Alright fellas hope you all had a good Christmas and new year, unfortunately I'm not going to be able to make it out on the 15th as I'm at sea, but it's my birthday on Saturday and hoping for a few scoops down Albert if anyone is about might start in Leopold, also I've had not had much luck with pressure barrel it's just a basic one from balihoo.com however I've now lost 2 complete batches of cider due to the valve leaking it builds up so much pressure and the whole lot leaks through the valve. I've been told to try and lye the barrel on its back which has stopped the leak but it's not maintaining pressure, can any one advise me on this or recomend a decent barrel for beer and cider making I've been told king keg but would not no, cheers look forward to hearing from you