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  1. SteveWTBD

    Rumour? is Wilko's going into administration?

    I guess it will take a while for the administrators to work out what to do, but if they don’t start selling quickly they won’t have much to sell apart from a name and some stock. I just had a look on their website and nothing is available for delivery. I’m guessing Munton’s et al will be owed...
  2. SteveWTBD

    CO2 suppliers near Lake District please

    I just hope they keep going.
  3. SteveWTBD

    CO2 suppliers near Lake District please

    Lakeland Bottled Gas - based in Lindale. https://lakelandbottledgas.co.uk £25 for a 10 litre refill. Free delivery in area. Due to arrive Friday. I'm paying £65 including the deposit on the bottle. They seem nice chaps. They set up to diversify during pandemic.
  4. SteveWTBD

    CO2 suppliers near Lake District please

    Hi Folks I took the plunge and have moved over to a (23l) Cornelius Keg. I am in the process of force carbonating my first batch. I have the ODL premium regulator with soda stream attachment. I need to pop out to Lakeland and get my soda stream bottle refilled (swapped empty for full). It...
  5. SteveWTBD

    How many units per week. [POLL]

    I have found that 40 pints brewed and put in the pressure barrel lasts much less time than the same brew bottled into 50 odd 500 ml bottles. There is something about two empty 500ml bottles that makes you stop and think about opening a third. Whereas it is very easy to top up your pint glass...
  6. SteveWTBD

    Jeremy Hunt v Boris Johnson.

    And a bit like a game of darts, the loser should be able to say “best out of three?”!!
  7. SteveWTBD

    Liquoring back question

    Thanks so much - that is brilliant!
  8. SteveWTBD

    Liquoring back question

    Hi Gerryjo Thanks for the link. I have 5 litres. With the calculator do I input my OG?
  9. SteveWTBD

    Liquoring back question

    Hi Folks Advice needed on watering down my ginger beer before bottling. Basically I chucked loads of sugary stuff in the boil - lime marmalade, orange marmalade and some brewing sugar, plus lots of ginger and some chilli. OG was 1.070 (!!!) and FG 1.002, so we are looking at something...
  10. SteveWTBD

    Jeremy Hunt v Boris Johnson.

    I reckon Boris will walk it. Hunt has a very bad rep with NHS/social care. I don’t reckon Boris will do Brexit by end October, if at all.... just lots of platitudes and promises. Whatever happens he will say he’s done brilliantly. Talk of a Boris/ Farage pact makes me a little bemused. I...
  11. SteveWTBD

    Low alcohol Pilsner

    Well, it has way pretty well. Lots of taste, still a little alcohol, but much better than most low alc beers.
  12. SteveWTBD

    Low alcohol Pilsner

    Cheers Dutto! Hopefully I will remember they key written on the lids - L=Low M=medium and FS =full strength when I come to drink them. Although now I come to think about it, twist them around an L becomes V and M becomes W and my Ss look more live 5s!
  13. SteveWTBD

    Low alcohol Pilsner

    Just bottled 40 pints of pils, which was a Coopers kit, tweaked by the addition of a little fresh chilli in the fv. I had decided to experiment with low alcohol, so I heated about 10 pints and simmered (never coming to the boil or approaching it) at 80-85C until all the alcohol smell and taste...
  14. SteveWTBD

    Is it safe to drink unclear beer.

    Okay so this is a very old thread, but I am ¾ of the way through my last pint in the keg of Wherry. It looks like cold tea. No head. But great flavour and mouth feel. I pretend that I am being a London hipster drinking my fashionable unfixed cloudy craft ale.
  15. SteveWTBD

    weighing down nylon hop bag

    I tied the hop bag to a sterilised tea cup, which seemed to work as an anchor - the bag still floats up, but it is a bit like an iceberg.
  16. SteveWTBD

    Tasting whilst dry hopping

    Ah! I wondered why SWIMBO kept kicking the dog!
  17. SteveWTBD

    Tasting whilst dry hopping

    I am dry hopping a Munton's premium Pilsner with 50g of Citra. By 'eck it's tastey. I'm finding it hard to resist drinking it in its current state, cloudy or not! Is there any harm in drinking beer before bottling/carbonation? Also does anyone else 'taste' as they go?
  18. SteveWTBD

    BBC2 - Inside the Factory

    I don't think Carling make any bones about the fact that they brew to v high abv then water it down. I was told this to be the case by someone fairly senior in Carling some years back. Having said all this, the Carling Black Label adverts used to be brilliant! It's cheap and many people...
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    How many units per week. [POLL]

    I am in the 25-34 bracket, which is 100% beer. I have relatively low blood pressure, which means I am always thirsty. I gave up drinking wine, as I can knock back a glass or two like it is pop. I stopped drinking altogether for a couple of years, then for some reason had a pint, then...
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