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The moderators might like to consider adding a disclaimer to any thread with the word ‘law’ or ‘legal’ in it, given the Court of Appeal’s position in Gary & Karen Patchett v Swimming Pool & Allied Trades Association Ltd (SPATA) (2009) Edit: I am not a qualified legal professional, my comments...

I tried a tandem jump but caught my foot in the chain.

How ‘fizzy’ it is will depend on how much priming sugar you add. Different styles of beer have different levels of carbonation. Whilst an ale shouldn’t be ‘fizzy’ it also shouldn’t be completely flat.

I’ve used fizzy water bottles before and they work fine. As a precaution, I only use bottles that have previously held carbonated liquid (not still water). In theory, the PET bottles designed for homebrew should be better (they are made of laminated plastic with an Ox-Bar layer), but these are...

Ignore the instructions re: timing. Rely on your hydrometer instead. It’s ready for bottling when the gravity is stable for a couple of days in a row AND is near the expected final gravity. (Don’t assume it’s finished if gravity ‘stalls’ at 1.020!) Yes, you want the sugar in at the start so...

Have you tested for this? Given the suspicious readings this would have been the first thing I’d have done!

I’ve not tried boiling prehopped extract as it serves no useful purpose (to me) and has downside risks (above) and practical problems (you’ve got to cool it down afterwards, negating some of the time savings of kits). If you’re worried about clarity, have you considered cold crashing as an...

Get the BBQ out! It’s time for a keg-emptying party...

What volume did you boil the extract at? The risk to this approach is that you darken the wort and drive off hop aroma.

Not necessarily. The 0.5% pale ale Adnams make for M&S isn’t the same as the 0.5% Ghost Ship.

What’s it like? St Austell brew the M&S Cornish Saison that’s a bit naff.

6 pack of saison DuPont is £15 from Amazon (free delivery if you have a Prime account). A bit more pricey per bottle than buying from a specialist seller but most of those will charge delivery on such a small order.

Hitachino. I think ‘nest’ is just part of the brand name. The most common ‘nest’ is a white ale. There is a separate ‘nest saison de Japon’ which is the saison.

I’ve tried it. I didn’t like it much. The ginger gave a weird metallic flavour. Not really a good example of a saison if you’ve not tried one before. Saison DuPont is a classic of the genre.

Which is why the Mystery cases are now filled out with Leffe, Goose Island, and Hoegaarden.

No need to worry about designing your own brew or converting all gains recipes... yet. There are loads of extract homebrew recipes on the net and some of the books contain extract versions of all-grain recipes. If you want to play around with recipes, I find Brewer’s Friend Recipe Builder excellent.

They haven't restocked most items since they had a clearance sale a few months back. So yes, it looks like they're out of the game. I suspect they might carry on selling equipment but they've given up on malt and hops.

Not many places make extract kits that require a boil. I know Northern Brewer do a range , available from Beer Hawk, although they seem to be selling off their home brew stock. Given the 'kit' is basically malt extract, steeping grains, hops and yeast, you can make your own 'kit' if you get a...

This probably isn’t possible, but could it be an infection in the bag of lactose? That would explain why each lactose beer gets infected, but why subsequent brews don’t (you clean the equipment afterwards).

Thanks. I’ve used both of them in a single hopped saison, but not paired them together. Will give that a go as I have some MJ saison yeast kicking about. For a British ale, my natural inclination would be to pair EKG with another British hop (fuggles, challenger, target) so I’m intrigued to see...