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  1. Nicks90

    Electric cars.

    This is where we need a bit of a reality check , as the vast majority of an EV does NOT require any EV training. Suspension, brakes, anti lock / traction control systems, bodywork, various externally facing sensors/radars/cameras, all the interior and switches.... None are connected to the high...
  2. Nicks90

    Nicks90's Brewdays

    AG149 Another Old school Ale Carbon copy of ag147, mainly to use up the challenger hops and reuse the yeast I recovered from 147. So thought I might as well just basically do it again but with a post flame out hop addition for the remnants of the packet 3.5kg Maris Otter 150g crystal 113ebc...
  3. Nicks90

    Electric cars.

    As I showed on my recent euro trip, even using commercial chargers, it still worked out as over 90mpg in a petrol car on cost alone.
  4. Nicks90

    Re-using yeast from current brew

    Same here, leave a smidge of beer on the trub and gently swirl the fermenter to get that top bit of yeast that was the very last to drop out of suspension. Pour it in to a PET bottle and screw the lid on. I've had bottles in the fridge for months without issue, but never thought of freezing...
  5. Nicks90

    Electric cars.

    On the subject of costs, I've just done a tally up of the charging costs for our trip the other week to Belgium and France Leeds to Dover ferry port over to Dunkirk, to Bruges for a couple of days, then Ypres for another 2 days. After that a trip over to Paris via theipval and then home via...
  6. Nicks90

    Electric cars.

    The mini is even worse. It's like a 2 tonne tiny bruiser.... Clean slate design is much more efficient but not something the German and french gang have really got the hang of yet
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    Nicks90's Brewdays

    Yep, it's my go to smash IPA beer Doesn't matter if it's got adjuncts or crystal, just pile the hops in and keep adding. Really comes alive after about 4 weeks in the bottle, which is normally counter intuitive for a hoppy IPA. But you get an enormous stone fruit hit if you leave it a month
  8. Nicks90

    Failed US-05 yeast

    It will be fine as long as the sanitation was good. Worst case scenario is you see some activity tomorrow and have no idea if it's the yeast or a nasty. If so, transfer it back in to the boiler and zap it to boil for 5 minutes and then add a few more aroma hops at flame out to account for some...
  9. Nicks90

    Electric cars.

    No they aren't Tesla model 3 is the same weight as a BMW 320d Tesla model Y is lighter than a Kia Sorrento As for the big German luxo barge EVs, yeah they weight the moon, but how heavy is a landrover discovery nowadays? 2.7 tonnes if memory serves
  10. Nicks90

    Nicks90's Brewdays

    This time without cheating and relying just on bottle carbonation, first proper taste test Nomnomnom That's proper good. You can just about see the pink tinge on the head and the dark ruby red at the bottom of the glass. Very fruity, but you can tell it's not a regular strength beer 🍺 We got...
  11. Nicks90

    What are you drinking 2024.

    having just come back from a trip to Belgium and France - i brought a few samples back home with me. Now what shall i drink tonight?
  12. Nicks90

    How to build (step up) a starter

    Ok maybe I am missing something really obvious here... But let's say you have the dregs of a bottle conditioned beer you want to harvest the yeast. What's the difference between putting that 10ml of dregs in to Scenario a) 1 - 100ml at 1.030 2 - pour the resultant yeast in to 1l at 1.030 3 -...
  13. Nicks90

    Food Hacks / Pimps

    You literally just stole what I was thinking the whole time I read page 1. Add butter. Food hacked Almost all food tastes better with a big blob of lighty salted butter in the mix
  14. Nicks90

    Yeast on sides of bottles

    Yeah I get the same - I just ignore it The bottles are clean, bottle brushed and sanitary and I don't suffer from bottle bombs or yucky beer, so I just put it down to the yeast having a mind of it's own and ignore it
  15. Nicks90

    Using Lactose for Sweetening

    Why not drop a note to the institute of food science and technology (ifst) They will give you chapter and verse on any enzyme and it's reactions, compositions and usage in food preparation and consumption
  16. Nicks90

    Young drivers face £3,000 cost for car insurance

    I think you are being a bit inaccurate about that. It's more the plethora of high tech we are having attached to the vulnerable front and rears of most cars that's the problem. How many +50k cars do you see on the roads nowadays? Well the answer is A LOT. The prevalence of company car schemes...
  17. Nicks90

    What was your first car?

    Not mine obvs, but here's my daughter's first car. It arrived as if by magic last week as a mega 17th birthday surprise to girl-childs absolute shock and delight! My first car was a puke yellow ford escort 1.3 GL MK3 from 1983. What an utter shed and the engine seized after 3 months.
  18. Nicks90

    What are you drinking 2024.

    A glass of finest Scottish alcohol. Interesting story behind this bottle, it was given to a retiring RAF pilot by his squadron mates, but He didn't have the heart to tell them he doesn't like whisky. So it's sat in his drinks cabinet for the last 21 years unopened and still in the tube! Cue his...
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    Nicks90's Brewdays

    AG146 Belgian Black I cheated a bit with this, by putting it through my fizzics beer engine to get a head from the very initial meagre carb... But it's already lovely! Black and toasty, dry as hell with a strong aftertaste of sweet berry. If I didn't know it was elderberry I wouldn't know, it...
  20. Nicks90

    Things you dont see in the press.

    Yup, unless a story can get people to spew bile and hatred or be outraged, then it doesn't sell as far as they are concerned Sad state of affairs.
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