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I have never experienced this with the Coopers yeast or the S04 by Safale, but with the US-05, after fermentation, there was a thick yeast layer on top of the beer that wouldn't go to the bottom. It is not foam, like mid fermentation, but it looks like what should normally be at the bottom of...

I did a coopers dark ale a while ago and it had the most head retention I have ever had from a home brew. It was like an ice cream when looking at it. I wish I had a picture, but I don't, unfortunately. Anyway, I have done another one, this time with some chocolate malt and crystal malt...

I have recently brewed an IPA, an English Bitter, a Canadian Blonde and a Dark Ale. I have sampled them all along the way to see how they are maturing in the bottles, and I started to ask myself the factors that determine how long to leave a beer before it tastes its best. I have only ever...

I have just done a hard apple cider with apple juice and champagne yeast and it turned out wonderful. I want to go berry picking, such as for blackberries as they are prolific where I live, and ferment them into a drink. I am unsure, however, about the methanol by-product that can come as a...

I left my beer in the primary for 12 days instead of the normal 1 week(ish) that I normally do. I have bottled it, but it has cleared within two days and hasn't carbonated yet. I am concerned that too much yeast had fallen out of suspension in the primary and there is not enough in my bottles to...

I have never used Safale S04 or Nottingham, but I have had yeast bite in my beer using Coopers. I know Nottingham and S04 is meant to be really good. Therefore, which is the best at reducing the yeast taste in my beer? I have a very prolonged after-taste in my beer. It is not infected, but I...

If you emptied a store-bought beer into another bottle and put a cap on it, I can expect that it would go bad pretty quickly. How is primed home-brew different? Does the CO2 carbonation process preserve it? Or is it to do with the yeast? I am just curious. I couldn't find much on this...

I have just set up for primary fermentation by adding the kit, DME, Dextrose and some steeped crystal malt to 23 litres of water. For some reason, after giving it a good stir and pitching the yeast, something has settled to a brown, cloudy, clumpy type substance at the bottom. It is very...

I have recently got back into the home-brewing and I agree with the guilt feeling. The only thing I can suggest to overcome this issue is to let the beer sit for as long as you can by brewing another batch. Bottles are pretty inexpensive these days; therefore, I have bought loads to get a back...