Beer on the compost heap

Not really sure - recycled beer (pee) is good for the heap  but I think the alcohol might have a bad effect on the microbes.

I don't think I'd risk it. Sorry.

Can't you buy a roto keg an gas it back up  :?:

I make my own beer too, usualy from a kit, i would like to make it from raw ingrediants but they are too hard to come by and are too expensive :x

I also make my own wine, my favourite is bramble, its fantastic, but i never leave it long enough to mature.

I'v kept one bottle from last year but it took a lot of will power, all the other years productions have gone after about 8 months. :oops:

I will also be trying rubarb wine this year as well as the bramble and the rosehip.

Forgot to mention the rosehip wine, more like a dry sherry than a wine, realy nice though.

(Maybe this post should have been in the recipes forum)  :?

I make my own beer too, usualy from a kit, i would like to make it from raw ingrediants but they are too hard to come by and are too expensive :x

I also make my own wine, my favourite is bramble, its fantastic, but i never leave it long enough to mature.

I'v kept one bottle from last year but it took a lot of will power, all the other years productions have gone after about 8 months. :oops:

I will also be trying rubarb wine this year as well as the bramble and the rosehip.

Forgot to mention the rosehip wine, more like a dry sherry than a wine, realy nice though.

(Maybe this post should have been in the recipes forum)  :?

Actually stompy, I've not made beer from scratch either but my dad has and I watched him do it. Its not that expensive if you beg and borrow. You can often find hops from roadside verges or in small woodlands (I'm not saying my dad did this, he bought them, but I've seen them growing wild) and you can get malted barley from the local brewery, I've not tried this either but so much goes to waste it must be true. Malting your own barley looks technical so I will be asking Whitbread this year and will let you know what they say.

Beer makes a very good liquid feed, especially for tomatoes and runner beans, and an excellent lawn tonic, Water down 10-1.
Please don't put such good stuff down the sink!

Ladybird thats a good point, I never thought to dilute it.

Its late I know, just back from a night out. gosh I'm a geek at times.

Now there's a thought, I don't like throwing things away, bit of a Mr Trebus on that score. The leak is so tiny that it will be hard to find. I do have some silcon paste though. Good call grannieannie.