online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of businesses and individuals to protect their privacy.

The arguments over Snowden's leaks reached a new peak last week with Parker's speech – the first he has made since he took over MI5 six months ago.

Sir David Omand, the former head of GCHQ, told the Guardian a fortnight ago its stories about UK surveillance had done enormous damage to national security.

However, the business secretary, Vince Cable, said last Friday the Guardian had done a great public service by revealing broad details about the extent of the UK's surveillance programmes.

Over the last fortnight a former member of parliament's intelligence and security committee, Lord King, a former director of GCHQ, and a former director general of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington, have questioned whetherA day of craft brewing at Turkey Hill

Recently I was fortunate enough to spend the day with a fellow homebrewer from my local club, the Black Hops Unit of Centre County, at a commercial brewery located 90 minutes due east of State College in the town of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Turkey Hill Brewing is located next to the Inn at Turkey Hill and the Brewmaster is Donny Abraczinskas.

An early 5:15am start was called for in order to reach the brewery by 7:30am for mash-in which had already begun by the time we arrived. Turkey Hill Brewing have a 7 barrel system which comprises of the following:

Water had been pre-heated in the Boil Kettle overnight and was then pumped into the Mash Tun whilst mixing it with the crushed malted