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[lumpher]

https://nj1015.com/source-jersey-freeze-collab/

Sounds like a new fad

Nope.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

"certified British water sommelier" ??? Who the eff does this kind of certification?

It's a 9-day course at Doemens : https://www.watersommelier-union.com/water-sommelier/#training

Randomly, I've actually been to that restaurant in the past, before it went quite so la-di-da. The irony is that the local water is great, it comes from rain on gritstone and straight into the reservoir so there's little to it - 50ppm CaCO3 equivalent, 23ppm Ca, <15ppm Cl, 25ppm SO4. Who needs RO?
[put SK11 9HF into https://www.unitedutilities.com/help-and-support/your-water-supply/your-water/water-quality/ for the full report]

But they're out in the country and our drink-driving laws are reasonably well enforced so I guess they're trying to work some wine-like margins on non-alcoholic drinks.

 

[balrog]

"working alongside certified British water sommelier"

dang, @doug293cz beat me to it

but, still begs the question, does Ward Labs have to worry about us brewers seeking alternatives to that darned pesky scientificalistic water testing?

 

[balrog]

Yeah.

I didn't think so.

 

[doug293cz]

It's a 9-day course at Doemens : https://www.watersommelier-union.com/water-sommelier/#training

Randomly, I've actually been to that restaurant in the past, before it went quite so la-di-da. The irony is that the local water is great, it comes from rain on gritstone and straight into the reservoir so there's little to it - 50ppm CaCO3 equivalent, 23ppm Ca, <15ppm Cl, 25ppm SO4. Who needs RO?
[put SK11 9HF into https://www.unitedutilities.com/help-and-support/your-water-supply/your-water/water-quality/ for the full report]

But they're out in the country and our drink-driving laws are reasonably well enforced so I guess they're trying to work some wine-like margins on non-alcoholic drinks.

From the link to the water sommelier website: 'Persons who aspire to the title “Water Sommelier” and do not have the time to attend the nine-day water sommelier course at Doemens Savour Academy can also obtain this coveted title in a three-part, modular programme.'

"coveted title"? The pretentiousness just drips.

Brew on

 

[Sailingeric]

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-restaurant-launches-water-menu-32299073

from an old Penn and Teller show called "Bull****!"

 

[Konadog]

So this morning I'm sitting in my truck on the second floor of a parking structure and hear a bunch of yelling. I look out and down to the street and see a tall black man in tighty whiteys and white cowboy boot walking down the middle of the street. Not to far out of normal for California, but then I see this:

Lil Nas X 'hospitalized for possible overdose' after being filmed roaming streets in underwear and cowboy boots at 4am

Welcome to California!

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Lil Nas X 'hospitalized for possible overdose' after being filmed roaming streets in underwear and cowboy boots at 4am

Welcome to California!

Pah, never mind pop stars, in Britain that's the kind of behaviour you get on a scheduled flight - by the crew.

British Airways attendant found naked and on drugs in onboard toilet​

There's a reason that British Airways has the callsign "Speedbird"...

 

[AzOr]

Oh no, not the Orgy Dome!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...n-orgy-dome-destroyed-high-winds/85838870007/

 

[balrog]

Oh no, not the Orgy Dome!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...n-orgy-dome-destroyed-high-winds/85838870007/

Wait.
Did they make yet another Mad Max movie or something?
Follow up to Thunderdome?

 

[AzOr]

Wait.
Did they make yet another Mad Max movie or something?
Follow up to Thunderdome?

Thunder dome after dark.

 

[Rish]

Maybe put high-powered lasers in their little bunny eyes and zap those suckers.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/robotic-rabbits-invasive-pythons-florida-141328137.html

 

[doug293cz]

Maybe put high-powered lasers in their little bunny eyes and zap those suckers.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/robotic-rabbits-invasive-pythons-florida-141328137.html

Maybe they could make the robot rabbits so they would explode if ingested.

Not really a good idea, as some people would then want to collect them for nefarious purposes.

Brew on

 

[Kent88]

I always use toilet paper instead
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/health/toilet-time-hemorrhoid-risk-wellness

J/k,

Although there is no* link to that condition and scrolling HBT when you sit on the throne.

*Probably

 

[Broken Crow]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/barbie-jeep-arrest-prince-george-1.7626945