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Absolutely true that it works. I've had chronic back trouble since my 20s (so over 40 years now asad1). Most days it's OK, just a bit stiff. Often, it is both stiff and sore. When it does flare up it can be very painful indeed, even incapacitating. Aspirin, paracetamol or ibuprofen have...

Well, I never do a full boil. I always boil short, and then dilute to make up the volume in the FV. I never worry about maintaining a rolling boil - I use a Buffalo boiler, unmodified, and "boil" the wort for an hour. There is an initial, very vigorous boil, after which the wort is very hot for...

As a slight break from the "science/theology" trend of this thread, something else does strike me as very interesting. I am surprised that respondents to the "poll" are over 60% atheist, some 16% Christian ( but not practising), and not much else. Is this representative of society as a whole...

Yep, I guess we are. The most important bit, to me, is the idea that certain things cannot be "immediately" tested, and therefore are not amenable to science. I suppose I am "religious" in the sense that I cannot conceive how anything can ever be understood without the scientific method. But...

asad1 Yep, and having grown up drinking in the 60s and 70s, there's a hell of lot I miss about traditional pubs. But then, there's a lot I don't. How many were just "drinking dens", and a refuge for semi-alcoholics when off-sales weren't the cheapest and obvious way to go. I know for sure...

Again, I'm a little surprised here. In my mind, the scientific method is predicated upon testing whether something is likely (and these days, increasingly, that means assigning a statistical probability) to be true. The scientific method can never really "falsify" anything (I believe that to...

Could you point me to a couple sources? A totally honest question, by the way!

What a very strange question! As far as I'm concerned, there is no "natural" or "supernatural" world. There is simply the world, or universe, or whatever you'd like to call it. From my perspective, the purpose of science is to make our best attempt to understand how this "reality"...

Yep, completely agree. But your comment is totally loaded. "meaning that we have not yet found any" implies that you believe that there is evidence, and it will be only a matter of time before we discover it. This is indistinguishable from a religious belief - both are predicated on faith...

Ah, yes, possibly a sad situation. If the reason that we drink beer is to feel better, or at least different in mood and outlook, then almost certainly the mechanism that achieves this is chemical changes in the bloodstream that effect chemical changes in the brain, (usually known as...

Really?? I was under the impression that there was no evidence whatsoever of life even existing at all, let alone being abundant, elsewhere in the universe, irrespective of its complexity. Ah, so you are religious then. My view would be that "current evidence and thought" - provided that the...

Well, if the headspace isn't "air", but is CO2 and no oxygen, then no problem at all. I used to bottle a lot, but I now put most of my beers into Corny kegs. I often take many weeks, even months, to drink any single 19l keg. They usually taste fine to me, down to the last pints. By which...

I get all my grains, and pretty much everything else these days, through the Malt Miller. I've had excellent service, top-quality ingredients, and a reasonably-priced delivery service (with accurate time-slots if its via DPD). I've had cheaper prices elsewhere, but sometimes at the cost of...

Well, not such an easy question to answer as I first thought! I basically have one (AG) recipe that I love, a couple of others that I like a lot, and after that I experiment. Except........ My "core" beer is a light-bodied, heavily-hopped cross between an American IPA and a very pale English...

I'm with Drunkula. Surely there can be very little risk if you store the wort and then pasteurise it before re-using.

Well, I don't do lager, but I think that is unimportant. If that amount of headspace contains much air - and therefore oxygen - then the beer will be adversely affected no matter what the temperature, if it sits there for anything other the briefest of periods. If you plan to mature beer like...

Well, as far as I'm concerned this could be similar to "homebrew twang". After drinking and brewing beers for over 40 years, I haven't the remotest clue what either of these "things" are. I regularly hop my beers with (for 25l) 100g of late addition and another 100g of dry hops. To me, they...

Mebbes now - but wait until Thursday or Friday. Here up in the hills of SW Scotland I'd still need heat to keep my FV over 19°C!

It's the yeast. I'm 100% sure of this. Some yeasts ferment "clean", some "fruity" and others with a "sulphur" tang. It's the sulphur that you have to watch. Hydrogen sulphide = "rotten eggs" smell = very foul farts. I always remember that, in my youth (well over 40 years ago) draught Bass was...

I don't. I'm a pensioner, although not 75, and the new rule will not affect me at all. I've lived in my present house for just over 3 years, and I must have had 30-40 threatening letters from Crapita (sorry, "TV Licensing"). If the early ones had been reasonable, then I would have registered...