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Comment Re:Sophisticated? (Score 1) 122

I'm going with sophisticated, because the fermentation process is too easy to get wrong.

Adding honey is called back-sweetening, and the vast majority of us brewers do it - mainly with artificial sweeteners these days. After a week, all the sugar has been converted to alcohol and the drink tastes very dry without some sort of sweetening.

I'm currently brewing an orange and white grape mix (1 part pure orange, 1 part white grape, 1 part water). Apart from removing the pectin with an enzyme, the process I use is the same as it was 4,000 years ago. It's a very drinkable drink of 10% ABV strength.

Comment Re:UK data protection laws make the next step clea (Score 2) 64

Yep, it's called a Subject Access Request (SAR) and can be used to belt companies over the head. Every UK company claims to follow the Data Protection Act and has certificates plastered in their receptions to show how great they are, but I've yet to find a company that follows the law.

Here's a good tool: send your SAR and wait for the reply. 99% of the time, they will not include the letter you sent them requesting the SAR. This is one piece of documentation you know without doubt they have in their posession. Beat them over the head for failing to comply. Small claims court - arbitration these days - can then be used as the next beating tool.

Have fun.

Comment Re:I have no problem with wanting my hair back. (Score 1) 232

First, if there was a magic pill for hair growth, I'd probably take it. Then again, I probably wouldn't as there are better things to spend my cash on.

Started losing my hair at 19. It didn't bother me then; it doesn't bother me now. It's in no way "emotionally debilitating". I haven't been to a barbers in 15 years and I don't miss the monthly waste of time.

Hats in the cold: Where I live, everyone wears a hat in the cold. It doesn't matter if you have hair or not.

Hats in the hot: You should wear one even if you have hair. There are plenty of hats with air holes for circulation. You need more than one; wash them often.

Chicks dig scars. Head scars are cool. I have a few beauties. The four from the metalwork used to hold my broken jaws together are not nice but they have been a nice topic of conversation more than once.

Embrace the baldness, number one.

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