Recent content by James

CO2 alarms are more common in commercial environments - like cellars. I thought CO2 monitors were all the rage with covid ventilation concerns.

I don’t believe you should be concerned by that leakage rate, as others said - calculate the pipe volume and do the maths. You’ll be putting more out yourself. However, it’s still a potential hazard if something goes wrong. Weakest link and all. Gas cylinder valves aren’t really designed to be...

Edinburgh is on the East coast and is West of Liverpool. It is also as far North as Moscow. Oh - and Land’s End isn’t the Southernmost point either, I think that’s Lizard point.

R89 head on a solid handle from exec shaving. Works well, simple and solid. Rex Envoy - a little more aggressive, phenomenally grippy handle and nicely engineered. One blade hybrid - single edge, works well but odd to have a floating blade. Gillette sensor excel if travelling. Also an old...

They are US GHT. They used to sell a back flush accessory to link the water side up to the wort side to back flush after use - I bought two to give a full set of required connections and butchered. You can get US GHT connectors on line.

Eighth impression 1982 - no sign. This may be a false memory but I recall a recipe along with an illustration depicting someone asleep and dreaming of flowers (hops) and Valhalla - like the style in Papazian but I couldn’t find it there either.

Rehydrate? Pitch temp vs ferment temp? Aerate? I never used to rehydrate but tried it for a little bit because that was the advice from forums and so on. I recall the advice to rehydrate at a higher than pitch temp - around blood temp - so was probably thermally stressing the yeast as it...

The advice to claim a refund from your credit card is good, that's what I did.

Judging by the fact the charge is to cover a debt as a result of a court order between Mr & Mrs and the addresses have changed I’d say that they are no longer a couple and the businesses have been separated as well. Closing the doors to new orders is likely to avoid claims of fraudulent/...

They shifted the ownership up by adding a holding company, Greg resigned, his wife left as sole director butGreg still has a formal charge over the assets so must have money in it. Probably an ownership shuffle to avoid everything being grouped together for tax purposes. Certainly to separate...

Bugger! I was just trying to check on the staus of my BAC disc order at the weekend- from Nov. Looks like they're not going to arrive!Came on here looking for news. The Cos House filing is just what used to be called the Annual return.

I think it was on here someone posted a picture that included one of these The Hangover It made me think about something similar, not wanting to drill into my shiny.

There’s a bbc world service podcast on it that is well worth listening to, it’s been on the radio recently as well. The link is to parts 1-5. Worth googling Paula Vennells as well. The Great Post Office Trial - Parts 1-5 - BBC Sounds

I got a 22mm deep socket from Halfords for just this purpose - my kegs are all AEB. I recall seeing somewhere that the poppet valves can’t be taken apart for cleaning - I meant to look for some replacements to have on hand but haven’t needed one yet. I use a spare connector to vent or drain the...

In commercial environments you’ll find they cap on foam. The flow is controlled to fill gently with a splash at the end to create the foam. I agree - what is the point of purging the bottle with co2 when you’re going to purge it with beer. Withdrawing the wand draws in air - displace it with...