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[Aqualung]

Aqualungs local I believe.
https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/...-from-Ei-Group

Indeed it is! One of the last items they got via enterprise was the keg of Old Tom which they could get via them but not a cask.

[aleandhearty]

May well give it a go.

If you do take the plunge, let us know how you get on.

The Pinter, eh? A 72-hour wait - now that's what I call a Pinteresque pause!

Very good, Tris.

It's basically a malt and hop extract brew but with temperature control built in. I'd be amazed if it tastes as good as the real thing and I suspect the type of tap water will be a factor.

For all the advances in technology, I'm reminded of those bags that you used to hang on a hook behind the door (1970s/80s?). My gut feeling is that the product will be adequate but not great. Certainly agree with you about the water.

[london calling]

As I have drank loads of bad beers from supposedly professional brewers how can this be anything but beer flavoured water.

[NickDavies]

As I have drank loads of bad beers from supposedly professional brewers how can this be anything but beer flavoured water.

As beer is around 95% water, any beer is essentially beer flavoured water.

[Aqualung]

I'm reminded of those bags that you used to hang on a hook behind the door (1970s/80s?).

I don't remember that but I do remember Boots home brew kits which resulted in a product that made Doom Bore nectar.
When I used to brew beer in the 1970s it was with a mixture of malt extract and a mash but with real hops from the Home Brew shop.

[NickDavies]

I don't remember that but I do remember Boots home brew kits which resulted in a product that made Doom Bore nectar.

You can still buy them in Wilco along with all the gear. There's a shelf in our local branch. And no I haven't tried it in about 40 years either.

https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-tr...-kit/p/0480171

[london calling]

As beer is around 95% water, any beer is essentially beer flavoured water.

Let me rephrase that.As I have drank loads of bad beers from supposedly professional brewers how can this be anything other than shit tasting beer flavoured water.

[Tris39]

I don't remember that but I do remember Boots home brew kits which resulted in a product that made Doom Bore nectar.
When I used to brew beer in the 1970s it was with a mixture of malt extract and a mash but with real hops from the Home Brew shop.

I remember Boots homebrew kits - funny to think that a chemist would peddle something to promote the consumption of alcohol. I recall my dad brewing stout in a black plastic dustbin. I made a batch and at the time it was technically ready, it was indeed far worse than Doom Bar, Pride v.2 and anything from the West Berkshire Brewery. But I went off on holiday for a couple of weeks and when I returned, it was very fine indeed.

I'm reminded of those bags that you used to hang on a hook behind the door (1970s/80s?).

Bag? Is that rhyming slang?

[Aqualung]

Funny to think that a chemist would peddle something to promote the consumption of alcohol.

Before Llanberis had a supermarket the town chemist used to sell bottles of spirits. This was in the days of dry Sunday and the massive hypocrisy on drinking generated by the "Chapel".

[NickDavies]

My old pub has banned mobiles. I cherish the return of tranquility

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...b-bans-mobiles