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yes plenty of wind farms north of the border now and despite all the scaremongering they have mostly fitted and become part of the area, especially the community turbines that get share of the income for allowing use of community land that way the local area directly benefits

I use PET bottles, rinse after use warm water cap on give a good shake and rinse again then store cap off. When I got to use them I fill 2 plastic FV buckets with Milton and hot water leave for an hour rinse and drain with this...

can get a bottle of whisky/rum/vodka/gin/etc. in Lidl for around £10 not in Scotland you will not with the already high minimum unit pricing in place set to rise by 30% to adjust for inflation spirits up here will cost double that

looks like a good upgrade to the flexi buckets, i have switched to smaller 1 gallon DJs for that reason for win but making beer or cider kits be much easier with a rigid FV

not sure about that IF labour tap into the renewable energy market that could help the economy, simple things like unlinking electric prices to wholesale gas could make a huge difference to households and business IF we are able to generate more energy ourselves. Been saying it for years small...

what kit did you use then if better than the real thing as U2 would say

Very fair point is it genuine ideology or self preservation?

Good point I made that mistake in trying to help my son who likes Corona so tried a CML clone kit. Thankfully the good folks on here kept me right, time will tell still conditioning but tasted ok when bottling well as much as flat room temp larger can haha

Well seems like I was pretty close then? I just try to avoid over racking that or I am just lazy haha

This time i degassed prior to racking i don't like to over rack so I add fermentation stopped then clear it finings, i degas then or between the 2 applications of clear it. move it to the garage nice concrete floor let it settle for a week or so then rack it when its properly settled. Not...

Hi no black arts simply took a plastic hanger snip it to size roughly you want, i could not find a lighter so used a blow touch lightly waved (over kill) to heat plastic goes soft run under cold tap to keep it shape be gentle it necks and breaks easy! i needed mine to fit in DJs so i tried but...

PMSL nah but a bit of experimentation and it worked a treat, not food grade but sterilised haha

Great keep us in the loop on best way to fix it i have zero clue about water treatment I just add sodium metabisulfite and leave for 24hrs

My SG was spot on what the kit asked for at 1038, I think the SG is too low tbh. yes will be a slight rise when cabonated

not tried with beers, but tried with cider works in sense of sugar content (provided its pure juice with no preservatives) the taste does not stay tho , think the yeast strips the flavours as it ferments. might be different with beer yeasts tho