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[SuperZ]

Is rain water safe to drink? I get loads of the stuff yet my local water company still pipe it up the road and bill me £55 a month for it.

Somehow I've managed to get a cheaper water bill since moving to a bigger home. And suprisingly my bills (supposedly metered water) have been cheaper over the last year while I have been working close to home than when I used to spend Mon-Fri working away. TOld the water co but they're sure everything is correct....but I've never found this water metre I'm supposed to have. I think they've got it wrong but I'm not complaining.

Used to pay about £170 a year in 2003 for a one bed flat.
Today I pay £100 a year, supposedly of metered water which I don't think I have . Iuse much more water today also (car washing, garden etc)

[DaveB]

Well, I quite like the brew dog IPA - much more complex than anything I've tried, and I get a 20% discount as a shareholder

I'm definitely interested in making turbo cider though - have you had a go at that?

Cider is as easy as beer, the trick is to let it mature for longer. You can drink it young, but it tends to be thin and very sour. Leaving it for 3 months+ and you'll get a really good flavourfull brew.

[Moscow Mule]

It's easy, takes no more than a couple of hours per brew, less once you get the hang of it and tastes far better than anything you'll get out of a bottle of can.

It's also a hell of a lot cheaper.

Well, I quite like the brew dog IPA - much more complex than anything I've tried, and I get a 20% discount as a shareholder

I'm definitely interested in making turbo cider though - have you had a go at that?

[DaveB]

I'm tempted, but no time really...

It's easy, takes no more than a couple of hours per brew, less once you get the hang of it and tastes far better than anything you'll get out of a bottle of can.

It's also a hell of a lot cheaper.

[Moscow Mule]

These days I make my own

I'm tempted, but no time really...

[Bright Spark]

At the moment it uses gas which is quite expensive.

Do you think I could get the boiler modified to run on bank notes? Specifically GBP bank notes? I think it would be cheaper if it ran on burning paper currency.

I think you'll need a new type perhaps hurst solid fuel boiler not sure what initial cost would be but think of the long term savings!

[DaveB]

Please buy more non-nasty beer so my investment appreciates in value.

www.brewdog.com

These days I make my own

[Moscow Mule]

For example :

Betaglucanase - An enzyme used to breakdown proteins which can interfere with the clarification of wort and filtration of beer; also used in the animal feed industry.

Ammonia caramel - Colouring and Flavoring

Rhoiso-alpha acids - Additive used to create a stable head on the beeer and leave those nice rings on the glass as you drink it.

Sulphur dioxide - Antibiotic and anti-oxidant used to prolong the shelf life of the beer.

Protease - Also used to breakdown proteins produced in the brewing process and improve the filtration process.

Amyloglucosidase - Used to speed up the breakdown of starch into sugar to speed up the fermentation process.

Propylene glycol alginate - an emulsifier, stabilizer, and thickener used as a foam stabiliser in brewing.

Silicon - Used as an anti foaming agent during the brewing process.

Please buy more non-nasty beer so my investment appreciates in value.

www.brewdog.com

[Jeebo72]

At the moment it uses gas which is quite expensive.

Do you think I could get the boiler modified to run on bank notes? Specifically GBP bank notes? I think it would be cheaper if it ran on burning paper currency.

Mother and Father said only poor people talk about money...

[DaveB]

What's wrong with malt, hops, brewer's yeast or water?

Nothing at all, but thats not all that goes into it.

There is a reason the breweries have resisted putting ingrediant lists on the cans.

For example :

Betaglucanase - An enzyme used to breakdown proteins which can interfere with the clarification of wort and filtration of beer; also used in the animal feed industry.

Ammonia caramel - Colouring and Flavoring

Rhoiso-alpha acids - Additive used to create a stable head on the beeer and leave those nice rings on the glass as you drink it.

Sulphur dioxide - Antibiotic and anti-oxidant used to prolong the shelf life of the beer.

Protease - Also used to breakdown proteins produced in the brewing process and improve the filtration process.

Amyloglucosidase - Used to speed up the breakdown of starch into sugar to speed up the fermentation process.

Propylene glycol alginate - an emulsifier, stabilizer, and thickener used as a foam stabiliser in brewing.

Silicon - Used as an anti foaming agent during the brewing process.

[OwlHoot]

Is rain water safe to drink?

Not as safe as one might imagine, in large quantities, like drinking melted snow.

The problem is that unlike ground water it contains no minerals. So if you drink too much it dissolves minerals out of your body, bones for example.

I suppose with a balanced diet it would be OK though.

[DaveB]

If you start taking on rain water then might bill you.

HTH

Nope, tried Babelfish and Google Translation, neither of them could make any sense of that.

[AtW]

Is rain water safe to drink?

If you start taking on rain water then might bill you.

HTH

[DaveB]

What's wrong with malt, hops, brewer's yeast or water?

Nothing at all, but thats not all that goes into it.

There is a reason the breweries have resisted putting ingrediant lists on the cans.

[Scary]

I know a guy who's is head of quality control for a major brewery in the North East. He's tee-total cos he knows what goes into the beer

What's wrong with malt, hops, brewer's yeast or water?