Pub Cask Stuff

[Jim]

Just had a package arrive in the post: -





Now I just need to figure out how to put everything together before it's time to rack my beer next weekend.

[Eric]

So that's what I need, thanks Jim.
Can you tell me what and from where?

[DeGarre]

Epic pictorial thread in the making!

[Jim]

So that's what I need, thanks Jim.
Can you tell me what and from where?

Got those from Paul at Barley Bottom.

[Eric]

So that's what I need, thanks Jim.
Can you tell me what and from where?

Got those from Paul at Barley Bottom.

Thanks Jim, I'll get on the blower tomorrow.
I've a brew on at the moment which will go the usual route, but maybe I should make something for next Christmas. You know, the sort of thing I've always promised myself and never done. Off to get out the Durden Park book.
Cheers.
Eric.

[alix101]

Jesus Jim has the barley bottom got anything left
It's a whole new adventure in home brewing...

[Jim]

Jesus Jim has the barley bottom got anything left ....

It's only a cask tap, breather and a bag each of shives, keystones, hard pegs and soft pegs.

Oh, and some beer line.

[paulg]

will be watching with enterest jim,as I have the same waiting to come to greece in december with my casks from alix101(steven) ,are you going to inform us of your casking progress and out come ,as I recon there are a lot of us starting down the same road just now due to the plastic cask buys.

[Geezah]

Will you be needing one of these?



I have no use for it.

[Andy]

Primitive endoscope ?

[alix101]

How much for the extractor. ..

[alix101]

How much for the extractor. ..

[Geezah]

Make an offer, I have no idea what they are worth.

I cleared a bar out for the beer pulls and taps a year back and he gave me the extractor to go with a beer engine.
I'll have to weight it and see what postage costs will be.

[testtube]

Your just missing a cheap dead blow hammer, some evil thoughts and bully's star prize... iiinnn one. Shouldn't need the spiles if your racking is bob on.

Primitive endoscope ?

Think you will find it far more accommodating than what the NHS has to offer.

[Jim]

Casked up my King Pin Bitter today in the new pin. I have to say it was a bit of a clart - those things just aren't the right shape to fit in a kitchen sink! Well worth it, though, for the satisfaction of seeing a full cask of real ale in my fermentation fridge.

Here's some photos.

Shive on the left, keystone on the right.


First job is to drive the keystone home: -





Because there's more beer than the pin can hold, some has to be bottled, so first I transferred into a plastic keg, which is effectively my bottling bucket.



Nice yeast deposit: -


Barrel was just big enough!



After priming in the bottling bucket, I filled the cask: -





I filled to within about 1" of the top - hope that was right! Gelatine finings were added at this stage.



Bashed home the shive: -




...and after a good rolling about on the garage floor to mix in the finings, it was into the fermentation fridge for secondary fermenation/conditioning.