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I'm honestly not sure by look. It doesn't look similar to the two infected batches I've had, and there's no mould or pellicle per se that I can see. I'd just bottle it, give it a few weeks to condition and then do a taste test. If it tastes good, then you're fine athumb..

I'd be interested in it and am just down the road in Leyton. If @jafski wants to pay the £10 post then happy to give him first refusal though?

Ouch, hope it heals fast. In the mean time, got any helpers you can enlist?

Definitely don't worry about it. I don't think you can go far wrong, but it's far more effort than it's worth to think about on your first brew. Also yes, I would just use the sugar content on the packet to use the same amount of sugar required for batch priming. I'd assume juice/puree sugars...

Are you planning on adjusting your water to the profile in the linked recipe? Might be wrong (I haven't brewed a NEIPA) but I think people generally use a higher chloride to sulphate ratio than the sulphate heavy profiles in traditionally bitter IPAs. Probably not hugely important but it's the...

If you want to go really cheap, use a plastic brewing bucket (~£6-8 new) and a £5 Tesco kettle element (or 2), with a cheap BIAB bag to get going on 20 litre batches for about £20. Then if you want to get fancy, add a cheap tap for a couple quid and some bubble wrap/foil insulation for mashing.

I think I used about 15g per gallon in mine, and after 2-3 weeks it had a distinctive taste. Haven't tried one since bottling yet though. That said, surface area is going to be more important that weight, which makes it hard to gauge. The advice I got was that more oak = quicker flavour, so...

I can't say I have any desire to start hugging my colleagues any time soon, it seems strangely unnecessary. But then I do tend to keep work and personal life pretty seperate. I've do have one colleague who occasionally hugs people, it's never bothered me when he's hugged me, but I did once see...

I bought a bunch of ex bourbon barrel oak cubes for the same purpose recently but only actually needed a few of them. How much are you expecting to use? I could post you some if you wanted? Of course if making them yourself could all be part of the fun, so no worries if not:cheers3:

My understanding (I've never tried it) is that: 1. No, the same pressure/temp combo with mixed gas will result in a less carbonated beer, which is why it's used for stouts as it can be at higher pressures without carbonating. 2. Yes, over time more co2 will dissolve until it reaches...

Build your own keggerator they said. It'll be fun they said.

42? Is that really all you have to show for 7 and a half million years of work?!

I know, I know...I shouldn't take the bait, but Katla at highest estimate, emits 24 kilotons a day or 8.8 million tonnes per year. Humanity produces about 80 million tonnes per day, so about 9 times more in a day than Katla in an entire year.... I suppose you never specified which 100 years of...

Hi Spicko, welcome to the forum! I've not tried any, but there are some reviews of available kits in this sub: https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/forums/wine-cider-kit-reviews.38/ There's also the option of making 'Turbo Cider' from supermarket apple juice, there is a good thread of recipes...

I'm sure I have a wooden spoon kicking about somewhere athumb..

If you're interested in entering it in October's Dark Beers competition (https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/october-competition-dark-beers.78774/#post-779764), I can send you back a brew in a 450ml swing top too? :cheers3:

Sounds really intriguing. Only maple beer I've had was the brewdog stout which added a pretty interesting dimension.

As with many people above, I'm on sim only for £8 a month. Seemed much cheaper to just buy a half decent phone outright than to get the equivalent on a contract. I used to tear my hair out a bit when, talking about the cost of their contracts, friends would say "but I get a free phone with...

Great :) I'll probably be doing the tasting on the 3rd or 4th of November (but maybe the 10th/11th) so there's about 6 weeks to go before then acheers. I forgot to add that if anyone is sending beer in special packaging that they'd like back then I'm happy to return (hopefully with some...

Maybe not worth it on your first brew but if you have a spare fermenter from previous kits split the batch in half and use one of each athumb..