On Thu, May 10, 2007 8:28 pm, dave wrote: > My ears prink up upon reading such a statement!!! > > May i request what sort?
a kit from Coopers (Australia) - varies between stout, dark and lager. > What volume such golden liquid is stored in?? mixture of stubbies and 750 ml bottles > I had a delightful experiance once many a year ago and would like to > reacquaint my palate. > > Ah the pleasure.... 2 glases and i was DRUNK!! :) It is much the same strength as commercial beer - about 4%. Sugar (which includes malted barley) + yeast = alcohol + CO2 The malt in the kit contributes about 2%, the prescribed 1kg of sugar provides about 2%. You can add another 2% with another kg of sugar (cheap), or by using 2 kits (more expensive but tastes better). But frankly 6% beer is a little anti-social, in other words you get pissed too darned quick. The taste is superior, there are less chemicals, there is a bit of work involved. It is cheaper, about $15 for 11 six packs. I remember pricing a kit and figuring the initial setup cost paid for itself in on or two brews. But as someone said to me once "I never saved money making home brew, just drank more and had a lot of friends who didn't feel the need to bring a six pack round to watch the rugby!". > Well tipisy at least, walked on the guttering as we went to the dairy and > couldn't stay on the edge. but walking on the pavement i was quite okay :) > > would've loved more (2 or 6 bottles) but my friends father was not so keen > for > us to have any more than the one bottle (did i say one nay two). > > dave. > > On Thursday 10 May 2007 12:57 pm, Nick Rout wrote: >> On Thu, May 10, 2007 12:39 pm, Roy Britten wrote: >> > On 10/05/07, Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> oh yeah, i forgot to ask... should i stay with suse or is there >> >> something better? >> > >> > Now that's just asking for trouble ... >> > >> > The easiest answer (and there's quite a bit of this in the list >> > archives) is "use my favourite distro". >> > >> > A less committal one is "it depends on what you're comfortable with".. >> > If you're perfectly happy with suse, stick with it. If you'd like to >> > experiment with a different interface and a different way of doing >> > things, many people are recommending Ubuntu or Mepis. >> > >> > Although there may be one that's best for *you*, distros are like beer >> > -- there is no "best" one overall. (Although vi is clearly superior to >> > emacs). >> >> or to continue your earlier analogy, my home brew is clearly superior to >> Lion Red. > > -- Nick Rout
