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Can't say anything about the oven, but I make pizza dough from ordinary bread flour, sometimes mixed with spelt (which is a good mixture) or rye flour or even "ordinary" flour for a finer texture. Roughly flattened or rolled is good, I like thick puffy doughy bits and thin crisper toasty bits in...

Well, it was last night, but I did take a photo of it, because it was somewhat startling (milky, including the head), but quite drinkable. Half-and-half home brew and "commercial" cider, probably about 7% ABV.

This all makes my head go around. I seem to remember Mr Berry added 3lbs of sugar per gallon, but I don't think he used all juice. I used an an online OG to Brix conversion calculator giving ABV and an sugar to potential alcohol one afterwards: Brew1 1.050 is 12.4 Brix = potential 6.6 ABV Brew2...

Don't quite know what that means. sorry.To explain, the apple juice was made from freshly-pressed pulped apples, from my garden and elsewhere; the OG stated is the OG of the pure juice, before the sugar (in quantity given) was tipped in. What are these percentages to do with/how calculated?

Due to the new strain of virus, it seems travel from the UK to elsewhere is being held back by a number of countries. That seems futile, as there are reports of the new strain as far afield as Australia. Look at how the original infection spread. The only countries successful at limiting the...

I do very much hope so. There should be a fair amount of the Oxford vaccine around as soon as it's OK'd, my guess is that it will be the first in many places. Yes, it is a guess! My mum's already had the virus, BTW, so may have some resistance to it. Fingers crossed for quick administration of...

That was on the 8th. I wonder what's happened, or what the particular circumstance is at the "nursing home" my mum's in. The information I referred to was conveyed to me yesterday morning (Sat 19th.).

I'm going by what I have been told directly by staff at a "nursing home", and a relative who has rather an interesting position in the medical profession. "Nursing homes" and "care homes" are not all the same. So, if you can tell me precisely which "care homes" in the Shetlands have already had...

50L in fact. The first 25L lot had an OG of 1050, and had 3.75kg of sugar added. The next 25L lot had an OG of 1060 and 2kg of sugar added (Edit: OP said OG 1050 - it was wrong, it was 1060). Both had some nutrient in, can't remember how much, probably 1tsp/5l. It's now all in demijohns...

See my previous rather rambling post. It will be possible for some, but by no means all, but hopefully the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine will be approved soon, and that will make a huge difference.

Is the shambles the "care home" vaccine thing, or the motorway signs? Anyway, part of the problem with care home vaccinations is that the Pfizer vaccine needs particular storage, and cannot be toted around care homs, 'cos it would go off before it could be used, so they have to bus their...

That's the big problem. My wretched relative, for instance, last night on the 'phone: "I'm going on a present run on Christmas Eve, into the T4 areas where you and others are, and then I'm going to visit my old friend who's 92, in a T4 area, then I'm going home to my T2 area, and (her husband)...

I can, people have their own brains, and should be using them, not spreading the virus around, helping to kill and maim others, and continuing the destruction of our economy. I do not think it is right that just because a few prominent figures have broken rules that others think it is acceptable...

If these people are not merely going home, to stay, they are stupid and heed;ess. How did this virus spread around the globe in the first place? Yes, through travel!

I wish people would keep to the rules, and not fail to know and understand them, or - worse - ignore them or - even worse - try to work around them.

My poor old mum's stuck in a nursing home. It's bad enough at the best of times (although the CQC call it "good", it's no such thing). Before she had to go there, I never knew such "places" existed. "Good", my HARRIS. Thank God that last year I purchased an package, an Android tablet with a...

Next 2L bottle brew on. Spot the error. Just <1/2 very stewed tea from some days ago, 1/2 Aldi apple juice one up from "value", 1/3 tsp nutrient, 1/3 tsp citric acid, 1/2 pouch home-baker's yeast, 250g sugar. Will top up with tap water when first fizz is over. A nice dark co;lour, line mild and...

Bother. My locality is now in the new tier 4. There are considerations and ramifications. I have just been outraged by a close relative proposing to travel from another area into this one for purposes connected with family and Christmas. It is people like this which are causing our problems.

I've been using glass since the year dot minus one, but I thought 2L PET bottles might be actually better, because carbonation should be easy enough to monitor, and they should seal easily, and filling up one bottle instead of four is appealing. However, I will keep using glass ones because I...

I had a bit of bother with PET bottles, which I have not used before. https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/bottle-bother.91351/#post-982753 Thinking aboout it, I would be tempted to submerge a bottle in a bucket of water, upright, and squeeze it hard. Even a tiny leak should show up...