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Wish I'd seen this before. Brother in law just bought one that's a year old. Oh well, fingers crossed.

I work for an insurance company, and yes prices have been jacked up. I wouldn't call it profiteering though. Inflation has jacked up the price of cars and parts, and there's shortages meaning hire cars have to be used for longer. I would be hesitant taking the cheapest quote on a comparison...

I've never used a bottling bucket, and I don't know what it is? Never used sugar sticks, but I don't see why not. I often use demerera sugar, or a mix of demerera and white. Never tried brown. I Syphon, although I'd prefer a tap and bottle spear thingy.

Had a belt/chain go on a ford Capri and luckily nothing was damaged. Easy repair. If a car gets old I don't bother replacing. If it costs more to replace than the car is worth, what's the point?

My recent lager has taken 4 weeks in the garage to get a decent head. If you have clear glass bottles, or pet, you can see bubbles forming on the bottom and travelling up. Agree with the advice above that a couple of pet bottles in a brew will let you know when it is getting pressured. I...

Will be interested to know what it tastes like as I'll probably be doing some of those next year.

Just put on my 13th brew this year. That's 300 litres. That's 6 litres a week. Probably sounds excessive, but my eldest son has the odd beer, and my youngest had a party where they drank over ten litres. I might up it to 15 brews next year. I don't normally test the SG of my brews, but I...

Had a taste of the Kernel imperial brown stout last night. My son picked up a few stouts on a trip up north. 10%, so quite a strong beer. It was pretty good actually. Not sure I'd want to drink a lot of it. But not bad.

I haven't had a brew I haven't liked for ages. I have had some which have needed a bit of age to improve. I had a gassy one at the start of the year which tasted fine but had a massive head. I did use some of that in my slug traps. If you know people with gardens they would probably love you for...

Plus I would be happier with an out of date can than an out of date plastic pouch.

She doesn't drink real ale? Sack her immediately!

All my brews have been out of date this year, some by up to a year. They have all come out dark but have all been really good to drink. I'm doing my first in date brew for the year this week!

I have a Cooper's real ale that is bubbling very slowly. Slow for this time of year. This is my first brew in the garage. All others this year have been in the kitchen diner, although the temp should be similar, maybe a bit cooler in the garage at night. The air lock is still under pressure...

I've done Geordie mild a couple of times. Both times it produced quite a nice very drinkable brew. Didn't knock my socks off, but I thought it quite decent.

I assume you aren't using nucleation beer glasses? I have had a similar problem lately when bottling where the beer foams as it's going into the bottle from the fermenter. I think this is related to the time of year. I get foamy beer but I use nucleated glasses. The foam tastes nice so it's not...

I'm in a similar boat, and would probably favour a hybrid like the Yaris when my trusty diesel gives up. But I'm not in a hurry to change over. It gets 60mpg which is good for a people mover, and I pay very low tax. About £30 from memory. I don't drive into congestion zones, and don't drive much...

The older they are when they start on stabilizers, the faster you have to run, but you don't need to lean down as much. So it's swings and roundabouts. Mine were about 4/5. Balance bikes are a good idea but we never used them.

I've just done an IPA that was awful after two weeks, not alot better after four weeks, but drinkable after six. I'm hoping it will be pleasant after eight. Have to say that I've never seen a kit that didn't require you to add sugar. Maybe there are some that have sugar already added, but I've...

Had a pint of Cornish IPA in a pub on the river near Blackfriars yesterday. Lovely spot, but the pint was very happy, bitter, tasted young. Drank it but didn't think much of it. But at £6.50 I wasn't not going to drink it. Had one of my bulldog crazy batch bitters when I got home. Much nicer and...

I struggle to know when off peak is. I travelled up to London yesterday and paid full price as I arrived in London before 10:00. The ticket machine said it was peak so I assumed it was.