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so i guess that means i'll just have to drink it and hope its not some sort of toxic life ending apocalypse inducing fungus. What an adventure! Thanks, Duke

please, somebody weigh in that can say "Nah, its not film its just _______"!!!! PLEASE!!! or is it really true? Sob....

So i just bottled a steam style bock a few days back and seem to be having some funky things going on. When i first cracked open the fermenter there were clumps of white film on the top of the wort. I was able to siphon off the beer without including too much of this film. Now its been in...

oh, wow, ok....so a very low fg is expected then....right now its at about 1.000?

so i put 5gl of apple juice 2lbs of sugar, and yeast in my carboy, and three weeks later things were going well. abv of 4.5, grav of 1.011. I decided to wait another week to make sure the grav didn't keep faling. well its now a week later, and i just opened it to take a grav reading. Thats...

cool thanks dudes

So i Just ordered a cali common steam ale extract kit. (it will be my second ever batch!)(im hooked) Does anybody with a little more experience have any suggestions for keeping everything on track (especially with steam ale)?

So I just finished my first batch, it has fermented, been bottled and has sit for the past week carbonating (had a bottle last night and it was great!) my question is; do i have to keep it in the fridge for the next three weeks to condition, or can i leave it up in the attic?

how does ale yeast fare?

So, this may be in the massive thread, but i had enough with searching for it. As i gather one can use champagne yeast, ale yeast, and wine yeast, or (whodathunk) Cider yeast! i have heard of a lot of experimentation with these different yeast, but am still a bit confused... which yeast...

oh well thanks anyways, i was intrigued because they use maize in their beer...

i was in Kruger Nat park and mapungubwe park

i just came back from 6 months in South Africa, and WOW! do they have some great beer! Castle, windhoek, black label... Does anybody know of any Kits or recipes for South african beers? .....go duke bball!:off:

any brew kits for mexican beers?

yeah i did just drop it into the wort..whoops! sample taker eh? sounds good...

no, i didn't...was i supposed to? i just took the reading after he "tasted" it...(it was 1.012)

My room mate said it did, but i guess I'll find out in two or three weeks! once i bottle it, how long should i let it sit?

i'll continue forward then, thanks guys and gals! Just another quick question, do you think its ready to bottle yet? its been about a week since i put the yeast in... its grav is 1.012 (its a continental light) and its been bout 5 days since the bubbling ceased...

Fermentation stopped about 5 days ago, and i opened the bucket to take a gravity reading.While sterilizing the hydrometer my flu ridden roommate stuck his finger in the wort to "see if it tasted like beer yet"..... Is my FIRST batch ruined? Will I get sick from drinking it?