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Actually houses being largely self-sufficient makes things even more complicated for the grid - the total draw on the grid is less, but much *more* variable. Say your demand normally varies between 4kW and 10kW - your demand on the grid varies by 60%. Then you install a 4kW solar panel/battery...

You're mixing up a bunch of stuff here - petrol, electricity and gas have very different markets. I think we may be violently agreeing on some points but it's not terribly clear what your argument is. And what happened recently? Russia's invasion of Ukraine, panicking European gas markets and...

I assume this is the base model with a range of 427 miles CLTP, there's also a version with higher-capacity but slower-charging batteries that can do 540 miles. 10-80% of 427 miles is 299 miles in 10.5 minutes. And in China prices start at the equivalent of £22.4k...

That first one is a pretty bloody major point. And at least with renewables the starting energy arrives free in the UK so it's a lot less important if 80% is not used. Compare that with hydrocarbons that have to be bought from (or at least have the marginal price set by) Russia and/or the...

In general, if you suspect a pest, the underside of leaves are usually the best place to find them. It's kinda hard to tell from your photos, but if "bugs" are leaving a sticky residue then that is normally aphids - in this case the hop aphid. Have a Google on Phorodon humuli to see if the...

60C should be the maximum temperature when drying, there's been some debate about what the best temperature is to preserve all the delicate flavours but 50C is a good target (except domestic ovens don't usually go that low....) Hukins have a good article on harvesting and drying from a homebrew...

No "unlikely" about it - if you can't see any signs of burrs by the end of July or so, then that's it for the year. That plant is a long way from producing cones, I've seen happier seedlings! It doesn't help being so close to a shrub, which will dry out the soil and shade the hop. They're only...

One of your problems is that "full-size" hop plants grow to 20' or more, which isn't ideal anywhere with strong winds. But the only dwarf variety (ie 10-14') available to the public is First Gold, which for ...reasons... is known as Prima Donna when sold as rhizomes to the retail trade. But...

<quiet whisper> shame the bioavailability of prenylated flavonoids in beer like xanthohumol is pretty rubbish... </qw> I think some people above have missed the point that politicians have nothing to do with this, other than one Tory they dug up who likes the idea of it - government isn't going...

Yep, as a regular visitor to Sutherland I'm familiar with southerly places like Ross & Cromarty! ;) That's why I was careful to frame my comments in terms of England, but just generally I wouldn't use weird years like 2022/3 as any kind of benchmark - last year was weird in being one of the...

It's not been the easiest of years, particularly in Kent, between the warm winter which led to spring dormancy (something the Goldings family are particularly prone to), and the summer drought. Digging it up will only disrupt the root system which protects it against drought, so I wouldn't move...

That's pretty normal - Cascade is one of the last varieties to ripen, they've been harvesting it commercially in Herefordshire this week. But in England at least, I wouldn't leave it later than this weekend.

OT but I thought I'd flag that today's Connections puzzle is a particularly nice one - obviously they have an Oasis fan in there, but there's one group that is neatly done (and unfortunately another one that needs a deep knowledge of US culture, which never helps non-USians). But, to be...

In general the enemies of hops are oxygen, temperature and light. So the colder you get them the better - going from room temperature to fridge temperature cut the rate of decline of some compounds by 80% in one study I've seen, combining that with vacuum packing pushes it to 90%. But it's not...

A lot depends on what you're aiming for - but 10% crystal is a lot, and in general even West Coast IPAs have been using a lot less than they used to, and hazies tend not to use any. If you're comparing to amber extract, remember that the Otter will be bringing a lot more flavour than simple pale...

Prima Donna/First Gold is the only dwarf variety that's readily available to the public - so no.

+1 to fool, particularly with red ones. I suspect they're the sort of thing that are a bit too subtle to effectively flavour a drink.

Microcentrifuge tubes are the official name, Eppendorfs are the common name (like vacuum cleaner versus Hoover).

As former semi-regulars at the Blue Anchor, Boak & Bailey have written a lot about it : https://boakandbailey.com/?s=spingo

Maintaining a barrel is a lot of work, you may want to consider wood cubes etc as an alternative, particularly to start with while you're figuring out your recipe. If you like sweet and warming then rum is probably your best bet. This presentation from Tyler King of the Bruery has lots of good...