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Just been to town and went into our local store - located in a small shopping centre which is already earmarked for residential redevelopment (Primark is the only other major shop in there). Not ideal for footfall. Anyway, it was Tuesday morning so not the busiest time, but can confirm lots of...

Good point: clean everything when it's still wet and I include in this beer bottles, when you have emptied one, or more, rinse them out as soon as possible otherwise the sediment dries and it will take more time to get them ready for the next brew. I don't use washing up liquid, just VWP for...

6/7 - but then English isn't my first language ... .-.

You must be in a different country?Australia? .... In the UK employer only cobntributes if the employee is in the scheme and pay a pre-determined %age. Don't think the UK state pension goes to the spouse any more, and not means tested that's why company/private pensioners who have paid in...

I think the grape concentrate is used to add "vinosity" (Webster: the characteristic body, flavor, and color of a wine). There is some nutrient present (how much?) but I would think a teaspoon of citric acid won't do any harm if the berries are not acidic.

My company pension scheme has always advised members that the NI they pay is "contracted out" so not a surprise (to me anyway). Surprised though this wasn't explained to gov employees.

Wilko First Gold IPA Kit (40 pints) used half of the can, 750g wort and 500g granulated sugar, water to 11 litres, used Safale S-04 yeast instead of kit yeast; and only just remembered didn't take the SG, ah well. Kit also provides a small sachet of hop pellets which are due to be added after 4...

I've got to wait til August 2024 for the state pension - already on 66 retirement age. Hope they don't mess about with it in the meantime. However, in 2019 I took advantage of "restructuring" at my employers and decided then to take my company pension early, with a deduction of course. Don't...

Taster bottle - last QC for this batch - very impressed - as described above when this was bottled.

Taster bottle of my attempt at a Coriander Saison recipe, this one without coriander. Very nice fruity type aroma coming off, fruity taste, citra seems to complement, and still nicely malty. I'm impressed, might do another small batch soon, this time with pale malt as Saison is normally lighter...

Look what I just picked up from a charity book table, for free (for a donation of course) - let's see how many pubs have disappeared in my local area over the past 16 years ....

Wandering through one of the local Aldis yesterday I came across Reichenbacher Festbier, ABV 6.2%. 1L screw top bottle for £2.99, of course I had to buy one which I'll try later in the week. Never came across this one ...

I had many brews where there was no airlock activity at all. The beer was always good! If in doubt open the lid. You are allowed to. If it looks different, even just a little bit, from when you closed it the yeast is active. Don't look at it for a couple weeks. Fermentation is a natural process...

Welcome and good luck with the gooseberry wine.

That's a very good question - depends on the foreign made contents I suppose. I used to have four Vauxhall Zafiras in a row (company cars) and most of the parts had "Made in Germany" written on them. Really just a variation of what PM Gordon Brown once said, "British jobs for British workers"...

British cars for British cops!

The temp for the first one (w/coriander) was between 16 and 20C - we just had that frosty weather so moved it to an upstairs bedroom, in the end it was a steady 20C for a couple of days. But no issue, Second batch I also left upstairs that was 20C throughout, but again it's still a passable...

It is quite tart. On reflection I should have used more fruit and ideally some grape juice to give it more body.