thetreesaysbark

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[–] thetreesaysbark 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It's on the list, but not something I've researched much yet. Do you recommend?

[–] thetreesaysbark 3 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Did you add them raw or boiled them down or something? And what was your best flavour?

 

Hello Brewers!

I am still a noob to this, but I want to brew my wife something that she'd like.

I don't yet have the equipment to do an all grain, and I am reliant on extracts.

I was wondering if anyone has experimented with adding flavour ingredients, like cherry for example, to an extract? If so, when and what have you added? And is this going to be an expensive process of trial and error?

[–] thetreesaysbark 37 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

What exactly are Americans getting for the tax they pay in now?

[–] thetreesaysbark 3 points 3 weeks ago

Surely chocolate teapot is th classic. Although that tastes good - I'd wager Trump does not.

[–] thetreesaysbark 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was wondering why dem presidents aren't doing the same thing.

The only reason I could come up with is that dem voters, averagely, seem to have some sort of standard. They do advocate for improving fellow citizen's lives. They do think their president should be held accountable (on the most part, but there's definitely more accountability that could be put on dem presidents too).

Jump to the right wing republican voters. They're either blindly following trump (they see him as some sort of role model), or they just think trump will allow them more of the freedoms they want (guns for example) and don't really care about their society as a whole. I also strongly suspect there are right wing groups that believe Trump will screw everything up, put the country in turmoil, and allow them to seize some small control of their own.

[–] thetreesaysbark 2 points 1 month ago

I have never claimed the US to be reliable, I'm trying to say that 'trading with the US' was one of the ideas being touted during the referendum.

Also, they are certainly less reliable now than then.

[–] thetreesaysbark 1 points 1 month ago

The trade bloc point is tricky though.

Any rational brain can see that the benefits of being in the EU massively outweigh the drawbacks.

At the same time, we can see from our voting history that a huge chunk of us do not think rationally when it comes to politics. We're all guilty of it. But some of us at a minimum can reflect on our knee jerk reaction and allow our calmer heads to prevail.

Unfortunately, it seems many of us have a knee jerk reaction that is never re-evaluated until we're faced with the hardship it causes.

I feel like, because of the above, there's still a small appetite for rejoining the bloc. Those who voted to leave and are being hit hard by leaving have no way to say we should rejoin whilst saving face.

Labour haven't been elected to rejoin the EU, and it's likely that any longstanding improvement to our country they can make will take more than one term. If they start looking at rejoining the reactive right will ensure they don't get that second term and we'll be stuck back where we were with the Tories.

[–] thetreesaysbark 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Even some small word saying something better than 'it could have been worse'. It really cements how pathetic our country has become.

This is all my knee jerk reaction however. I'll l probably say something more sensible tomorrow.

I also concede that we have no other choice. We shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit thinking the US might be reliable and now look where we are.

I'm just annoyed at our whole ridiculous situation right now.

[–] thetreesaysbark 23 points 1 month ago (16 children)

Personally I'd like it if ministers showed some backbone.

 

Ministers hope this announcement is a reasonable basis for carrying on with negotiations over a trade deal that could lead to them falling or being dropped entirely.

[–] thetreesaysbark 2 points 1 month ago

Great tips thank you!

[–] thetreesaysbark 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the tip. Our ideas of cheap are different though haha

[–] thetreesaysbark 3 points 1 month ago

P.s. just attached the sediment pic in a comment. Image upload is acting flakey today.

 

Came out not bad. But the starting temperature was a little high and it has a slight tangy flavour.

I'm trying to find a way to better control the fermentation temperature on the cheap. Any tips appreciated!

One question I do have... After leaving in the bottles for a couple of weeks I've noticed a white residue is settling on the bottom of the bottle. Is this normal? (Pic of sediment in comments)

 

Not really sure what the word is of what I'm looking for but...

I'm after chest freezer. It doesn't need to be working as I only need the shell.

I was thinking that I may be able to go to a recycling site and ask the staff there or something like that? I'm not sure if this is really a thing but I've definitely heard of people finding things that people have thrown away etc.

Do I just need to drive around my city looking for fly tipping/skips?

 

I've just brewed my first batch ever. For my first time I went with the Cooper's European Lager kit.

FG was stable for 3 days (due to some personal stuff I couldn't bottle it on day 2) and the FG matched the expected end ABV as advertised.

The beer tasted pretty good on sampling before bottling.

So far so good.

One thing I am surprised by, however, is how dark this lager looks. Not sure if this will get lighter during the 2 weeks that it's suggested to leave it in the bottle, it's something that can happen to this different batches, or it's just how this beer looks?

Thanks for any tips/advice anyone can offer :)

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It is satisfactory.

 

Is anyone else noticing a lot of repeated posts in their feeds recently?

Almost each time I go through my subscribed, local, or all feeds I am now seeing the same post from the same community multiple times.

I'm using 'last 6 hours' as a filter if that helps.

 

I hope articles like this about the Tories keep up throughout labours time in power so people don't forget on the next GE.

 

Good things bad things. Feel free to vent!

We just made pizza together woop woop!

 
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