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Yeah, I usually soak the tap.

After cleaning the taphole, I screw a bung in and part-fill the fermenter with steriliser and throw all my cleaned things in there. Airlock, filling pipe, tap, etc, etc...

Thanks Whispering Jack - 'a-soaking I will go".

I have been doing same with all the kit in the fermenter, but when I had a look at the tap, saw it was ripe to get gunk in it in the long term - and i'd have to give myself a monster kicking if I spoiled a brew.

Thanks for the advice

InCider.

I have to add...

When I had the infection, I still drank the beer. Tasted foul, but still got me pissed

WJ,

We must be related. I has some warm Cascade PA the other day - bombs were going off - I added a can of lemonade and the compression was immense. Glass everywhere. So I eased the caps off, recapped and drank 2 warm ones.

This really surprised me. I hate warm beer like everyman, but hey - this stuff ain't VB!

And it did the job.

And If I get an infection, I'll make extra effort to drink them first.

Cheers,

InCider.

Absolutely, IC...

Anything is better than VB, even infected brew.

I don't know what sort of bug I had in there, but we had just moved into a new house. I stored the bottles in the spare room. You can understand my wife's despair on seeing the exploded bottles on the new carpet.

The next brew didn't smash any bottles and I threw out the last one. Just couldn't stomach the smell.

Cheers

WJ

WJ,

Your right about VB - warm or infected hombrew is better by miles. But if you do have to neck a few tallies for the bottles, consider it a crusade for silica.

Once honour is restored, we can rest easy, and watch airlocks.

I just started a thread about what weapon you use to fire your homebrew in the general discussion - I'd like get a bigger glass, me.!

But I love tallies - even with sediment - i'd be lost without it!

Cheers,

InCider.

Ok...have to ask.

I sit here, at my dining room table, sampling my Coopers dark ale, with the magic sound of "gloop, gloop" of the Cascade pale ale in the background.

What is a "tallie"?

King Browns are tallies I hope!

Longnecks - 750ml (few new 800ml getting around)

I have collected a few from ex-brewers and hard work on my own part

I haven't even heard my latest one burp. It's down in my Man-Shed. It smelt good the other day. Good enough for me. The SG & FG are academic for me. I'm using the force.

I saw a great show on SBS tonite about making old school wooden barrels... too cool

InCider.

I fell on good luck last night. A mate moved from round the corner in Preston down to Hobart twelve months ago, and bequeathed a bunch of junk to me. Just last night it occurred to me that there were bottles amongst the stuff.

2 NT Draught Darwin Stubbies (2.25L) to be exact. I only wish there were more.

Tom

I've heard about those Darwin stubbies.

Like to have few myself.

IC,

I have the perfect temperature in my dining room, plus the ultimate, understanding spouse.

Dr. Tom,

I'm not even a faintly religious man, but I do believe you have been blessed my son, and should kneel before the keg and thank the Lord Almighty for your good fortune. May your airlock be forever moving.

The irony is that I lost any chance at God by going to Boarding School, and tasting homemade bourbon!

Another schooner of communnion wine in a Darwin Stubby anyone?

Cheers,

InCider.