So, I'm now on my third homebrew and have used an American Amber Ale kit. It's the first kit I've used that requires the hops adding. The hops have now been in 5 days and SG is stable, so I opened the fermentation bin and a lot of the hops is sitting in a scummy layer on top of the beer. It looks horrible, but I just wanted to check this was normal. I tasted the sample I pulled for measuring the gravity and it tastes fine. Actually it tastes very good considering it still hasn't had time to condition in the bottle.
So can I have some comfort from you more experienced brewers that the scummy layer on top of the beer is normal. Assuming I get some love from you guys I'll bottle it tomorrow
So can I have some comfort from you more experienced brewers that the scummy layer on top of the beer is normal. Assuming I get some love from you guys I'll bottle it tomorrow