Bill Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 How?s this for a dilemma, I?ve got about 20 pints of homebrew larger style beer ready and just waiting to be drunk but it needs to be pressurised via one of those little Sparklets CO2 cartridges in order to make it come out. Does anyone know where I can buy these locally? I?ve tried everywhere today but most said they don?t stock them anymore. Seems the bubble has burst on the home fizzy drinks market. I can get them on line for 28p each but hardly seems worth the effort. If anyone?s got any, I?ll gladly trade a pint for a quick blast of CO2! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Bill, when you can buy lager and bitter and heaven knows what else from ASDA for less than it costs to make the stuff, why bother? I was like that coming back from France this year. Normally we stop off at a few vinyards and sample and buy some of the wine, but this year it was cheaper to leave the boot empty and buy 3 for a tenner at ASDA!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 may be worth asking at your local. they must have them for the soda syphon maybe they can tell you where to get one or even let you have one ( that is if they still have a soda syphon on the bar these days). other possibility is to ask at a wine cellar if they have them for those co2 powered cork removers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Those little CO2 cartridges are used in various types of air guns. Have you tried Whites Sports on the market? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 psssst Bill normally I wouldn't do this but next day delivery are these any good? http://www.creamsupplies.co.uk/soda-syphons/co2/soda-co2-cartridges-/cat_34.html?gclid=CKG5zLP4gJ0CFZoU4wodOi0trw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 psssst I see you have drunk all yours Geoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted September 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Well it?s still well and truly stuck in the barrel. Just had some friends round this evening and had to dash out to the Co-op for some beers and wine when we could have all just drank some home made beer. By the way, the homebrew kit was a Christmas present from my son who must be getting to the point where he need glasses because he knows I?m a real ale person and I really hate larger. Anyway, thanks for the replies on this, the beers good for another three or four weeks so I?ll try and the market and off licences and hopefully get sorted. Meanwhile the offer still stands, anyone with a Sparklets bulb is welcome to a pint! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Wilkinsons in Cockhedge centre sells homebrew equipment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I don't know whether Boots still sell them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted September 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Wilkinson's was my first port of call as a brewing friend told me they were the cheapest source. Like most other places I tried (Boots included) they all said the same in that they used to sell them but don't any longer. I'll get Irene to try the sports place in the market but if that fails then it's Internet time. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Well it?s still well and truly stuck in the barrel. Bill Why's it stuck Can't you just pour it out ? Maybe you've made it wrong as liquid pours, and solids generally don't OK so I've never made home brew but why would I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 i think there were two reasons for making it. One loads of cheap lager, and two. You could make really strong stuff that in years gone by, you couldn't buy. Home made Damson wine was the most potrent I ever made and drank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted September 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Diz I reckon everyone should have a go at making some homebrew at some point in their lives. It's a load of messing about and often it dosn't turn out so good but if nothing else it makes paying for a pint at the pub a little less painful. It needs pressure inside the barrel to squirt it out and at the same time, create bubbles that gives the beer a foaming top. Without it you can get a bit of ?flat? beer out but that then creates a vacuum in the barrel that stops any more coming. Perhaps if a put a teat on it then I could suck it out Bill Peter wrote Home made Damson wine was the most potrent I ever made and drank. Nice one Peter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrdy Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Bill,i've a dozen in my garage i use with my BB gun,as Inky says,go to a sports shop that sells BB guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Finally got round to trying the sports shop in the market but the cartridges they sell for the guns are the same diameter but considerably longer than the ones I need. Looks like I'm going to have to buy on line but the bloomin postage is twice the cost of the product This is as frustrating as when the pull ring snaps off the can. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Bill, have yer not drank that beer yet! Maybe ring around places like All that Jazz and the small hardware/knicknack shops, there's a little one in Latchford village that sells tools, bakeware,all sorts of odds and ends. Otherwise, you could perhaps syphon it out using a tube and an icing syringe to get the flow going. Would go back to making Damson wine if I were you, the trees are hanging with them this year! I have a few bottles stored away, about 10 years old! lf it's left to mature it ends up tasting like top class vintage port! Or this year elderberry might be a good one to make, drink it hot and it'll get rid of cold/flu symptoms overnight!! Probably a lot safer and more pleasant to take than that Tamiflu stuff...and probably more effective!!! If you're into wine making try adding a few mashed ripe bananas it'll boost the yeast 'working'. The results 'll knock your socks off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Sha Thanks for that. The way things are shaping up I may well end up with 10-year-old vintage lager. I think it was Peter by the way that?s into making damson wine. Me, I?m more the you pour it and I?ll drink it sort of person. The barrels not 100% sealed in that there?s a filler that I could remove which would then allow air in and the beer to come out of the tap but it?d be completely flat as a pancake if I did that. I?m going to give it one more go tomorrow and if that fails I?ll get them on-line. It?s just that I don?t like the idea of paying ?3.50 post and packing for something that cost 28 pence. Any way all this talk about beer?s wet my appetite for a pint so I?m off up to the London Bridge pub at stoking feet for one. Just hope their beer flows a bit easier than mine. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Well I finally go round to buying some gas and so being able to sample my home brewed beer and after all that, it was bloody awful! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 I'm saying nothing........ Have you got your ticket for Octoberfest yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Nope, I normally just pay at the door. The only thing that I've arranged is to go on Saturday night this year as my mate's mate is playing in the band that night. If there?s anything organised here as an informal posters meet up, I'll probably go on that night as well. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Let's hope the other brewers have had a better year! Are you going to keep us in suspense Bill about where you finally got the gas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Yep, I'm not telling! Had to bite the bullet and pay the p&p costs from a firm on the Internet. So I ended up paying ?5.50 in total just to find out the beer was awful and that sort of money's normally a whole night out for me, including a bag of crisps. I think the beer is drinkable (if your desperate) but only once you'd finished drinking all the aftershave and bleach. It's supposed to be larger but I think it's got some kind of identity issues. Perhaps in the best traditions of micro brewing I could hold a beer-naming contest for this strange concoction with a pint for the best name! (The rest of the barrel for the runner up!) Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Sounds like an apt name would be INDALOO, cut out the middle man pour it straight down the toilet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 I was thinking something like "Desperado"! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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