Pete Lewis Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 does the shortage in supplies of CO2 gas for the drinks and food supplies now mean the emissions will improve and electric cars can be banished to the great good happy hunting grounds. after all they have flogged HC CO NO C and CO2 for years whats next all this Co2 must contribute to the problems they say we have Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlubikey Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 I don't know about that Pete, but as a real ale fan, I liked this headline on The Register ... Great news, cask beer fans: UK shortage of CO2 menaces fizzy crap taking up tap space Brit booze barons worry they will have to go carbon dry-oxide Cheers (hic!), Richard dougbgt6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 We have Bingham's brewery in Twyford, you can buy beer bright or sedimented, so my intake is safe, if you were worried. db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Sources for Co2 are hydrocarbon use at chemical plants making other things, using the H and chucking the C, as Co2, but in this case bottling it. OR, Breweries! Yeast makes Co2 and alcohol, that's where the fizz, what there is, in a 'real' ale copmers from, and really BIG vats' outflow is worth extracting too! John dave.vitesse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Just about to start off a 40 pint kit of beer. 2 pound of sugar, loads of CO2 loads of alcohol. CO2.....no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 What kit do you use? I get mine from here https://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Delivery-Costs-From-The-Home-Brew-Shop-UK.html order £65 worth and delivery is free. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Beer should be flat - like caps! Gully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlubikey Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 9 hours ago, JohnD said: Sources for Co2 are hydrocarbon use at chemical plants making other things, using the H and chucking the C, as Co2, but in this case bottling it. OR, Breweries! Yeast makes Co2 and alcohol, that's where the fizz, what there is, in a 'real' ale copmers from, and really BIG vats' outflow is worth extracting too! John You mean ... there's yeast farts in our beer! Qu1ckn1ck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 If it doesn't blow off the bottle cap it's not brewed properly. I did know someone once who's husband brewed beer. He bottled his and put it on top on the kitchen wall cupboards. Probably the worst place to keep it after the loft. She went in and the temperature change, even tough slight, must have caused one of the bottles to crack. It then exploded and caused a chain reaction with all the other bottles which were at bursting point. She said that as she quickly shut the door, she saw the jagged bottom of a bottle fly past her. I also knew someone who brought a boot full of expensive vine home from a vineyard in France. He stored his in his loft. Needless to say, very hot in summer, sub-zero in winter... when he came to drink it, it was only good for putting on his chips as it had turned to vinegar. Doug - I think I got my last lot from Art of Brewing, but not bought anything for ages. Current kit is their own brand...'Brewmaker' Bitter Tastes ok especially after the third one. https://www.art-of-brewing.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 I think the fires currently raging around Manchester and over here around the Glenshane Pass will make slightly more emissions than our entire club put together, whilst the recent volcanic eruption puts us all in the shade, literally and figuratively.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 4 hours ago, Badwolf said: f it doesn't blow off the bottle cap it's not brewed properly. I new someone who kept his brew in the airing cupboard. And, yes it did, the whole lot! glass shards through everything, blankets, towels, bedding, clothes. Wife not too pleased. db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Madness. Heat is for fermenting, cool is for maturing, glasses are for drinking out of. When you have drunk too much they are no good for correcting vision anyway. Hic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 +1. I use glasses these days, I tried contact lenses but they didn't hold enough beer. dougbgt6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Fizzy beer. No thanks. Dave dougbgt6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 BUT... surely THAT'S how you get it fizzy in the first place? You drink the beer, end up full of gas, the gas has to go somewhere... NO MORE worry about CO2 shortage, we've found an alternative! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 so we have gone from flat beer to fart beer is that thread drift ??? Dougs had some gas problems and it wasnt the beer Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Campylobacter Virus. Food poisoning, lost 2 stone in 10 days. Environmental health wanted to know my eating habits for the previous month. I was off the beer for a day or two. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Not good Doug, must have cramped your style. Dave dougbgt6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 I have found that brewing your own has many advantages. Making it is a thoughtful slow process allowing you to think things through (see postings about door linkage elsewhere). Bottling it gives you a taste of things to come as the bear is yeasty and flat (see previous posts) but not really worth drinking... yet. Opening the bottle with that satisfying pop/fizz gives you a glowing moment that you have done it right. Drinking it ... gives you a glowing moment that tells you you've definitely done it right 'cause you are pi**ed at about 15/20pence a bottle... no alcohol tax and minimum VAT. dave.vitesse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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