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I think some of the ideas about reopening are lunacy to be honest. I've heard this morning from a customer about her husband who is a teacher having to return to work. I'll not name names, but it's probably anonymous enough to post here. The husband worked in a London school for especially...

Depends on the style I guess. Hoppy beers will generally be better fresher, but others like stouts....... Well I've got 2 bottles of a chocolate coffee stout that are the last of an 18 month old batch. They're fabulous right now, but were average to say the least after one month. I think it's...

I'd say that's done. Beer always looks it's darkest in the bucket. The dark line above the surface shows where the Krausen rose to at maximum, and has now shrunk back completely. I'd bottle and prime, cap and leave it for 2 weeks in a room temp place. Then chill and start drinking!

I'd say that was done, it's been nearly a month so you should be good. If all the gunk on the top has cleared away, perhaps leaving a few bubbles here and there, that's a good sign. It also looks very clear in your hydrometer vessel. When you bottle try to do it gently to avoid any unnecessary...

I use Big Mouth Bubblers for fermenters. They have a tap on the side near the bottom and it's usually always above the trub. If Trub looks like it's going to be a bit close I often swirl lightly and tip and prop the fermenter away from the tap when cold crashing. When cold crashed, I move the...

Should have gone with Huawei instead!

That's according to the Whistleblower, which could be accurate or not accurate. The problem is knowing. IF... we choose to believe the whistleblower, then it would appear that Palantir worked on the facebook data at CA offices, for CA. Whether that's right or wrong, they didn't acquire the data...

One Palantir employee worked with some CA staff in 2013-2014. Palantir has never worked with CA. But, that's part of the crux of the problem. And why the government is currently continuing to screw things up.

One of my neighbours, and a good friend of mine is one of the lead coders for this app. He is adamant that it is entirely anonymised. They rejected the Google tie up as it wasn't as anonymous as theirs. The problem for the coders and developers is they need confidence in the app, so they get a...

The head on the top is as mentioned, Krausen, or the remains of. It's a by-product of active fermentation. https://beercreation.com/what-is-krausen/

I started the thread a while back when I was having communication trouble with GEB, over a delivery that Parcel Force had damaged and delivered part of, and lost the other part. My issue was the lack of comms with GEB, but in retrospect this appeared to coincide with them being snowed under in...

My newest local brewery Anspach & Hobday moved into new premises shortly before the outbreak and lockdown. Fortunately they had just installed a brand new canning line as part of their install, and when I spoke to them they said they felt they'd been lucky with that and web sales were doing...

The Homebrew shops are busier than ever, and people are turning to homebrewing, potentially as "something to do" but also I believe because they always had a hankering to give it a go. Some will fall by the wayside as life get's back to normal, but some will continue. Some of those may even...

I'm hoping that of the many people currently who are giving "homebrewing" a go, a percentage will stay and carry on. It can only be good for beer and brewing in the future!

"All Grain" As in all of the wort collected is derived from steeping grain only, and not using Extract either fully or partially.

That's fine, and a decent way to do it. 18c is pretty much perfect for most Ale yeasts. Keep an eye on the temp day to day, as yeast can often raise up the temp by it's energetic action. If so then try and chill it down a touch if it gets much above 22c. It's not a disaster though...... it will...

Without knowing how stable temperature is, or what the characteristics of your yeast are, you can't really short-cut fermentation without risk. Commercial breweries are under financial pressure to brew and sell, so they will always try to ensure a quick turnaround. The old homebrew advice of...

I looked up a few, and found that the MaltMiller recipe was closest to the ingredients I had, so went with a version of that. I don't expect it to be identical, but hopefully it'll bear a resemblance.

I've been using a Robobrew for about a year. I find it works very well, and efficiencies are high. For the money it's excellent. I have however moved to BIAB within the malt pipe, with the fine bottom screen removed. This way I find cleanup very easy indeed. also use bags for leaf hops, and...

I doubt it, I would suspect that as long as the maker could demonstrate they had taken reasonable measures to allow a car to be secured, then beyond that they would not be liable as you suggest. I spent quite some time in the motor trade some time back, and I learn't that if criminals really...