The saga rolls on

[montjoye]

A day after filling the barrel, it sprang a leak again, same place in the lid. That weak spot just cant handle the pressure. I let off the pressure at the fill hole, bad for both carbonation and keeping. After much angst and a little discussion, that night I tipped it upright so the leaky lid is uppermost. The next morning, as I feared, it was spilling the ferment gas (CO2) from the leak. I wet it and put a weight on. Now I have found some beeswax, melted a little and poured it on the leak. Seems good so far, Yay. I think I’ll take that happy smile in the wax pattern as an omen for here on in.