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Good for you! I really like the 60 minute...I've had the 90 minute and the 120 minute; both too much for me. There didn't seem to be any benifit to my palate anyway. It seems the 60 minute is as big as I want to go. I'm glad you're enjoying it!

5 imperial gallons is 6 US gallons, or more precisely 6.00475211 US gallons. Why not use your 6 gallon Better Bottle? Whether or not it would be better made to 5 or 5.5 gallons is a question I can't answer. Greg G. (BTW, Google is handy for conversions like this. Just enter "5 imperial gallons in US gallons" and it will spit out the result.)

Most people will answer that the glass is too light in screw cap beer bottles for capping. I have had very good experience capping Canadian screw cap bottles. The ones that are reused in some proivinces, eg Labatts and Molsons and Sleemans. What did I use? Standard crown caps and a bench style crown capper. Steve

Our football club has these in our chiller, (which isn't being chilled over summer), a monument to former glory days, they haven't been used in many years. Seem to be in a good clean condition, and pipes etc all still connected up. I've only ever brewed (canned) kits before with a few basic enhancements, don't have any bulk/boil equipment anyway - but like the idea of a few of us ...

There is a seasonal Octoberfest kit in Spagnols Brewhouse line. It comes with an ale yeast. It makes 23 litres (6 US gallons). Steve

The most common Cornelius Kegs (the ones that used to be used by the soda companies) are 5 gallon Kegs. They make 3-gallon kegs which are easier to transport to functions, but they cost more. They also make 10-gallon and 15-gallon Cornelius kegs but they are quite expensive ($200 +) where a used 5-gallon keg can often be found for $20-30. These kegs are different from the 15-gallon beer ...

It depends on the beer for me. For the average ale and particularly any darker beer that I will keg (most of my beers are kegged) I just leave it in the primary the entire time. Sitting on the trub can actually enhance the flavor of many styles. Now if I am making a lager or a light colored ale that I want very clear, particularly if I am going to bottle I rack to a secondary for clearing. ...

QUOTE (VirtualGus @ Oct 14 2009, 03:20 AM) Would I get away with opening them and injecting a top up sugar solution? They taste fine. And are not completely flat so am guessing that there's live yeast in there still. Have been bottled for 4 weeks. Was hoping to use them as part of hosting a party in another 5 weeks... Was lagered for an extra month or so - am guessing that I ...