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Yep! Fruit flies are the real buggers though! NEVER keep them as pets......;)

The 'concentrates' (often frozen) that our US Friends use here aren't really available in the UK (and I assume Eire is the same). Homebrew Shops carry some concentrates (elderflower/cherry/white grape etc) but usually as part of kits (which are often expensive as you may not want to use the...

Use the juice of one lemon as a substitute for 1 teaspoon of citric acid. They'll be no real difference to the taste or colour.

'No Sir, we usually ride the camel into town where the girls are....'

As long as it stays in the 65-68 range and it's dark it'll be fine.

I'd have to insist that they did! ;) Obviously we don't get many snakes in the UK so I guess I view seeing them in the backyard as a little weird! In the UK we have 2 native species - The Grass Snake and the Adder. The one 'poisonous' snake (the Adder) is not only a fair rare creature...

Neat pics desertBrew! I guess the Bobcats and Javelina are more fun to see than the rattlesnakes you have to watch out for!

I might even understand WTF you guys are taking about in the 'Non Beer' threads for a few months. I have no idea what (American) Football is all about!:D

I doubt there's ANY terms you're not aware of Cheese!;)

Go and pick your own at a fruit farm or grow a few bushes! Actually fresh cultivated blueberries are twice that price here in stores. I can get the wild version for free in the summer but it involves a lot of work (ever had your eyeballs and the inside of your nasal passages bitten by moor...

Assuming the campden/sorbate has killed your yeast off you'll have some sediment from the dead yeast cells. Some people don't mind drinking this but personally I find it leads to unpleasant tastes so I'd rack it off and then back sweeten it.

No need to add them

Mine tasted good when I tried it recently (about 3 months ago I think) and it's cleared nicely but i de-gassed and also used bentonite before I racked. I still haven't bottled mine, I'll be aging it for a while longer in bulk before I do (I'm short of wine bottles at the moment!).

For me it's Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Ale from Edinburgh. Give me a bottle of Retsina anyday!

Someone posted other pics of the Girls from earlier cans on here in the past. I used to drink Tennant's lager when I was younger but sadly missed the delights of 'Sylvia' and friends. I love how you called it 'one of the true classic beer can series of the 1970s'. - Spoken like a true...

I remember when I was about 15 calling round to a friends house to meet up before we went on to the pub to sneak a quiet pint or two (happy days....) His Dad was in so we sampled his home brewed bitter and perused the 3 or 4 sacks full of beer mats that he'd collected all round Britain in Pubs...

Yes. Weston's are one of the UK's best cider Manufacturers. Well worth checking their ciders out. I'd recommend their '1880' and 'Old Rosie'.

Welcome aboard Lordy! :mug:

The 'tart', 'yeasty' flavours mellow when aged and leave you with a much rounder tasting cider. Glad you've been seen the light!:D Edit - Strongbow and Blackthorn aren't the best of commercial versions though

Lorenae - My comment wasn't aimed at you at all! Sorry if you thought it was - It wasn't. Apologies. :o I got annoyed by an 'instant expert' who posted 'advice' in this thread but hasn't got any 'practical' experience.