Jim's Beer Kit

Go to gas low direct, the item you need is there

I confess I use one on my hopback , to trigger off the pump

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Sounds complicated .....what I do is a 38 litre brew, gravity feed into sankey keg via a sankey coupler, but have the hose from the outlet from the coupler higher than the level of fluid in the conical.once the keg is full you see fluid in the outlet pipe from the coupler. Then I fit a bottling wand...

Why don't you tap into the cold water supply under the sink with a self cutting tap? Check out Opella self cutting tap on eBay

I have only done this on a sankey keg and yes does take a while but, yr not filling the keg up yr just swilling it around, alternatively you could attach a steamer to the coupler and do it that way.
However, when I did fill the keg I wasn't in a rush , so to me that aspect is not such a problem

Yes exactly

Clive, they are called toggle latches

Yes agreed, but wanting to not waste CO2 I just opted for gravity drain, but yes you could force drain as you say

Not wanting to disrupt the idea of spear removal, however, I'm wondering do we really need to remove it at all? I currently use cornies, but have taken possession of 3 kegs, so my arrangement with cornies has always been, rinse with oxyclean then fresh water, then fill up with bright beer, purge, se...

Hi I have used RO water a lot in the past for fish keeping rather than brewing, you say it's a small unit , trust me 50 litres in a couple of hours is quite a large unit.... Many domestic units only manage 50 litres a day

I'm with Stu on this one, got one off eBay £13 plus post, measures great

Have you considered the blichmann brewmometer instead ?

You sure you have gas left in the cylinder?

Just a thought , why not fit a hex nipple to the socket but also fit a lock nut between the hex nipple and socket,tighten it up , get a spanner onto the locknut and then turn the tap?