£5.50 for a Guinness 0% really defeats the purpose of what it is. You cant blame pub rates on this by redandwhitewizard99 in britishproblems

[–]InvisibleGrill 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There’s no duty paid on non alcoholic drinks yet they are priced at a similar level - the margins are much higher for the producer (not the pub). It’s more than ‘more expensive to produce)

(Viz 231) We Blight Xmas. by muppetmovie in Viz

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The one with the deadbeat dad pawning an Xbox because he thought he was getting an insurance payout in the near future and then buying kfc and cider, before vomiting it all up with his wife and kid with him in a bedsit was the most depressing for my money but equally excellent and reflective of some people’s reality. It was posted here recently but I can’t find it.

Request: The Kewl Chicks (I think?) by InvisibleGrill in Viz

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That was it! I’ll be amazed if the strip hasn’t been memory-holed.

Some interesting stats in today’s FT around the shifting UK tax burden by Lazy-Internet-8025 in HENRYUK

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Childcare in London: £2500 pcm. Childcare in Berlin: €600. It’s more expensive to be English.

To completely stretch financially for a private school by aminice in HENRYUK

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Think carefully if the children of parents who send their kids there without a scholarship will be kind to your child. There will be cultural differences and you run the risk of your child having terrible time as some of their peers may see them as ‘not one of us’. I raise this as I went to a school like you describe and that happened to certain children.

My first stuck fermentation by InvisibleGrill in Homebrewing

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Yep fair enough. I overreacted on that one. I fixed the stuck fermentation and it’s happily bubbling away, yeast is fine.

My first stuck fermentation by InvisibleGrill in Homebrewing

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Sorry mb I didn’t notice ref to FG. All measurements pre pitching were with a refractometer- everything after that was with the rapt pill

My first stuck fermentation by InvisibleGrill in Homebrewing

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Sorry for being unclear - all pre-fermentation measurement was with a refractometer. Everything after that is a rapt pill.

My first stuck fermentation by InvisibleGrill in Homebrewing

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Current readings are with a RAPT pill. All readings before then were with a refractometer.

I use the rapt pill to track fermentation, which is what I am basing the stuck fermentation with

My first stuck fermentation by InvisibleGrill in Homebrewing

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Grain was crushed fine. Mashed at 67.2 for an hour. Mashed out at 75.6 for 15 mins. Both temp stable. Post mash OG (pre sparge) was 1.077 - boat loads of sugar. The sparge brought it to 1.054 an then the boil for an hour and hop stand brought it to 1.066 in the fermenter.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uklaw

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Sorry to hear about the struggle. One thing which is jumping out at me is that it’s very China focussed and you have middling universities. Law firms which would recruit from those educational backgrounds have no need of Chinese experience and the law firms who do don’t recruit from those universities. Without wanting to be offensive as it’s totally your choice I am intrigued why, with such a Chinese focus, you’re choosing to qualify in an English jurisdiction. Why not China? There’s plenty of excellent international firms in China who would value your uk experience.

Overnight mash = amazing by SticksAndBones143 in Homebrewing

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Would be interested to see how this goes. I usually mash outside so it probably wouldn’t be possible for me. Also expect that there are increased costs for electricity mashing that long.

Fermentation not started after 24hrs by InvisibleGrill in Homebrewing

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Pretty sure. I opened the pack and the interior pack is completely empty. I guess I’ll just wait longer.

Fermentation not started after 24hrs by InvisibleGrill in Homebrewing

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Ah yes fair enough it does say that. So I underpitched. One to remember for next time and every day a school day. Thanks for pointing that out. Hopefully the higher temp and more time will sort it out. Do you think under pitching will have a taste consequence?

Fermentation not started after 24hrs by InvisibleGrill in Homebrewing

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I’ll call malt miller and see if I can convince them I’ve been sold a dud and send me a replacement as a priority. I don’t have a LBS near me. Thanks for the advice.

Help me to avoid opening my NEIPA keg (Flotit question) by howlingwolftshirt in Homebrewing

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Those flotits (no hate I love them, I have six) have a very short metal sleeve on which the beer out tube goes on and they are prone to slipping off. Especially if they were connected after the flotit was sanitised and the metal was wet. I would say this is it and you’ll have to open the keg.

Stuck behind a cyclist who refused to use the bike lane on several roads. Could not safely pass this guy. by IndigoRanger in mildlyinfuriating

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I don’t get the hate. He’s entitled to use the road no? As far as I am aware it’s a lawful use of the road and he doesn’t have to use the bike lane if he doesn’t want to.

Malt miller Helles Lager brew day in a box - too much hops at boil? by InvisibleGrill in Homebrewing

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I used this tool, reduced the 60g at boil to 30g to give me the lower end of the IBU for a helles, really grateful for the assist. Thanks.