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Let me first begin by saying that neither of these ideas are good, if you hurt yourself by copying me then I will laugh at you, If you try to sue me, your lawyer will laugh at you for trying to sue a man with so little that he has to try this. With that said here are the chronicles of such a man. May whatever god you believe in be with you lol.
I had to stop brewing about four years ago, I had been doing AG and had about 4kg of ground malt left when work called me away, didn't know how long it was gonna be for, so I stashed my malt away in my 19L pot, sealed with insulation tape around the edge. Turned out to be quite a while before my life was stable enough again for brewing.
When I opened it up again, four years later, I fully expected to have to throw it away but it showed no signs of mould and still tasted fresh. I decided to make a brew from it and I'm glad I did. I am well aware of ergot poisoning and even induce a synthetic form from time to time, however I am not foolhardy in this respect and if it had displayed any symptoms of decay I would have chucked it at this point.
I bought some fresh hops and mashed it up, I fully intended this to be a practice or if lucky, sacreifcial brew. Giving me something to drink while better brews matured. I have been pleasantly supprised. The efficiency was down (15%) compared to the following brew but as yet flavour is good and I wouldn't hesitate to do this again, although I know its far from best practice.
I had two more brews planned when I started this one and only bottles enough for that, I did however have an old pressure barrel from 1987
If I had had a bit more cash and cared about my personal safety a bit more I would have bought a new one but I do know the history of this barrel, attic stored and mostly unused. Plus I had all the bits to make this work. It also offered some advantages to those that I can buy readily. It is far thicker than modern barrels, opaque and the fitting I put into it means you don't waste a full bulb of co2 each time you charge. The safety valve was in good condition.
I first off drilled the lid and put in an automotive Stai
[/IMG]nless shraeder valve, this was something I had knocking about. I pumped it to around 5psi and checked it for leaks with washing up liquid and It came out fine. Once I pumped to 10 however the central rubber bung started to leak. I decided to take a look in the workshop and see what I had available, after a bit of hunting, a stainless bolt and some washers did the trick. I pumped it up to 15psi and the safety started to bleed as expected so I left it for 3 days to see if it held pressure. It did
Confident now I put my brew into it and 3 weeks later we are carbed and happy. I will use a co2 bike pump to charge which has a valve and guage but so far 10l down and it has not been nesessary.
Some pics for you and if you have questions go for it.
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I had to stop brewing about four years ago, I had been doing AG and had about 4kg of ground malt left when work called me away, didn't know how long it was gonna be for, so I stashed my malt away in my 19L pot, sealed with insulation tape around the edge. Turned out to be quite a while before my life was stable enough again for brewing.
When I opened it up again, four years later, I fully expected to have to throw it away but it showed no signs of mould and still tasted fresh. I decided to make a brew from it and I'm glad I did. I am well aware of ergot poisoning and even induce a synthetic form from time to time, however I am not foolhardy in this respect and if it had displayed any symptoms of decay I would have chucked it at this point.
I bought some fresh hops and mashed it up, I fully intended this to be a practice or if lucky, sacreifcial brew. Giving me something to drink while better brews matured. I have been pleasantly supprised. The efficiency was down (15%) compared to the following brew but as yet flavour is good and I wouldn't hesitate to do this again, although I know its far from best practice.
I had two more brews planned when I started this one and only bottles enough for that, I did however have an old pressure barrel from 1987
If I had had a bit more cash and cared about my personal safety a bit more I would have bought a new one but I do know the history of this barrel, attic stored and mostly unused. Plus I had all the bits to make this work. It also offered some advantages to those that I can buy readily. It is far thicker than modern barrels, opaque and the fitting I put into it means you don't waste a full bulb of co2 each time you charge. The safety valve was in good condition.
I first off drilled the lid and put in an automotive Stai
Confident now I put my brew into it and 3 weeks later we are carbed and happy. I will use a co2 bike pump to charge which has a valve and guage but so far 10l down and it has not been nesessary.
Some pics for you and if you have questions go for it.
