The brewing of alcohol in Uni halls

I, as a hobby, brew alcohol, currently I have a 5 gallon batch of mead on the brew, I wonder if anyone knew the general policy of the fermentation of sugar within uni halls, specifically Opal1 Dundee, or would it be wise to simply phone/email them.

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I don't know the policy there specifically but I know people who have done homebrew in uni accomm and been fine. It's up to you whether you want to check but as long as you only have one batch at a time I can't see that they'd do more than tell you to get rid of it (and probably they won't care).

The only other thing you might have to consider is whether you'll have enough space to store it at the correct temp etc.

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You should be fine. Last year I was in halls (Manchester), I looked through the contract and it said nothing about home brewing. It's not dangerous or illegal, and they probably wouldn't even think to put anything in about it.

Hope your mead turns out good - did you put any extra spices or anything in? Next time I'm planning on making it cardamom flavoured.

Suggest you check out the cider society (in my sig) - has a number of people who do a bit of brewing, although I think at the moment I'm the only one who makes mead.

Hey, good man on the mead brewing =]

Currently that brew is a show mead (no nutrients, just honey, water, and yeast) however, I intend on spicing a few bottles when I bottle them for ageing, you need to be careful that your spices don't damage the yeasties cardamom, its like ginger isn't it? I'd do some research, assuming you have already, my next batch is going to be elderflower and pomegranate =]

Hmm, good point about the spices maybe damaging the yeast, hadn't thought of that (I'm still very much at the experimental stage of home brewing). I hadn't decided yet whether to put the cardamom in at the start, or just infuse it in water and add it in at the end, so I'll do a bit of research first before deciding.

Elderflower and pomegranate sounds awesome - I'd love to get my hands on some elderflowers (want to try out making wine sometime) but I haven't come across anywhere where they grow near me.