Recent content by Hopperty

No, FV seems ok, I guess it is designed for boiling water and the heat from the belt must travel well through the plasic (I doubt it would last long with no liquid inside. Anyway, I got anotther brew going today, and I will be extra careful to plug the heater into the right socket next time...

John Bull India Pale Ale Kit. About 4 days into the brew it had stopped self heating (1046 -> 1012) so I plugged the heater belt in, stupidly I plugged it into the extension lead not the thermostat. The next morning its 63°C LOL.... These 25w heater belts are surprisingly powerful! It...

By mistake I ordered some of the Maltro Dextrin. I only ever brew kits, so is this stuff of any use to me, what would it do if I added some to a kit ?

I see many many more motorists breaking the law, possibly something in the region of 1 in 25 drivers is actively playing with a phone, and in 20mph areas may be 95% are speeding. And clearly no respect for double white lines (from tonights ride, I was doing about 20) Indeed some cyclist do...

that is very much my tactic too, I stay well out from the side and this gives me the opportunity to move a little left as the overtake starts. Very difficult to avoid conflict with drivers, sadly some people just hate cyclists and they make it known. Overall though most drivers >95% are very...

I guess the yeast is a "Coopers" as it came with a coopers lager kit. I don't know how I can simplify the question any more - The instructions with the kit say to pitch the yeast when the 23l of wort is around 23°c and then to brew at 14°c. - I am curious as to the timesacle between pitching...

It says pitch yeast at 23°c and then to brew at 14°c. How quickly should the 14 be achieved after pitching ? and what would happen if it took a day to achieve that temperarure drop ?

You seem clueless; The Taliban did not pop into existence until the early 1990s - a good few years after the soviets had left, so NO we had not been arming them. I guess you are getting confused with the mujahideen who we did indeed help regain control of their own country. And let us be very...

Yes, what on earth do we do now if the terrorist training camps reopen in a few years time?. I think it is Chinas turn next, it would fit in well with their plans of a new Silk Route to the west (Belt & Road as it is now known) not to mention the possibilities of what could be one of the...

LOL - I forgot we have to be interminably apologetic for empire and what we did many hundreds of years ago! But surely if we going into deep history to apportion blame then why isn't atialla the hun amongst many others also getting the blame? The current crisis began in early 2000s with...

Mostly it stays in the FV for 3 weeks for me, I once had one do 5 weeks, it was perfectly fine. And after 3 weeks in the FV it probably needs 3 months in the bottle before it becomes something special. The Wheat Beer I am drinking tonight was brewed on the 6th March 21 and bottled on the 26th...

"We created the refugee's" & "A mess we created. " How do you come to that ????? At the turn of the century Afghanistan were training terrorists to attack the west (see 9/11) It needed to be stopped, and for our own security we joined the US to put an end to the terror attacks on our...

What is the minimum dia tubes that will cope with an over excited fermentation? And any thoughts on using PLA 3d printed parts in the FV - is it likely to contaminate anything ? and how would I test first ?

I once thought the 'indexing' on mine had died, I eventually got the feel for riding with non index gears , and then one day I realised there was a turn button the lever that alternated between index and non index - It must have accidentally got turned, I soon returned it to 'Indexed'

Is that indexed ? My bike has down the tube shifters (which are indexed) I haven't really rode anything else but have no problem at all with them, seems a very natural place to have them