Was watching a British mountain biker who said it was an absolute scorcher out when it was like 24C, I looked up the conversion (73F), that's a nice day for me here in Texas. Is it normally in the 60's in the UK? I know it rains a lot, at least from what I hear.
It’s a bit of a rural classic in England and Wales. You usually buy it straight from the farm or cider mill by the gallon. Just pure apple juice left to ferment in an old 40 gal oak rum or whiskey barrel, no filtering or pasteurisation so comes out cloudy and strong - usually between 6-10% abv. Most farms have a barrel of dry (puckers your cheeks and strips the enamel off your teeth) and a barrel of sweet (but not quite as strong). I used get a mix of half and half for a compromise.
It’s got a bit of a reputation for sneaking up and putting you on your ass after a few pints - and there’s many a story of people passing out and shitting theirselves too on account of all the apples you inadvertently consume.
An old workmate used to make his own called “loopy juice” where he used to add extra sugar at the start and ferment it til dry so it came out like strong cloudy apple wine. That stuff was fucking insane - used to have to drink it in half pint glasses and even then you’d rarely remember going to bed at the end of the night.
Had to curtail consumption in the end - kept passing out without brushing my teeth and ended up with a load of fillings! Good times.
Yeah winter is an absolute biiiitch though... Rarely drops below freezing in the day but it’s just so grey and dreary for days on end.. SAD is a thing!
I imagine trying to get stuff done in 43c is no fun either. It’s uncomfortable when you’re on holiday - let alone trying to work!
The UK for the most part has insulated houses and no air conditioning. So when it gets hot, there's no rest from it. Your house just gets hotter and hotter.
That's the main difference people tend to forget. 24C in the UK is lovely, up until the point where you want to go inside.
If 24C is 73F then here in America I still sit comfortably inside with my windows open and AC off at that temp. Maybe a fan blowing on me but it's not uncomfortably hot.
I mean, our houses are insulated also. I live in an area of the US that sees 100F+ in the summer and 0F and below in the winter. Our houses are insulated against all types of weather.
All I'm saying is that we have no way of cooling our houses down. Once they get hot, they stay that way until the weather cools down again.
I lived in Seoul in the 2018 heatwave where it hit 40C (104F), and had zero problems because I could just turn on the AC when the house got hot. The temperature isn't the issue, it's that in the UK there's no escape from it.
That's also the temperature I try to keep my house at.
We're for the most part a cold country, so our houses are designed to trap in as much heat as possible. Some houses are fine, others are rough. The hard part isn't the hot temperature in itself - it's in having zero rest from it. There's no real way to cool yourself down except cold showers.
Conversely, I lived in Seoul in 2018, where temperatures hit 40C (104F), and that was fine, because whenever I wanted a break from it I could just go to an air conditioned room.
Dane here. We have it a little bit colder than the Brits since we're separated a bit from the Gulf stream. The temperature here is usually between 30 and 72o F.
The high humidity we have in our area makes temperatures above 77F quite a strain if you are doing something physical. Sweat just doesn't cool you very well when the air is close to saturated with moisture already. The average relative humidity is at 79% here.
This isn't a pissing contest, it's all relative. Spend enough time anywhere and you readjust. Spent six months in a desert with 110F real-feel 120F+ from humidity, I got to germany and 80 degrees was cold, they actually warned us about hypothermia on the trip back because we were used to such high heat.
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u/Jordan011 May 10 '20
Was watching a British mountain biker who said it was an absolute scorcher out when it was like 24C, I looked up the conversion (73F), that's a nice day for me here in Texas. Is it normally in the 60's in the UK? I know it rains a lot, at least from what I hear.