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New category of posting here - and the category is “homebrew”!

I’ve made beer before a few times from kits, but wanted to get properly into making my own beer from scratch using malt and hops. It’s actually not as hard as you would maybe think (at least in theory) - the basic process is as follows:

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The lunar eclipse of the 3rd March 2007 brought clear skies and good conditions across much of the UK, with only some thin high cloud arriving in Oxfordshire towards the end of the eclipse. Maximum eclipse occured at 23:20:56 - ideally timed for the UK.

More recently, on the 21st February, 2008, another lunar eclipse was visible from the UK and Europe early in the morning. However, the weather for this event was not as favourable with cloudy conditions across much of the UK (despite having a long period of clear weather in the preceding week!).

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