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More Anti-Fun Research

Posted by Luke H on October 31st, 2010

Yet another anti-alcohol study has popped up: Otago University researchers say people are more likely to binge if there’s an off-licence nearby. Otago University Professor Jennie Conner says … “We found that the more liquor outlets you live close to the more harm you’re likely to report from drinking”. A classic case of poor science [...]

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Part Two: Bottling

Posted by Luke H on September 23rd, 2008

In the previous post, we made full-mash homebrew beer. Two weeks later, our fermenters have stopped bubbling, and they are full of sweet, sweet beer. Unfortunately, the beer is flat and warm. What can we do to rectify this unfortunate situation? Ah yes, we can bottle the beer.

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Full-Mash Brewing, Part One

Posted by Luke H on September 21st, 2008

About a year ago I put up a post explaining how to make homebrew beer, the kit way.  Making beer from kits is easy and fast, and you don’t need much equipment.  The beer, however, while easily equal to Tui, Heineken and the like, fails to measure up to the real beers like Duvel and [...]

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