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I have used coffee twice in my Stouts. The first time I Brewed a strong pot of French Roast Coffee and put it in the Boil Pot at the begining of the boil. The second time which was the best and more noticable I added 4 Tablespoons of Instant Freeze Dried Espreso to the Primary when I pitched my yea...

So far So good. The funny white film that was in there is starting to break up and become partially suspended. The Beer tastes great. No broken bottles. Everything seems to be fine. There is not ring around the inside of the neck of the bottles but you can see the little things floating around. It m...

I bottled it on Tuesday the 15th and none have broken yet. I'm using a conical fermenter so i did not have to transfer the beer. I noticed that the first bottles, acually all except the last few were clean. They look great in the bottle. But the last four or five have that same film it them. These w...

I will skim that stuff and bottle the beer tomorrow. Thanks for the advise, I did not want to throw it all out.

Thank you for the advise. It tastes a little sour but it usually does. Its not the Yeast I allways use, but I have used it before. The krausen has fallen so I guess I will take my chances. The only opportunity for contamination would have been when I used oxygen for the first time. I do not have a f...

I brewed a 10 gallon batch of all grain pumpkin ale. When I checked it after dumping the yeast I noticed a funny white film with a big bubble in it. It looked like a balloon. I shook it up hoping that the film would fall but its just floating around. My gravity has fallen but Im curious what this st...

That sounds good. In the event that it doesn't settle I will just stir it in. I thought about using the the "Carbonation Drops" and leaving the head in place. I have never used them. Anybody had any luck with them?
Thanks
trussman

I recently bought a conical fermentor and this is my first time to use it. I brewed an All Grain Pumkin Ale and pitched my yeast on Oct. 24th. My O.G. reading was 1.068 and now it is at 1.010. So far so good. When I opened up the little "prime hole" on top of the fermentor I still have alo...