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Follow-up: The "spots" at the top of the beer were bubbles. In the dim light of my brewing area, they looked like mold spots, but when brought out into substantial lighting it was pretty obvious that these were small collections of bubbles. The beer sat in secondary for 3 weeks, and I've...

Would this be any more prevelant in higher alcohol beers? This is my first try at an 8% beer...

Your photo looks almost identical to the one I would post if I had a place to host it, though it looks like you have about twice as much white stuff on the top that I do. It doesn't smell bad, but I've never (in my vast experience of 2 previous brews!) seen the white floaters before...

The beer has been in the secondary for more than a week, and there are white floaters on the surface of the beer. I've taken photos if someone can tell me how to post them, but they aren't very clear. They basically show the size and distribution of the white spots, but not much else. I'd...

Thanks! That's something of a relief. I'd invested a lot of effort in keeping this beer cool during primary fermentation, and I'd hate to have to toss this.

Actually, not too much. It was really just a few "chunks". If I had to guesstimate, I'd guess that it covered less than 5% of the surface of the beer, though there did seem to be something on the surface of the beer that looked "oily" for lack of a better word. I'm kicking myself for not...

It had actually been 8 days in the primary before I did this (well, 7 to pull it out of the water). What I found disturbing was the color, which seemed so much different (whiter) than anything else I'd ever seen in my beer. The problem is, I'm not experienced enough to have seen much of...

It looked a lot like the crud that normally clings to the edges of my primary after fermentation, but it was a much whiter color.

I'm in the process of brewing my third batch. For this batch, I chose an Imperial Pale Ale from Austin Homebrew Supply. This is my first attempt at a beer with a higher alcohol content. In my previous brews, I had a fruity taste that I think was a result of the high temperatures of my Texas...

In the process of cleaning and sterilizing things for a batch that I was brewing, I broke my hydrometer. This meant not taking readings on the batch of AHBS Imperial Pale Ale that I was making. Although I've used the hydrometer on my previous batches (of which I've done only 2), I've done...

There will be no chest freezer for beer. I moved away from Central Illinois years ago, and I've come to accept the fact that I have no basement, and that 80 degrees is a normal temperature to cool your house to...

Actually, Austin Homebrew was a great help in getting started. I'd read a bit on brewing beforehand, but the staff there basically walked me through the equipment and the "first brew process". I feel pretty lucky to have them just a few miles from home... I'm probably going to have some...

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Just a quick note "howdy" from Texas. I've pulled a lot of great information from this board already, and I'm looking forward to learning a lot more. I've only got two home brewings under my belt, but they've both turned out great. Unfortunately, I work a pretty intense schedule, so I...

I drank a lot of Singha Beer (ordered as "beeya Sing") when I lived in Thailand, and it's still a "comfort beer" for me when I find it in the US. Was not a big fan of the Tiger that was prevalent in Malaysia and Singapore.