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Am I infected? if so.. with What? The Krausen looks different this time. There is an infectious-looking milky film over everything. And many of the bubbles just stay inflated, not popping. The fermentation is quite vigorous as usual. Sorry for the bad pictures. It is dark in the room with no...

I just brewed a Belgian Wit. The Recipe called for adding the normal amounts of orange peel/coriander blah blah balh during boil of course. The recipe also said to add a little more about 1/2 ounce of coriander and orange peel during secondary. I taste tested (during hydrometer reading) the...

I use the hydrometer. Yes. I also want as much finished product/beer as possible. Yes I have noticed many people take several Hydrometer readings 2-3 days in a row looking for the "finished fermenting" thing. So.. this leads me to my topic: If I take a reading before primary and then 3...

Has anyone tried the Diable Blanche, by (Mark Richmond), recipe in the Brewmaster's Bible? Recipe: Yeast: Wyeast 3944 Belgian White Beer yeast Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.046 Final Gravity: 1.012 Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7...

I dropped my first wort into primary 8 days ago (Good Ole Brown Ale from nwextract) and am ready to rack it to secondary. With all the nice weather happening, my allergies have made me sick. Should I stay away from my beer for fear of contamination? Or should I be totally fine?