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Not really- more like I'm thinking "Man, turns out it'll be so much hard and pricier to find a suitable premises to start up that nano-brewery I wanted to locally and fix it up to meet all of the rules and regulations before starting trading, plus I want to make money and after adding up the...

So, for the past couple of years or so, I've been dipping my toes into the world of home-brewing (initially, with a view to setting up my own microbrewery, as brought up on a previous thread). Still only producing pretty tiny 10L batches though, limited by the extremely basic entry-level...

Trouble is though, as the example of my home town shows, it's not just a lack of money, investment and opportunity that can be to blame. People can be held to blame as well, for mismanagement. Slough's got tons of rich history- most of it's been bulldozed away now though. And a fair share of...

Well, at least in one regard, there's been a teensy-tiny bit of progress in this town recently. Slough chief executive Josie Wragg sacked for "gross misconduct" Too bad it's a drop in the ocean compared to everything else that's been going on here, and greatly contributed towards the...

Because I do live in one of the towns listed as worst, and wonder why it isn't higher on the list; whilst all of the places I've ever stayed in, excluding places in London, are all on that list too. Being limited exclusively to public transport, and not nearly as well-travelled as I'd like, I...

Combination of all of the above, along with a bunch of other potential factors. For example, lots of the places which feature highly on these lists tend to be cramped, overpopulated, and bereft of facilities, amenities and human infrastructure- 'ghettos', so to speak, seemingly designed solely...

Ah, I see. I guess that traffic didn't really factor in for me, since I'm legally not allowed to drive (epilepsy). Or if it did, the town favoring pedestrians rather than motorists registered as a positive for me instead of the negative it'd be for most people. Maybe traffic (and perhaps...

Since they don't have anywhere in Scotland or NI either, you'd have to assume so.

Would you agree with all of those, though? I'm from Slough, only 10th on that list, and having visited Aylesbury several times, I'd rather live there any day of the week.

Depends on who you are and what community you belong to, but they definitely exist. Unless you'd see this, spray-painted along a street... And still decide that "oh yeah, it's totally safe to go down here, this isn't a 'no-go zone' at all". Second of those pics is from that "Far north of...

That's more than 20yrs ago now, and I was still 14 back then, so not really.

It's certainly up there, top ten at least. But is it really the worst? Especially when you get down to the borough and district level, of bigger cities like London, Birmingham and Manchester...

Here's a topic for discussion- which place (could be a village, town, city or borough), of all the places you've ever visited yourself here in the UK, would you nominate as being the absolute worst? And why- how bad is it there, and what makes it so crap?

clapa Sounds interesting, and I find that I quite enjoy the clean taste that rice seems to lend to any lagers incorporating it among the ingredients. By 'pulses' though, I'm talking about legumes- beans, peas, lentils, that sort of thing. Ever consider giving any of those a try?

Thanks for the suggestions. With regards to picking an animal name/theme though, I've got three ideas in mind, all of which have draft logos and branding designed already: 1) Mane Brewery- derived from/based upon the name of the Lion Brewery, the first and most influential beer brand in India...

Considered it, but not sure if it'd be available, don't want copyright issues, and figured it'd imply that pine wood's actually involved in the process somewhere. Likewise with a reference to Burnham Beeches, since while smoke beer and/or conditioning in beech wood caskets do sound interesting...

Not quite, but close enough... ;)

As reflected in the title of this forum, when we think about and discuss beer brewing ingredients, we almost always focus upon using malted grains and hops as our base ingredients. I was just wondering though, after hearing about Širvenos beer from a Lithuanian acquaintance, and conducting some...

Regarding the original topic of the thread though, can't go back and edit the poll to add them as options, but I've got a few other potential name ideas for consideration. I was thinking about adding either 'Highwayman' or 'Bandit' before, tying into that particular aspect of local history which...

I was wondering whether fennel seeds, particularly roasted ones (aka 'saunf' in Indian cuisine), might be a good complementary spice to try using. What do you reckon?