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Haha alright it's just that's the first time I've seen a separation that much in the fermenter..thanks I'll relax and grab a brew

So I transferred from primary to secondary the other night and checked the fermenter today and saw this When I transferred to secondary I added dry hops It seems like there's a layer of liquid on top of the hops. Is this normal or is there probably a problem?

Thanks that makes sense..next time around I'll keep that in mind, but at least it came out somewhat as planned. Come Wednesday I'm transferring to secondary and dry hopping for about 10 days then bottling. So far out of all my batches I feel the most confident about this one, and luckily that...

I did batch sparge, however I used the tin foil when adding the additional water. In retrospect I probably should've just poured the water in and stirred around, let settle for 10-15, then drain. Is that correct? Thanks though

This is more of a bragging post but also hopefully helpful to calm some nerves for those looking into making the crossover. I don't know if I did all steps correctly, or who knows if this turns out well, but bottom line after researching for the better part of the last month or two I went for...

This is more of a bragging post but also hopefully helpful to calm some nerves for those looking into making the crossover. I don't know if I did all steps correctly, or who knows if this turns out well, but bottom line after researching for the better part of the last month or two I went for...

Alright well we'll just see how it goes then, hoping for the best Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I've swirled it recently and there is a layer on bottom of the jar. I was figuring I might just throw it all in, seeing as I may have lost some when it fell. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I guess one last question would be: I've read about decanting, and just dumping everything in. With my situation would you just advise dumping everything in? Or still decanting and creating the slurry to pitch? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

The starter was swirl on occasion, I work from about 7am till 8-9pm everyday so I had my wife swirl when she walked by, or when I texted her to remind her haha. But as far as contamination goes based off what you said I feel it most likely isn't, I'll just sanitize the lip before I pitch, it is...

This is just my second brew, it's a northern brewer American wheat kit. It's a 5 gallon batch and OG is supposed to be 1.043 and I was using White Labs WLP320 American Hefeweizen I guess my concern is contamination, and if there is still enough yeast to do the job.. Thanks for the help Sent...

So I made my yeast starter the other day, Wednesday. I put it on top of the fridge to keep it safe and out of the way, which proved to be more fatal. It fell off as I opened the door, and I caught it midway after it tumbled down. The picture is the result of the remaining starter. My question...