Don't read newspapers or watch the news

[Zorba]

Does anyone brew their own beer or wine? My dad used to but I was too young to know if it tasted any good.

It might be the only way when prohibition starts.

My dad does his own wine (thinking about it, he's probably over the 'personal use' scale), and I'm due to inherit the art as soon as I stop promising to help him out and start doing it. It's getting quite good actually - I can still see after two glasses. It's always been bloody strong. He also used to have a still running, but that's a bit riskier so I'm told. That stuff was truly lethal.

[gingerjedi]

the safest way to avoid a hangover is stick to beers which contain only water malt and hops and stick with the half litre bottles

even the same beers from the pump can give hangovers

at least from the bottle you know it is only water malt and hops

was in an interesting pub the other day in scandinavia and they had bottled Adnams Bitter - very nice and no hangover - as it contained only water malt and hops

stick with the German/Czech/Austrian beers and you will be ok.



Milan.

I tend to by 24x bottles of Becks from Sainsbury’s when it's on offer, I can drink loads of that stuff without getting a hangover, something to do with German purity laws.

[sasguru]

Guinness is too strong for session drinking.
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Strange, must affect people differently. Perhaps it's psychological, if you've had good experiences with it (nice people in dublin bars) you don't associate it with getting pissed?

[sasguru]

something to do with German purity laws.

Aye the Rheinheitsgebot (sp?) of the 17th century: only barley, malt and water allowed in beer (I think)

[ThomasSoerensen]

Reasons:

1. It'll only make you depressed.
2. You can't do anything about it anyway
3. Most of it is propaganda, lies and/or spin.

Live your life well, make your own judgements based on your personal experience, take care of family and friends and leave the loons (politicians, terrorists, fashionistas, trendies, political activitists, racists) to carry on with their idiocy. Chances are they won't make any difference anyway.


HTH

I rely on you guys to filter the tidal wave of "news" into a trinklet of relevant stuff I should really care about.

I am very happy, but slightly worried about house proses and immigrants.

[Zorba]

I rely on you guys to filter the tidal wave of "news" into a trinklet of relevant stuff I should really care about.

I am very happy, but slightly worried about house proses and immigrants.

Did you forget IR35?

[ThomasSoerensen]

Did you forget IR35?

Yes - aarrggggghhhh