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I didn't. It was new, pulled out of a plastic shrink wrapped bag. I had done this previously without a problem. Was this a mistake? I thought that an infection from/at the dry hopping stage was quite unlikely. Does this look like an infection ? Is it worth bottling?

Dry hopped for 3 days, I gather that infection from hops at this stage is unlikely. Fermentation had finished before dry hopping. notice thin film near/on hops bag with small circular growths. Infection? I was going to bottle this today. I think growth has happened in last 24 hours. Thanks in...

It's a kit brew, so I started with 4 litres of boiling water and the coopers APA kit, beer enhancer etc. the snail fell in during the addition of the bottled water to bring the mix up to 23 litres.

I was following instructions as per one of the coopers recipe Brought 2 liters of water to the boil, took it off the hob and then steeped. Alas the grains were not boiled per say. I will keep your advice in mind for the future though. Does the pic I've posted look like an infection?

I'm not sure if this is an infection? I'm a bit of a noob. Today is the third day of primary infection. Coppers apa kit Asda bottled water 200g crystal malt in boiling water and steeped for 30 mins 25g EKG pellets boiled for 15 mins I thought I was quite thorough with cleaning and...