Jim's Beer Kit

I haven't found the round section or the square section seals to be significantly different from each other in performance. Instinctively I feel that the round section is probably better because of its inherently more compliant nature. As long as any width of 'footprint' is making contact it will se...

guypettigrew, thanks for the link. If My efforts to seal off leaks are successful I might need some way to reduce foaming or I'll be drinking halves in pint glasses! The madhippy, than you too for your reply. I had thought that a sheet of emery on a board larger than the neck diameter would help mai...

Thread revival! I've been using King Kegs (and the Boots brown one with the same cap) for donkey's years and it always seems hit and miss as to whether I can dispense a full barrel without adding CO2 or not I never prime as it delays dispensing time and compromises clarity. As I have a pub size cyli...

Dead thread revival! After a great deal of agonising I have bought a pub cylinder at £80 + VAT (full 6kg), an regualtor <£30, a Midget Widget connector for S30 at £14, and additional tubing. This means I can apply CO2 at will for a fraction of the cost of either Sodastream gas, or more importantly, ...

Thanks chaps! :) I think the welding cylinder is the way forward in the medium term, but for the moment I need an adapter adapter if you get my drift. Steve, the aquarium one looks promising but I'm not sure that the sliding plunger part in the old adapter would operate through the new part. The new...

I accidentally found this thread during a search for an answer to a pressing problem. For many years I have used the Sodastream 290g (or 35 litre) CO2 cylinders to inject gas into my King Kegs. Now the 290g cylinders are obsolete and I am on my last one, I need an adapter that will fit the newer one...

The Tesco in Didcot were selling off full cylinders for £1 each last week I'm told, and mine here have none at all - a sure sign that they're not carrying them anymore. :( Luckily I have a half dozen anyway but I foresee a drought of gas when they run out. Because the bottles are so heavy mail orde...

There have been rumours of those cylinders being discontinued for years. Have you asked SodaStream UK directly? http://www.sodastream.co.uk still list the 35l cylinder refills If they are being discontinued then just buy up a few and they will last ages. I still have 6 full ones in my garage that I...

Question from a New Boy but one who has been home brewing since before Ted Heath was Prime Minister! :oops: I am reliably informed by the makers that the above cylinders are to be discontinued soon. I am sure there are others who, like me, use an adapter on these cylinders to inject CO2 into their k...