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Ours is based on points earned in the participating competitions. 3 for gold, 2 for silver and 1 for bronze. The incumbent won again this year with a cirrhosis-inducing 117 points. Still can't believe the total. If you add the totals from the previous two years' top placing finishers, you...

Is there such a thing as the Aussie Brewer of the Year? Just curious because in Canada, mainly due to the near impossibility of getting entries across the border into the states (especially since 2001), we started a Canadian Brewer of the Year a few years back. It's just an informal thing but...

Simplify and drop the minerals as has been suggested. Minerals, particularly the ones you're using, can turn the beer harsh in terms of bitterness. Acid for mash pH to ensure you're not hardening the water and making the hop character harsh. I'd suggest mash hopping to enhance the overall late...

In Belgium in particular, but everywhere in general, keep an eye on your luggage on the trains. DO NOT fall asleep.

Sorry and thanks.

OT but does anyone make their own sausage?

Designing electronics is one thing but designing something with the aim of mounting in an enclosure is quite another. With the board you have the best you can do is to somehow jerry-rig button actuator extensions that are spring loaded and mounted behind some sort of rubber membrane. LCD...

I have a counterflow chiller that I boil (to sterilise) just before use, then I drain, rinse and boil again just before I put it away. Had a deck with some weeds growing underneath, so I used to pour the boiling water from this onto the deck to kill the weeds beneath. Did that in my stocking...

I can heartily recommend Dusseldorf/Cologne, as they're along the way and only 50km apart. Awesome beer, nothing like authentic kolsch and alt. Munich was nice too, but if Oktoberfest is on, will be ridiculously busy/expensive. Can't recommend anything beer related in Brussels as I had...

Look at woodworking.org for pictures of many different types of hardwood.

I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't cast off with the other 4 beers from the pack rammed into his pockets. It's a long swim. Might get thirsty.

Westvleteren was underwhelming. Glad I've had it, but not what I was expecting.

What I'd like to know is how did a 4wd get stuck in what appears to be 10cm of mud?

Reminds me of a stupid idea I once had. Pills, once swallowed, that light up/blink. So you'd be able to admire the show 12 hours later. Dump-n-Glo. The important difference is that I, unlike Heineken, self-edited and decided not to bring forth my stellar idea.

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I've had mine checked a couple of times. Once when I had appendicitis (still don't know why one of the standard tests for that involves a finger up your arse, since to my knowledge, you can't reach the appendix from there), and once when I had an infection of the vas deferens. The finger isn't...

Despite ******* dog's best efforts 2 out of my 8 hops are alive. Hopefully the others poke up soon too.

So I had about 5 beer last night and took a mighty piss on the wife's flower garden (one of them that he had previously dug up). Dog watched carefully and seemed almost afraid. Several minutes later he cautiously approached the area, sniffing mightily. Seemed almost afraid of it - like a...

Think I may try pissing all over the hops first. If that doesn't work, then I'll try pissing all over him. ;) Time to have a beer or 12. I need a lot of piss!

Mouse traps only worked for a week or so before he started gingerly digging around them, then a couple nights ago he completely emptied one of the hop holes again. I had dumped an entire bottle of Vietnamese/Thai (not sure) hot chili sauce on the holes a couple days prior. Not a small bottle...