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copper i think. (it's dark when I saw it!)

Looks like one of the neighbours is doing a trip to the dump very soon, and there's a hot water tank sitting there in the rubbish pile. Should I ask grab it to use as a brew pot, or am I better off to go and buy an electric one? What if anything would I need to do to make it useable besides...

You're just not drinking enough. I made a keg for a party and indulged in quality control exercise of having one beer for everyone someone else had - just to be sure that the quality was still good. It was a 20l keg, i mus'tve had 9 litres of it myself. hangover from hell. course it could have...

Hi Peter, I'm down in Dublin, and also find it difficult to get stuff. Least you don't get whacked so much for shipping if you order in the UK online shops - they tend to charge more for us down south, cos we're 'international'! :) All the best Ken

Agreed. And sure how could they even work up a decent sweat when there's like 4 different teams on a side ready to take the field at any one time depending on the phase of the moon, color of the coaches wifes' hair on the day, location of the ball relative to the man in the stripey jumper and...

yeah but I *think* most of the championship games are played in Croke Park in dublin.... not 100% sure....

Kerry would be better footballers than hurlers. You'd be better off with waterford,kilkenny, cork, wexford or possibly clare if you're for the hurling... ;)

Thanks! going to watch the football or the hurling?? tickets are hard to get for the championship matches is the only thing. i've never been to a gaelic game - used play it years ago in school, then switched codes to rugger... for the first time ever rugby will be played in the Gaelic grounds...

See what really interests me is watching Ireland kick Welsh ass in the 6nations (rugby). It's at 7am sunday morning over here in california. and the pubs are charging $20 to go watch it!!! Insane! I could get a ticket for the home games in Irelad for less than that!!!!! Solution : I have my...

i'm in california at the moment on business - will it be possible for me NOT to have to watch the game? will it be on all the tv stations and in all the pubs???? or do i just have to stay in bed?

thanks for the youtube link - loads of class vids there.... thats me sorted for the night so!

There ain't nothing worse than getting too much blood in your alcohol stream. Or, as someone more famous than me once said "I drink to get drunk, that's what it's for".

Shane is pure class, an absolute genius lyricist. Writes beautiful, haunting songs. The Pogues put on a class act, despite the fact that Shaneo can barely stand. Some folk get pissed off cos he comes on stage drunk, occasionally vomits on himself or others, blabbers incoherently etc etc. But he...

Hi Seefresh, well Doolin is tiny. eensy weensy tiny. There are only 3 pubs, and you can pretty much see each from the other. Seriously. Tiny place - http://www.kingsway.ie/doolin/DoolinMap.html. Great place though - you will love it. To be honest I just wombled from pub to pub the two times I...

MMMMM they have Orval, guillotine, delerium tremens (one of my favourites ever!), la chouffe and mc chouffe, kasteel and lucifer. Oh and of course Palm Alcohol Free (HA!) The only other super Belgian I've had they seem to be missing is Barbar..... also a really nice beer.

I'm actually staying in Mountain view. but have a car, and actually work in SJ anyway Ken

thanks, must check it out! Ken

Can't believe I forgot to ask this - are there any homebrew stores in the bay area worth driving to, to have a nose around? Cheers K

Cheers Stephen, don't drink Smithwicks at home, so surely won't bother drinking it here!I tend to avoid the "irish" pubs the world over unless I need to see a rugby match or something, they tend to be reliable for that. I'll type 'bevmo' into my neverlost in the hire car and see what happens...

Thanks guys, but there's a wee problem - you're talking about 'driving' in the same sentence as 'Beer Drinking', which kinda defeats the purpose if I can't sample all the offerings available..... Hmmmmm. How about off-licences (bottle shops, take aways, whatever you guys call it over there) - is...