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Mainly visual. I love seeing the boiling action of active fermentation, plus the different stages of Krausen. Also clarity as I cold crash, and easy estimation of yield looking at the trub level on the bottom. This is important when bottling and calculating volume for carbonation. Taking...

Yep visual aspect is most important to me. I don't ferment under pressure and have a stainless fermenter but go for the clear all-rounder nearly every time...

Certainly intense games at the quarter stage. Teams can suffer from that the following week so managing players is important. NZ v Argentina should be a NZ win, no disrespect to Argentina but without Matera (out injured) they might struggle. And similarly South Africa v England should be a win...

Aww gutted for France... Am I in the weird situation of cheering for England next week now... 😀

Had to go to work but have managed to get game on in the conference room for the second half. Certainly fast paced and entertaining...

2 Fiji tries and it's 24 - all with 10 to go... England take it 30-24. Exciting finish in the end...

Looks like England have learnt from Ireland not banking points. Farrell taking shots at goal with a comfortable lead. Fiji making errors when they try to do Fiji things...

Cheers for the game Ireland. Time for a 10AM sunday morning bevvy. (not Guinness, one of mine 🙂 )

I wish that had been the final 2 teams. Now I'm hoping for NZ v France...

What. A. Finish. So tense. A penalty try and 2 Yellows against NZ that they overcame to hold out a tireless Ireland attack. 28 - 24 and Ireland still have never progressed past the quarters... Holding out the No 1 side will upset a few people's picks.

I'm scared you're right... 😀

18-17 at half time to NZ. All tries scored by kiwis so far... wink...

13 nil to NZ 20 mins in. Intense game... 13-10 5 mins later.

2 point lead to Argentina with 4 to go, Wales scrum feed. INTERCEPT Argentina try and they're through to the semis...

And we're under way, momentum swinging both ways in Wales v Argentina. 5 points in it with 20 to go. Beautiful stadium. Oh that's interesting, head contact in tackle but no card.

Been conditioning 5 days and the test PET bottles were firm and clear so tried an early sample, one of the 330ml glass bottles I do for such things. Amazing clarity for so early and nice colour, with surprising carbonation already (although I'm aiming for 2.7 CO2 so a bit to go)... And the...

Will be like a home game for Ireland with their tremendous support. So much green in the crowd v Scotland...

So quarters nearly all locked in (Fiji playing Portugal now, 3-3 at HT). Wales v Argentina Ireland v NZ England v Fiji (or Australia)? France v South Africa Oh wow, Portugal ahead. Australia will be cheering them on... And Portugal win 24-23. Wouldn't have picked that. Fiji still go through...

I'm out of town but just caught the England Samoa result. Wow a close game. Anyway, poor coverage but this is my view this morning...

Time to be bold, my predictions for the quarters: Wales v Argentina. Wales to win Ireland v NZ. NZ to win England v Fiji. England to win France v South Africa. South Africa to win Semis: Wales v NZ. NZ to win England v South Africa. South Africa to win For a NZ v South Africa final...