I pitched yeast in my wort on 5/30/08. Went to secondary on 6/13/08. Its been in secondary this whole time. Is this beer still ok to bottle or has it sat too long? It is an oatmeal stout.
i always take an OG but for some reason ALWAYS just forget to take an SG...i have made some good beer without taking readings so maybe i dont need it . But your stout should be fine...but bottle it pretty soon
I think you could go two more months in the secondary, repitch yeast and bottle. Should be real tasty and nice and smooth after another month in bottles.
I just opened the 2ndary fermentor to bottle the beer and there is a layer of creamy whitish powder or something on top of the layer of beer. It is slippery to the touch. Is smells like alcohol in there though. I recovered it. Is this layer mold? It doesnt smell foul it just looks wierd. I have never seen this before.
It's probably just some yeasties floating on the top...If you sanitized your hands then I'm sure it's fine...even if you didn't sanitize your hands, it's probably fine.