Terms of Use

These terms govern your use of neils.com (the "site"), operated by FIH LLC ("we", "us"). By using the site you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use it. Section 10 requires most disputes to be resolved by individual binding arbitration and waives class actions.

1. What the site is

neils.com is a private, personal site. Apart from the sign-in page and these legal pages, it is open only to people who have been given access. It holds personal recipes, notes on fermenting, brewing and home cooking, journal entries, musings, reading lists, quotes, playlists, photos and notes on gardening, crafts, travel and fitness. It is a personal notebook shared with friends. It does not sell anything, take orders or take payments.

2. Access

• You must be at least 18 to use the site.
• Access is by invitation. Do not share your access details, and do not try to get into the site, or any part of it, without permission.
• We may change, withdraw or revoke access at any time, for anyone, without notice.
• Content you see after signing in is shared with you personally. Please do not republish it, copy it in bulk, or pass it on beyond what a friend sharing a recipe would expect.

3. Personal notes, not professional advice

Everything on the site is personal opinion and experience. It is not medical, nutritional, dietary, fitness, food safety, legal or other professional advice, and it has not been checked by anyone qualified to give it. In particular:

• Fermenting, brewing and food. Home fermentation, curing, brewing and preserving carry real risks, including foodborne illness, botulism and contamination, and some recipes are marked as unconfirmed. Follow tested food safety guidance, use clean equipment, check for allergens, and throw away anything that looks, smells or tastes wrong. You make and eat what you make at your own risk.
• Alcohol. Recipes for mead, wine, sake and similar drinks are for adults of legal drinking age, where home production is lawful. Drink responsibly.
• Herbs, mushrooms and other substances. Notes about herbs, mushrooms and altered states are personal reflections, not recommendations. Some substances mentioned can be dangerous, can interact with medicines, or are illegal where you live. Nothing on the site encourages you to break any law. Talk to a doctor before changing your diet, taking supplements or herbs, or starting a fitness routine.

4. Accuracy

Notes on the site may be incomplete, out of date or wrong. Quantities, times and temperatures in recipes are what worked once, in one kitchen, and may not work for you. We may change or remove anything at any time.

5. Third-party content and links

The site embeds Spotify playlists and may link to other websites. Those services are run by others under their own terms and privacy policies, and we are not responsible for their content or practices. Quotes and book titles belong to their authors and publishers.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• try to guess, share or bypass passwords, or access the site or its admin area without permission;
• scrape, crawl or copy the site with automated tools, or load it in a way that burdens it;
• probe the site's security, introduce malicious code, or interfere with its operation;
• use the site to break any law or infringe anyone's rights.

7. Intellectual property

The site's writing, photographs, recordings, recipes as written, design and code belong to us or the people who created them. Access to the site gives you a personal, non-transferable permission to read it, and nothing more. If you believe something on the site infringes your copyright, send a notice through our contact form identifying the work, the material and where it appears, with your contact details and a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorised.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

The site and everything on it are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, safety, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement and uninterrupted operation, to the fullest extent the law allows.

9. Limitation of liability and indemnity

To the fullest extent the law allows, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any illness, injury, loss or damage arising from following a recipe, technique or note on the site, or for lost profits, data or goodwill, even if told they were possible. Our total liability for any claim relating to the site is limited to the greater of the amounts you paid us in the 12 months before the claim (the site is free, so normally nothing) and one hundred US dollars (US$100). Some jurisdictions do not allow these limits, so they may not all apply to you. You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, losses and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from your breach of these terms or misuse of the site.

10. Disputes, arbitration and class action waiver

Please contact us first; most concerns can be resolved informally within 60 days. If not, any dispute arising out of or relating to the site or these terms will be resolved by final and binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, except that either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court, and either party may seek an injunction for misuse of intellectual property or unauthorised access. You and we each waive the right to a jury trial and to bring or join any class, collective or representative action. You may opt out of this section within 30 days of first using the site by sending your name and a statement that you opt out through our contact form.

11. Governing law and general terms

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York and the Federal Arbitration Act, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to section 10, the state and federal courts in New York County, New York have exclusive jurisdiction. We may change these terms by posting a new version with a new date; continued use after that means you accept it. If any part is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect, and not enforcing a term is not a waiver. These terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about the site.

Contact

Questions about these terms: use our contact form.