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Thank you. Perhaps it is a safer bet to use less hops

I usually find hops are too strong when I brew IPA under pressure, so I want to reduce the time for the hops. The instructions says leave hops for 5 days, and I did 2 days fermenting and then 3 days crushing with Festival American IPA, and again ale had too much hops I wonder if I put the hops...

I know that lagers made from all grain require very good quality water. What about kits with malt extract? I suspect I should try adding a distilled water to the malt extract as only water was removed from it when it was concentrated. However, not absolutely sure Thanks

No, I am not doing all grain though I know it often delivers better results - I will need to buy an additional equipment as I don’t enjoy making wort, but I want to have very small amount of kit as I may need to travel abroad at a short notice and for quite a long time, so the kit shouldn’t...

I only make kit ales and beers. I want to make a very high quality beer, but don’t get what I want from kits, it tastes not as good a shop’s German or Czech beer, or any international lager with 5% Alcohol content. Is there a high quality wort that I could make a good Czech or German beer that...

Octopus charged me circa £1 for the free energy on 24th November. Guess I need to call them and ask why and how come…

Definitely - I switched professions at least 4 times already. Yes, it is painful, but I can do it. I know I can find a permanent job if I need to, but my pay will be about 2-3 times less than what I used to get

As Deloitte said in their famous ad: "We all must pay tax, but we don't have to leave the taxman a tip..."

Got a call from an accountancy firm - they say that you can now work inside IR35, but use your own limited company. They say it is something between Umbrella company and Outside IR35 in terms of real cash that stays in your pocket It looks like the previous government made it tough to hire...

10 kits, so 220 litres, so total is 8,067 litres in total for us all

Can you charge the battery from the grid too? I am considering EV or hybrid at the moment, I like Yaris because it is so compact, very convenient for parking and cleaning (and this is very important to me because I do them regularly :D ). However, since my wife will be driving it mainly around...

Beers and Ales: 26/10/2024 Mangrove Jack’s Craft Series Baltic Porter 8/10/2024, Mangrove Jacks’ Craft Series Beer Kit - Pink Grapefruit IPA with Dry Hops 25/9/2024 Muntons Gold IPA, officer’s strength 11/9/2024 Muntons Gold IPA, officer’s strength, Final 5.6% after crushing. Kegged 25/9/2024...

Coding is a weird fish, IMO - I am certified as MS Dynamics Developer, but easily did not write code for at least 13 years. While there are roles for Developers, I would think I will lose to any because of obsolete experience… The same goes for Functional Consultant roles - there lots of FA...

And what other opportunities are there? I see some, but it seems to me contracting pays more even with breaks. I want a second income, but it can either distract too much from the main work, or the pay is not great

I suspect the contractors’ market was tough, but now the government put tough conditions on employers. This may level things out, though at worse conditions for the business. Guess this is how you do things by not fully killing contractors’ market

I guess then we should not break the magic 🤣

Asked Google AI and this is what I got: The UK economy's 2025 forecast varies depending on the source, with some predicting growth of up to 2% and others predicting growth of around 1.5%: Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR): The OBR's October 2024 Economic and fiscal outlook forecasts 2.0%...

Asked Google and their AI collated that we are likely to grow above 1% next year… Fingers crossed

Just under 6 kW

Current situation is not great, pity no forecast provided https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-firms-report-first-contraction-output-since-2023-pmi-shows-2024-11-22/