kenmc
Well-Known Member
Hi there, just found this site today so hopefully someone can answer my questions.
I got myself a king keg microbrewery for Christmas and started my first brew on 1 March. It says to leave it for 21 days, so I did so but when I poured out the first glass it was full of white bits - I guess yeast - floating in the beer. Smelt nice though, and a little taste was ok. Left it there for another few days, and same thing happened next time I poured some beer. Also the keg seemed to run out of pressure to pump more than about a half a glass or so. Left it there more and looked at it there yesterday and the pressure was back a bit to get some beer out (it's a top tap so needs the pressure to pump it out) and there was less white floaters. Tasted a bit sharp though, but there was a few bubbles in it! But again the keg ran out of pumping pressure. I moved it closer to a radiator, cos I think that it's not warm enough where it is, i've not got a heat mat or anything yet.
Q1) Do you think that this brew still has a chance of succeeding????
Q2) In any case I am looking to get a refill pack for this. The 2 suppliers of homebrew stuff I can find in Ireland (I'm in Dublin) have several kits which stipulate that I do a fermentation first of all in a brew bucket and then transfer to the keg. but I don't have a brew bucket and don't particularly want more stuff lying around, and was wondering if I can do the whole thing in the keg, or is it going to explode????
Thanks in advance for any hints and tips you can provide!
Cheers
Kenmc
I got myself a king keg microbrewery for Christmas and started my first brew on 1 March. It says to leave it for 21 days, so I did so but when I poured out the first glass it was full of white bits - I guess yeast - floating in the beer. Smelt nice though, and a little taste was ok. Left it there for another few days, and same thing happened next time I poured some beer. Also the keg seemed to run out of pressure to pump more than about a half a glass or so. Left it there more and looked at it there yesterday and the pressure was back a bit to get some beer out (it's a top tap so needs the pressure to pump it out) and there was less white floaters. Tasted a bit sharp though, but there was a few bubbles in it! But again the keg ran out of pumping pressure. I moved it closer to a radiator, cos I think that it's not warm enough where it is, i've not got a heat mat or anything yet.
Q1) Do you think that this brew still has a chance of succeeding????
Q2) In any case I am looking to get a refill pack for this. The 2 suppliers of homebrew stuff I can find in Ireland (I'm in Dublin) have several kits which stipulate that I do a fermentation first of all in a brew bucket and then transfer to the keg. but I don't have a brew bucket and don't particularly want more stuff lying around, and was wondering if I can do the whole thing in the keg, or is it going to explode????
Thanks in advance for any hints and tips you can provide!
Cheers
Kenmc