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Also don't forget to add the sugar to the bucket when you rack to beer back to it. Otherwise your beer will never carbonate :) Since it's your first time- don't be alarmed by what you see at the bottom of the bucket aftr you rack into the carboy. Just rinse that stuff away ;)

If you transfer (rack) your beer into the glass carboy, do you have a racking cane? It's a long stiff tube with a bend at the top. Racking canes come with a little plastic cap that covers the bottom opening of the tube. This little plastic cap will filter out some of the bigger particles when...

Cool. Sounds like oxyclean for me. I'll let you know how it works out for me To be honest, my sanitation for bottles gas always been to run them in the dishwasher on santize. That's what a friend of mine does. But it seems that's not optimal. I think I'll just have to add this to my...

By oxyclean, you all mean this stuff: http://www.oxiclean.com/ Should I just run it thru the dishwasher with that stuff or soak it overnight in a tub? Thanks

Hi. In previous threads, I posted this photo: http://i.imgur.com/PLtjk.jpg There are little particles of yeast attached to the inside walls of my bottles. Now it's time to bottle a new batch-- how do I prep these bottles? I haven't had anything stuck to the inside of my bottles...

I think I have positively identified what the stuff floating on top is. I'm replying in case anyone else ever runs into the same problem... After 2 weeks, the stuff floating on top of the bottles hasn't grown. It hasn't gone away. It has remained exactly the same. So, it's definitely not...

...by the way, this beer *did* have loads of krausen when it was first fermenting. More than I had ever seen with my other batches.

OK, I'll drink it! Revvy-- don't worry, I remember your advice to wait 3 weeks in the bottle before drinking... As for it not killing me already-- yeah. Kinda asking things backwards :) Hopefully someday *I'll* be the one telling people not to worry. Thanks again everyone!

The stuff on top-- if i shake it a little bit, they sink. Kinda weird. Is it possible the stuff on top is floating yeast? Does yeast float? If it is infected, will it hurt me to drink it? Thanks

Hi, everyone. This is a follow-up to my earlier post: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/what-growing-top-210126/ Well, a week and a half has passed and now my bottles have this weird flaky stuff growing on the inside of the bottles all around the side walls: http://imgur.com/PLtjk.jpg This...

@ReverseApacheMaster That would explain why they don't just look like bubbles, but also why they break apart like CO2 I think I'll bottle it and just find out that way :)

YuP. Co2. Just prodded it with my racking cane Thanks for the help!

Hi. There's nothing special in this batch. Just the malt extract and dextrose these only appeared after I lowered the temp in my basement

Here's my attempt at another photo. It's not CO2 bubbles-- these are distinct little circles that stay in-tact. http://imgur.com/MW5pU.jpg I'm thinking about racking into my bottling pail but being careful to not take anything from the top of the carboy... Maybe I'm insane

Hi. This is my 3rd batch. I'm a little worried about a possible infection. Let me know what you think.... This is a Cooper's Canadian Blond. It was in the primary for 1 week, and now it's been in the secondary (the carboy) for about 3 weeks. Normally I would have bottled by now but I...