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3x23L of UK brew lager. Not impressed so far. Hoping it improves.

I imagine this is no different from sour dough. Some sour dough yeast have been kept for years and past down through generations. My son has kept his alive for years, often leaving it dormant in the fridge for many months. Best bread I've ever tasted.

I have pushed down on the lid to force some bubbles out, and it equalises the airlock pretty quickly. So I suspect it holds pressure untill the lid starts to bow, and then it's leaking. Guess I must have damaged the seal. Should be ok, but I'll replace it next time I get a delivery.

I have my first non bubbling brew. I have a theory that my fermenter was damaged last year by my last brew. It got a bit carried away and popped the lid off. There is a slight buckle on the lid, which may be allowing co2 to escape. I can see it's frothed a little inside. It's in a warm place...

I did have a similar accident. Car stopped on a green light on a hill because the intersection was blocked. I couldn't see why it stopped. I didn't anticipate it stopping. Cars can stop faster than bikes in the wet. I hit the back of the car and wrote off my bike. No damage to the car. It was my...

I seem to find holes in everything nowadays. Maybe I'm just too critical. Watched "grace" the other day, and just so many plot holes I find it hard to watch. But I did like playing nice. Just finished it and thought it sounded plausible.

The lanes have become the exercise grounds of the masses and I sympathise with anyone who has to use them commercially. I use them a lot as they are quiet. So do a lot of bikes, horses, runners, walkers and dog walkers. It can't be easy navigating them on a timetable. Lots of blind corners too...

I'm a cyclist and I found it funny. A lot of cyclists don't really try and help themselves. If I see another cyclist in the gloom of winter dressed in black I'll scream. I wear bright yellows and lime green. I have six lights. Even then I'm often not seen. But a lot of car drivers can be...

Thanks for the positive reviews @fury_tea and @Moe. It was a kit brew. All my brews this year were from the "simply" range, as they had an offer with a free kilo of brewing sugar. This was "simply" stout. But I added an Extra 500g of demarara and a kilo on damson and a kilo of blackberries...

I consider myself a fairly considerate cyclist, but I do stand my ground when I'm in the right and I will demand that my safety is considered. I did take exception to a Jeremy vine post on twitter though. He clearly jumped amber light when he had plenty of time to stop, and then proceeded...

Best bitter. Good well rounded beer. Slight bitterness all the way through but not overpowering. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Didn't have much to go on from the label. Hadn't heard of this yeast before, (bit of a brewing novice), but I googled it and it sounds interesting. Opened with a nice hiss. Poured into a nucleation glass, and it was quite lively. Bit cloudy. Not sure if that was intended or due to travel, but...

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Second secret Santa arrived today. Thanks very much.

Secret Santa arrived thankfully.

I guess that's the difference between an umbrella company and a limited company. I've worked with both. But I found the umbrella quite limiting, but very cheap and simple. Nowadays is there much you can claim under a limited company?

Personally, I think it's much easier to avoid tax as a permie. I've worked for umbrella companies that didn't allow salary sacrifice into pensions. Whereas with my permanent job, overpayments to pension, bike to work, company car, sharesave scheme, I hardly pay any tax.

Thanks, you've given me an idea to build something I can use to chop bits that are just a bit too big for the fire.

Go on, put me down for two please.

Can I please see a pick of your saw frame? I have an electric titan from Screwfix. It's been brilliant for lopping small branches off trees, even cutting down small trees up to a foot in diameter. But whenever I try and cut firewood it sends the wood flying. I need some way of holding it steady.