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Unfortunately seems to be business as usual in my job, it's a nice sunny day as well 😭

Don't you just end up with salt everywhere with these if you use them indoors? Outdoors would be ok, but no real need to terminate insects outside. I've considered buying the electric tennis racquet things in the past but the reviews generally suggest they aren't powerful enough, might have to...

That's your weekend sorted, enjoy! Keep us posted as to how you get on with it. 👍

I have a Weber Kettle and a Kamado and when these first came out as a dedicated charcoal enthusiast I thought gimmick but they seem to have been embraced by the UK BBQ community and I'm now thinking maybe it might be a nice addition. Simplifies a mid week cook or if you want something quick...

The first CO2 cylinder I ever had was an Adams one. Can't really knock them for service, the prices were good, rent free and if you didn't want the cylinder anymore you'd get your deposit back with the paperwork. Unfortunately the place I got mine from in Cheltenham didn't seem to be able to...

This. If somehow your regulator + "adapter" disconnects itself from a bottle with the valve fully open the bottle can quickly go walkabout unless well secured. Brick walls don't stop them either.

Came here expecting something to do with West Ham, disappointing 😛 Come on you irons!

I'm pretty slack with regard to bottle cleaning. Since getting Cornys I don't really bottle anyway but do need a few to handle the difference between a 23L kit and a 19L Corny. When I have one of my bottled beers to drink I give the bottle a good rinse out with hot water, dry it on a bottle...

Whilst I mostly disagree with this, and personally in my job I'm only contactable when my laptop is switched on during my usual working hours, some jobs may necessitate being contactable out of hours. My Dad worked in an oil refinery and did shift work. The plant ran 24/7 needing a minimum...

The SG is way too low for the kit. The 3kg of malt supplied with Festival kits should give a reading of 1.040 alone. Some of the Festival kits also come with a bag of dextrose to further bump the gravity / ABV. I'd go with what Clint said, if you don't give it a really good stir before taking...

As per what Clint said I always use the supplied yeasts with these kits. Sometimes they are specific yeasts tailored to the kit types to impart specific flavours and other characteristics during fermentation. Only exception would be if it was past the sell by date. The only premium kits that I...

Sad that someone lost their life in this incident. This is why I always keep my seat belt on during a flight if I'm seated, which lets face it is most of the time, doesn't have to be done up tight. Also goes to show just what the plane itself can deal with without any problems.

Thing is once they let AI loose on something like this the decisions could be pretty much instantaneous and infallible. Could one day almost negate the need for match officials, excepting breaking up "arguments" 🙄 Someone mentioned cricket, this sport has adopted pretty much everything that...

I get the no bad dogs just bad owners thing and that pretty much any dog could cause someone serious harm if it wanted to but these dogs are another whole level. I believe with these that the temperament is within the breeding and they potentially have a shorter fuse than most other dogs, so...

A few that I haven't seen mentioned yet that generally give great service: https://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/ Delivery is so fast, usually next day and prices are competitive. https://brew2bottle.co.uk/ Did have a bit of a wobble a while back as I think they were having financial issues but...

Apologies, I forget about you poor lot over the border 😁 Ironic that in a place where there are quite a few distilleries already you have to set up your own to get reasonably priced booze. It's probably going on already but there must be quite a good business case for driving a van over the...

They might be on dodgy ground by marketing it as a way to make spirits. As has been mentioned there's no law against selling distillation equipment but it is illegal to distil alcohol. Most of the other vendors tend to suggest the stills are for making distilled water, not anything else...

I make a bit of wine as well as beer. Metabisulphate doesn't kill yeast, rather it stuns it so it can come back to life sometime later (though not always), it is used as an anti-oxidant in wine making. Potassium sorbate is what you need if the desire is to stop any further fermentation. I...

I'd wondered if there was a CO2 detector you could use to look for leaks but had looked for something more industrial as I'd assumed something might actually exist for pubs and so on to use. Searching always seemed to just come up with the leak detector spray though which is just an expensive...

Ah, I see, I don't use mixed gas so just assumed the pressures would be similar to just straight CO2. Thanks for the info.