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I once knew a Spanish lady who lived near Barcelona. Had a lovely villa. She used a mix of olive oil and lemon juice for her sun-tan oil. She was a lovely brown colour all over (sunbathed and tanned herself in her enclosed private garden area - complete with a lemon tree loaded with lemons...

Which city? Being the only westerners is not unusual in my experience. The pic showing the "Beer Factory" was taken in Kunming in January a few years ago. That visit the only westerners I saw were a couple of chaps (I think from Nottingham) who were working on the new underground system...

Many thanks Tony.

BeerCat: Thanks. I'm ignorant about Japanese beer (only had it twice, I think, long ago in UK/USA Jap restaurants so I don't even know whether it was the genuine stuff), but I've had a reasonable amount of Chinese beer, which is light and refreshing. I'll add an interesting pic. Bezza: Good...

Thanks for that. I might get three as they are cheaper. If I use one to replace one litre of water, what do you suggest with the other two: replace two more litres of water, or simply add them to increase the total volume by two litres?

Thanks for that, Tony. A very useful response. I think I'll do as you suggest, with Young's GP yeast, tannin and oak chips and mature it in bulk, then bottle it and age it some more. Thanks again.

BeerCat, how did you brew the rice lager? A story: A few years ago I had a bit of a walkabout in a town on the SW coast of China. It was hot (mid 30s). I arrived at a place on the town outskirts where they were building some blocks of flats. The ground floor of the main block was to be...

Does anyone have any experience or thoughts about using a different (non-kit) yeast with Cantina kits? I have bought two Cantina 21-litre kits from a local HB shop, cut price (£20 each) because they are short-dated (end December 2018). The kits are Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz/Merlot...

Clint, try beefing up your sign a bit. At my previous home (in Hertfordshire) a weak sign had little effect, so I replaced it with a stronger one which work a treat. I'll try to attach a PDF of it below (not sure whether I can)...

Outside what?

Fair enough. Always best to take precautions to avoid an infection when you stick something into a hole.

Do you not worry about this? I once saw an experiment wherein two jars (or maybe petri dishes, or something similar) were suspended, one with the open end upwards and the other with the open end downwards. The contents were then analysed. Surprise: the open end upwards one was full of...

Agreed. With beer bottles I do the same, ensuring that the bottle always remains neck-downwards (to exclude gravity-motivated bugs) and doesn't touch anything. I use Grolsch-type bottles and the French equivalent, and when they are dry I close their caps. When bottling I bottle straight...

For wine bottles I use a drawer from a defunct freezer, with the see-through plastic front removed. It is made of plastic-coated wire in a rigid square-mesh structure. It sits over a deep plastic bowl (or a bathroom basin if I'm just doing a few bottles), and the bottles fit neatly neck...

A length of square-section guttering with end caps.

Why?

A budgie-sized FV. They can drink me under the perch. Makes me feel distinctly inferior.

A biggish can of the beer-kit type with a batten lamp-holder fixed inside and a 12W incandescent-type pygmy bulb keeps my budgies warm at night during the winter. Their cage is covered, the heater is outside the cover with another cover to keep the warmth near the cage. They appreciate it...

I've got lots of hawthorn berries in the bushes around my garden and locally. I had thought of trying to make a wine with them; there would still be plenty left for the birds over winter (an important consideration, as far as I'm concerned). I did a bit of research and decided it was too...

Nope, never did. I've had a thought (they don't happen very often these days). Do you remember how it used to be said that salmon flies are much more attractive to salmon, and therefore catch more fish, if they have a bit of female pubic hair incorporated into the dressing? The hypothesis...