How much sugar did you prime with in the end?
Didn't miss much in the chumps league, except Chelsea going to down to a goal from an ex-Brighton and Sheffield Utd striker. What a shame
Milestone IPA - First Brew Without The Help Of A Beer Buddy
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fivetide
Good stuff. With a whole 100g First Gold in there you'll certainly only need the one week for quite a hop kick - that's three times the hops in your Fixby Gold! Can't wait to try it - should be ready for the first May bank holiday, perfect.
How much sugar did you prime with in the end?
Didn't miss much in the chumps league, except Chelsea going to down to a goal from an ex-Brighton and Sheffield Utd striker. What a shame
How much sugar did you prime with in the end?
Didn't miss much in the chumps league, except Chelsea going to down to a goal from an ex-Brighton and Sheffield Utd striker. What a shame
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Beerwulf
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Luther
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Beerwulf
Paulaner Weissbier actually Fivetide. And damn good it was...
So. Moved the Milestone IPA out to the shed tonight and hoicked the hops. Actually what happened is that I undid the top of the King Keg after again finding no apparent hiss of CO2, to find the dangling hop bag looking pretty good, nicely swelled up:
Then proceeded to pull the thread, thereby accidentally releasing the bag which sunk without trace. One pair of sterilised BBQ tongs later and it was out. I squeezed the hoppy juice back into the brew - having used such a massive amount of hops I thought I'd get the most out of them.
Great smell. The drips from the tongs were really beery. Here is the hop bag:
Because I was a bit worried about oxidisation I then screwed the lid back on tight and wasted a CO2 capsule into the KK. After a minute or so I let most of this back out again by tweaking the valve - hopefully leaving a CO2 layer on top of the beer. We shall see!
Oh - and well done Luther. Good luck and let me know how it goes.
So. Moved the Milestone IPA out to the shed tonight and hoicked the hops. Actually what happened is that I undid the top of the King Keg after again finding no apparent hiss of CO2, to find the dangling hop bag looking pretty good, nicely swelled up:
Then proceeded to pull the thread, thereby accidentally releasing the bag which sunk without trace. One pair of sterilised BBQ tongs later and it was out. I squeezed the hoppy juice back into the brew - having used such a massive amount of hops I thought I'd get the most out of them.
Great smell. The drips from the tongs were really beery. Here is the hop bag:
Because I was a bit worried about oxidisation I then screwed the lid back on tight and wasted a CO2 capsule into the KK. After a minute or so I let most of this back out again by tweaking the valve - hopefully leaving a CO2 layer on top of the beer. We shall see!
Oh - and well done Luther. Good luck and let me know how it goes.
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fivetide
Great stuff. I bet you chuckled when the thread broke... ...good thinking on sterilising some tongs though - I'd have probably ended up soaking my forearm in Iodophor! 
I don't really understand why neither keg has shown any sign of pressure with the priming you've used. At least you know having used the CO2 that the kegs do hold pressure and it's not the seals. When you unscrewed the cap initially did you get an astingent waft of CO2, or was it all just hops?
Oh well, not a lot you can do now, I'm sure the priming did work in the Fixby and this IPA, and hopefully over the next few weeks pressure will build in both barrels, even with the cold nights.
Three to four weeks at least until cracking this one open then? Apparently it takes quite a while for these Milestone kits to clear, and all that dryhop will also cloud things up a little in the short term. You'd better come over and help me drink some of mine in the meantime. The Fixby is shaping up but I wished I'd used Cascade like you did.
I don't really understand why neither keg has shown any sign of pressure with the priming you've used. At least you know having used the CO2 that the kegs do hold pressure and it's not the seals. When you unscrewed the cap initially did you get an astingent waft of CO2, or was it all just hops?
Oh well, not a lot you can do now, I'm sure the priming did work in the Fixby and this IPA, and hopefully over the next few weeks pressure will build in both barrels, even with the cold nights.
Three to four weeks at least until cracking this one open then? Apparently it takes quite a while for these Milestone kits to clear, and all that dryhop will also cloud things up a little in the short term. You'd better come over and help me drink some of mine in the meantime. The Fixby is shaping up but I wished I'd used Cascade like you did.