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one more question. Are you force carbonating? Just want to make sure there is still yeast enough left to bottle prime after you add gelatin.

I know about using gelatin with wine, I've wondered about it myself for beer because I HATE sediment in my beer. Have you seen any adverse effects with this? Does it take longer to age?

okey dokey, off to the store to buy a hydrometer. Thanks for the help everyone!

righty o, I think I'll do the wait for one week thing, and listen for bubbles as I've already opened the fermwnter about five times. I don't have a spout on the bottom so I can't tap it hermetically. I suppose In this case it's not such a big deal as I will be letting it sit in the secondary...

Im brewing a coopers stout extract kit. I sent it down to the cellar about 1 day after it started to ferment. It is still bubbling and there are bubbles on the top of the beer but there has been a significant reduction in the amount of foam on the top and not much spent yeast on the bottom. It's...

Slottskällans Imperial stout.... I've died and gone to heaven!:drunk:

Thanks for your response! Looks like a happy accident then! :ban: When do you think I should I move it to secondary? After the foam has died away and co2 production is down? (I don't have a hydrometer yet, could get one fairly easily if necessary, but I don't know what the FG should be)...

I've brewed coopers ale kits twice now. Now I've started on a coopers stout, took me a while to find the stout kit here in sweden as everyone drinks lager here.I am brewing it with a bit of modification to experiment and, to start me to move my way down the road to full grain brewing. I've...

oops! maybe someone can move this to the kegging thread for me? Can you help me decide which kegging system is best for me? Here's my story. I'm a student living in Sweden, I have my own student room which is very small, and only 1/6 of a small fridge to use. ( but I do have a cellar in my...