Pub casks at home: my thoughts so far

[orlando]

Is that on every cask or just these ones?

If you really mean casks then yes. If it has the two openings then air enters the shive hole and the moment it does the beer is on a slippery slope, ever had a slightly oxidised or acidic pint?

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

Yeah. It's pretty awful when you do.


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[dloper]

I generally use 60 to 70g of priming sugar per 20l pin, making sure the beer is fermented out completely of course. I put pins out for sale after 5 weeks (3 weeks conditioning at 15 degrees and then cooled for a further 2 weeks) and expect an unopened shelf life of 4 months from the racking date - so far no problem. All my beers are in the 4% range. In pubs cellars, condition doesn't seem to be a problem even after a week or so, and that's with the pin permanently vented. It seems to be at it's best 2 to 3 days after opening and 7 to 8 days is what I recommend to landlords.

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

I'd like to learn about this as do like the idea of a cask or 2 for a house party later in the year.


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[BackO'Th'Shed]

Has anyone heard back about the Theakstons casks yet? I sent an enquiry a while back, but still haven't heard anything (maybe I'm just being impatient).

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

I mailed the request page months ago. Not heard a peep since doing so.


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[Donald]

I singed up for theaksons in the summer - no word on buying yet.

[barneey]

£180.00 collected (£100 for the pin + £80 for the OP), pick up in December 2016

[JabbA]

I signed up too after christmas last year, I've heard nothing since so I guess I wasn't lucky. £180 seems a fair price.

Cheers,
Jamie

[Kyle_T]

I paid £135 for mine last year. A big hike for no apparent reason.

[barneey]

I'm guessing they have increased the pin price to reflect more of the cost of actual replacement rather than just a deposit, the Pins might have proved a little too popular with the HomeBrew crowd.

[f00b4r]

So you two (Kyle and Barneey) are to blame then?

[oz11]

So you two (Kyle and Barneey) are to blame then?

Seems fair to me (without roping Kyle in), since I met Barneey I blame him for everything I lose, break, leave on a bus or causes an argument. Mainly because it is his fault.

[yashicamat]

A thought on the wooden casks though; how easy are they to sanitise? With plastic/metal casks, the surface is smooth and easy to sanitise, but unless they're lined (which would defeat the objective), how easy is it to sanitise a wooden cask using normal 'at home' sanitation methods?

[BackO'Th'Shed]

Ordered one of these last week after speaking to a friend of a friend who has his own brewery. He says to clean with a jet wash and to sanitise with steam from a wallpaper stripper. When not in use, they need to be kept full of fresh water and he suggests using the water for brewing to give the beer an Oaky flavour even if it is being bottled, which I thought was interesting.