First of all, this site is awesome and I appreciate the beer expertise that everyone shares here.
As a first time brewer, I have a question concerning the krausen forming a the top of my carboy. It's very thick and I feel like I might have put the fermentation lock on too soon before it...
I did strain the wort as I poured it into the carboy but I did notice that it was very cloudy once in the carboy and there was a lot of settling during the first couple of hours. Thanks for the response by the way. I'm starting to feel better about the whole thing!
My first beer baby and she's a beauty. I'm making a red ale which I began on Saturday (3/6/10) and everything looked fantastic until today (3/9/10). I took the overflow tube off my carboy last night and today when I got home from work I went into the basement to check on it and lo and behold...