Bugger...

[audiomick]

Thought I might be able to ride the Breva to work tomorrow. There's been some rain, the salt should be gone, and it is expected to by dry tomorrow.

At the time I have to go to work it is expected to be 0°C, when I come home all the way up to 4°C. I'm nursing a cold at the moment, so I think I'll be on the tram (again).

Edited March 1 by audiomick

[guzzler]

Bugger indeed mate..

Get well soon eh.

 

[audiomick]

  On 3/2/2025 at 12:00 AM, guzzler said:

Get well soon eh.

 

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Seems to have happened. I was in Heilbronn the last couple of days (no, you I don't expect you to know where that is...). The idea was, a mate of mine thought it would be a great idea as a birthday present to take me to another friend's place and have him brew me a batch of home-brew. All well and good, except that Heilbron (where I used to live) is 440 km. away from Leipzig (where I currently live).

Anyway, despite doubts on Sunday last whether the cold was cured enough, I went. Yesterday I spent more that 8 hours in a basement laundry at about 14°c with the windows open learning how to brew beer. All very interesting, but by the end of it I was freezing my arse off. Despite all that, I woke up today apparently almost completely over it. 

 

 

Whatever, I started this thread to "vent" about something that irritated me. Sometimes one needs to, and I would be happy if others use the thread to the same effect as needed.

 

Edited March 5 by audiomick

[Lucky Phil]

  On 3/4/2025 at 8:01 PM, audiomick said:

Seems to have happened. I was in Heilbronn the last couple of days (no, you I don't expect you to know where that is...). The idea was, a mate mine thought it would be a great idea as a birthday present to take me to another friend's place and have him brew me a batch of home-brew. All well and good, except that Heilbron (where I used to live) is 440 km. away from Leipzig (where I currently live).

Anyway, despite doubts on Sunday last whether the cold was cured enough, I went. Yesterday I spent more that 8 hours in a basement laundry at about 14°c with the windows open learning how to brew beer. All very interesting, but by the end of it I was freezing my arse off. Despite all that, I woke up today apparently almost completely over it. 

 

 

Whatever, I started this thread to "vent" about something that irritated me. Sometimes one needs to, and I would be happy if others use the thread to the same effect as needed.

 

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You know you can buy beer at the shops

I actually drink zero alcohol beer these days in summer. You can drink as much as you like, it's available at the Supermarket and cheaper than soft drink. Coopers make a nice one but it's a bit high in sugar so these days I drink Great Northern.

Phil 

[audiomick]

  On 3/4/2025 at 10:18 PM, Lucky Phil said:

You know you can buy beer at the shops

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Really? I never would have thought. The beer I have been drinking for the last 40 odd years was pulled out of my arse.

Seriously, it was very interesting to see how it is done. Brewing a batch takes at least 8 hours, and the nuances are not less intersting and not less comlicated than fettling a Guzzi.

I won't be trying it myself. I have neither the room to set up a "micro-brewery", nor the time to do it. But seeing how it is done was very interesting.

[Lucky Phil]

  On 3/5/2025 at 12:40 AM, audiomick said:

Really? I never would have thought. The beer I have been drinking for the last 40 odd years was pulled out of my arse.

Seriously, it was very interesting to see how it is done. Brewing a batch takes at least 8 hours, and the nuances are not less intersting and not less comlicated than fettling a Guzzi.

I won't be trying it myself. I have neither the room to set up a "micro-brewery", nor the time to do it. But seeing how it is done was very interesting.

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Every single person I've known over the years that gets into home brewing doesn't stick at it for more than a year or two. Too fiddly and finicky esp when you are woken up in the middle of the night with bottled beer blowing the caps off on occasions.

Phil