OK convince me, bottles or kegs?

tubby_shaw · Post by **tubby_shaw** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:44 pm

eskimobob wrote:
inthedark wrote:any similar taste you would compare it with?
I believe the general consensus is 'cardboard' but I've never eaten cardboard myself so can't be sure

Some people live such sheltered lives

Garth · Post by **Garth** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:13 pm

I was thinking the same tubby, only tonight I had Corrugated cardboard carbonara, quite nice but had a strange 'oxidised' taste.....

eskimobob · Post by **eskimobob** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:53 pm

Garth wrote:I was thinking the same tubby, only tonight I had Corrugated cardboard carbonara, quite nice but had a strange 'oxidised' taste.....

inthedark · Post by **inthedark** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:02 pm

Thanks, so in the absence of someone who has tasted both oxidized beer and cardboard, maybe I should try an experiment. This is going to sound like a very old Fosters

ad, but what's the best way to deliberately oxidize a bottle of beer so that I can find out what it tastes like?

Maybe then I can compare it with cardboard and confirm or refute the comparison!

maxashton · Post by **maxashton** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:25 pm

sanitize a plakky 1l coke bottle, fill to 500ml, shake like buggery and stuff it in a cold place to let the co2 reabsorb.

That'd probably work.

eskimobob · Post by **eskimobob** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:31 pm

I have a feeling that the off tasting flavours do not appear immediately. You might need to leave it a few days for the oxidation to occur and any different taste to develop.

Bunnytheyetihunter · Post by **Bunnytheyetihunter** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:59 pm

Not wishing to lose any of my brew to the dreaded demon of oxidation I have made a concerted effort to save it by hiding it in an oxygen free environment...my bladder. It seems to be working rather well. No taste of cardboard yet but as the week goes on it is getting more and more difficult to get up for work.

Bought a CO2 cannister on Friday and have given it a squirt and after a while released whatever oxygen may have been lurking in the barrel. The Wherry still tastes great, but not as sweet as on the initial consumption.
I have read that when kept in the correct conditions the beer should last 6 months in the barrel. What I would like to know is what sort of person leaves their beer in the barrel for 6 months. After all, it only holds 40 pints.

bitter_dave · Post by **bitter_dave** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:14 pm

Bunnytheyetihunter wrote:I have read that when kept in the correct conditions the beer should last 6 months in the barrel. What I would like to know is what sort of person leaves their beer in the barrel for 6 months. After all, it only holds 40 pints.

Depends how many barrels you have on the go at the same time

maxashton · Post by **maxashton** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:39 pm

Bunnytheyetihunter wrote:I have made a concerted effort to save it by hiding it in an oxygen free environment...my bladder.
Bought a CO2 cannister on Friday and have given it a squirt and after a while released whatever oxygen may have been lurking

Wow! That must have hurt. Do i want to know where the fitting is?

Bunnytheyetihunter · Post by **Bunnytheyetihunter** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:52 pm

Been walking funny ever since!

Bunnytheyetihunter · Post by **Bunnytheyetihunter** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:56 pm

Dave,

I will definitely have to invest in more barrels to check this claim.

oxford brewer · Post by **oxford brewer** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:50 pm

Always found that having 3 barrels on the go(1 drinking,1 ready to drink and another getting ready to be drunk),plus a secondary carboy thats normaly full and a couple of brews at different stages of fermentation.

Bloody hard work but something im prepared to do.

PS i meant having 4 barrels on the go as it looks like i am wearing one under my shirt

tubby_shaw · Post by **tubby_shaw** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:07 pm

oxford brewer wrote: PS i meant having 4 barrels on the go as it looks like i am wearing one under my shirt

Real men don't have six packs, real men have a barrel

MrD · Post by **MrD** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:36 pm

I have a Hambleton Bard barrel - had it years, just need to change the yellow pressure release rubber now and again.

I thought I would try putting my next brew into a Polypin and fix a beer engine/hand pump to the tap and dispense via the pump. The polypin should collapse around the beer and stay fresh?

I would have thought this would dispense like a pub beer, has anyone tried this method?

MrD

tubby_shaw · Post by **tubby_shaw** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:40 pm

MrD wrote:I have a Hambleton Bard barrel - had it years, just need to change the yellow pressure release rubber now and again.

I thought I would try putting my next brew into a Polypin and fix a beer engine/hand pump to the tap and dispense via the pump. The polypin should collapse around the beer and stay fresh?

I would have thought this would dispense like a pub beer, has anyone tried this method?

MrD

DeadlyDes uses this method for dispensing his ales if you do a search he even posted pictures

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OK convince me, bottles or kegs?