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I remember in the dim and distant, when many breweries produced an old ale, some people had a mixture of old and bitter known as ‘Mother in Law’.

I hadn’t made a kit beer for donkey’s years because I was never happy with the results. However I recently got hold of a couple of Mangrove Jack‘s, an American pale ale and a stout, because they were going cheap. I’d seen that other people reviewed them positively and I thought I’d give them a...

To be honest, I agree with you entirely on that, and I don’t know the answer. I can’t understand why they're so popular. As far as labour changing is concerned, I was referring to their personnel. Just for the record, I’m not a labour supporter either, I just really DON’T like the tories, mainly...

Who said that Labour were doing well?, certainly not me. All I’m saying is that the Tories are a bunch of corrupt, self serving plutocrats.

Well at least I agree with you on that!

Well for starters, labour haven’t been in power for 11 years so that’s irrelevant because they’ve all changed. And it’s not about what they give us, none of them ‘give’ us anything. It’s about the way that we’re governed. And at the moment we’re being governed very poorly by a bunch of self...

I think you can chuck that into any white or country wine recipe to give it a bit more body. I put two of those in a batch of about 12 litres of elderflower wine back in June. Bottled it a couple of weeks ago, obviously had a little tester to make sure that I wasn't wasting my time bottling...

I would argue that this country deserves what it gets. I was reading an article the other day, about the forthcoming by-election in Bexley and Sidcup following the death of the incumbent Tory MP. Despite all the recent revelations about sleaze, self interest and nepotism associated with the blue...

Malty toffee hoppy for me, please.

When I was younger, I used to be reasonably fit because I played rugby. But the enjoyment of running just for the sake of it always eluded me. And when I see people out running, they always seem as if they’re in pain. I’m 67 now with arthritic knees, but I normally try and walk about 5 miles...

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I’ve done that a couple of times, exactly as you describe and never had a problem with it.

Fullers 1845.

Which is wrong. We’ve already come out and are now in an inter glacial period.

Saying that something is a fact, doesn’t make it so. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica the last ice age ended 11700 years ago, so we are now in an inter glacial period. Inter glacial periods have alway, by definition, meant rising temperatures. But the issue now is the rate of warming...

2p? Oooh you young whipper snapper! I remember when it was 1d!

Haha so did I, and you admitting that has given me the courage to out my ignorance!

And if ever there was an argument for nationalising the railways, you’ve nailed it right there. The way that the railways operate here now has never been more disjointed. Ticketing, for example, is a nightmare. If you’re going on a long journey it’s frequently cheaper to divide the journey into...

Wanting to give Cameron and Osbourne a hefty kick in the gluteus maximus is, I accept, a laudable objective.