

Thanks to all who took the time to advise/inform about the various beer machines. I’ve decided on the PD. Now, do I go for the original, cheaper model or the Pro? 3 degrees a bit cold for my liking - sets my teeth off. But then again, if I’m drinking outside it would be a hot day and the beer wouldn’t stay cold for long. Likewise in the house the heating would be on therefore the same result. I think the only valid argument against the original model is: would I have the patience to wait for the beer to warm? Decisions, decisions! It’s a tough life. Original,I think.

 

[Prehab26]

Randon. Beer hawk have just started up there refer a friend scheme. Got an email today. If anyone is wanting a new machine , I can pass on a code. Will save you a chunk and I'll get a free beer too.

Feel free to drop me a message.