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I stick mine in the living room in a convenient little spot near (but not right next to) the radiator.

I assumed it was serious; I hope I didn't imply otherwise. But yes. There's little point carrying something big, heavy, expensive, and bulky around that you can't put up without being fined and having it confiscated. They also tend to be brightly coloured and difficult to hide. People tend...

Difficult to carry about, and a lot of cities have laws against erecting tents. Stoke on Trent recently I produced a 100 quid on the spot fine (increased to £1000 and a court appearence if they can't pay) for erecting tents or semi-permanent structures within the city, and at the same time cut...

Speaking as someone who works within the drug and alcohol treatment industry, which for obvious reasons has a rather strong crossover with the homelessness charity sector, I really have to wonder exactly what sort of morons your local police force are hiring.

Interesting; I can totally see that working.

While I do wish that people would more carefully consider how they will raise a child before having one, I do not at all agree with the idea that women ought to have to disclose the identity of the father before receiving support. That seems unnecessarily intrusive and draconian. There are loads...

Mine was good on bottling, too. Tasted like black treacle and coffee! The twang seemed to increase then decrease again through the conditioning phase.

I sort of wish you hadn't put that, I could have remained happily ignorant. What did I say that was worthy if an insult? Us rabbits ought to stand together! Seriously, @GerritT, if I annoyed you I didn't mean to.

News to me (thanks for the link). It would seem that in this case, the ratio does matter.

Following on from Dutto's point, it's important to note that the fact they are less demonised now than ever before does not mean they are not demonised.

I modded my fourth kit with some unhopped liquid extract from H&B, as well as coffee and black treacle. Theres not enough IBUs to balance the malt and ABV, and the twang... my god, THE TWANG! It's starting to condition out now and it's turning into a decent stout, but it's never going to be a...

"Thumper said: ↑ Shipstones Bitter," No I didn't!

The dose makes the poison, to use the old cliche. The danger of concentration is that you get a bigger dose in one mouthful. The ratio off methanol to ethanol is irrelevant, what matters is the total amount of each you have in your system. Methanol is poisonous in lower doses than ethanol.

Tesco do an artificial sweetener which is chemically identical to splenda- 99% maltodextrin, 1% sucralose. £1 a pot. You could use that.

I had to Google cyser. It sounds nice!

Worst case scenario your efficiency will be higher than the kit is designed for (and even that appears to be debateable), so you'll end up with a stronger beer.

:laugh2: That properly tickled me for some reason.

But it comes in a variety of colours!

In 1985, the average house in the UK cost 3.4x the average yearly wage. In 2005, it was 6.1x, and it's gone up since. In London, it's now something like 9.5x the average yearly wage in London. And yet we have nobby Australian millionaires telling my generation that the reason we can't afford...

@Dutto No one's demonizing the elderly and infirm, let alone making them feel bad for being old. But the simple fact of the matter is that an ageing society is one if the greatest challenges our NHS faces. In fact, it's one of the greatest challenges our economy faces. I don't think any...