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cracked the first of these open last night to try. I marked the bottles in order of bottling so I could figure out which would be affected the worst (those bottled last, as more acetobacter in them). There was a slight scum on the bottle, but you could not taste it or tell it was there. For a...

I've always thought bleach couldnt be used in fermenters? I use it on bottles but always thought it was bad for fermeneters... Looking back, the beer probabbly didn't need racking. In the future I might only rack when I need to, and see if I can grab the portable CO2 canister from dads work to...

still tastes fine so I have bottled it, but marked the last 6 bottles to show that they will probabbly be cruddy. Who knows, perhaps I might get something that is at least drinkable out of it. Currently soaking all equiptment in Sodium Metabisulfite.

yep, after 24 hours the scum has returned however nowhere near as bad. I shall bottle the beer off within the next 24 hours and hopefully it will turn out fine.

yeah i tasted and smelt it razz, seems fine...even tasted the scum hehe (probabbly not a very smart idea though)...seemed to be a mixture of sweetness and sour, much like mixing dextrose with lemon juice

thanks to a suggestion on another forum, I have decided to scoop as much of the skin off as possible with a seive, and add 20g of dextrose to the brew. Hopefully the dextrose will ferment fairly quickly and create a CO2 layer on the beer to kill off the remaining infection and prevent...

have decided to bottle anyway and just try and leave the film in the fermenter....hopefully the beer underneath is still good.

I racked my beer the other day and I went to move the fermenter today when I noticed I have a thin "skin" of white furry looking growth on top of my beer (looks similar to iro filings but white). I am guessing this means its infected (probabbly from my racking hose which I found very hard to...

sorry, I did not realise I couldnt link to my site considering that is where the post originated. I have removed the link and reference to my site to avoid any more controvery and I am sorry if I have annoyed or offended anyone. Obviously, this doesnt affect the offer.

Those of you who frequent newsagencies or petrol stations will have noticed that the October edition of Ralph magazine comes with not only a free stubby holder and sticker, but a voucher for a free bottle of Little Creatures Pale ale. All you need to do is take the coupon to Liquorland and walk...

I am loking at ordering a fridgemate to chuck in my brothers fridge which is sitting in my shed until he moves out of home next year. What I would like to know is what exactly is involved in setting up the fridgemate. From what I gather, I can use it without having to modify the fridge at all...

if you've got around 330mls I would dare say that you could get away leaving them as they are (assuming in stubbies) but if you had the time you could always use one to top all the others up.

thanks for the tip jonno (and 15BL) ...now i just need to find some freezer space! (should be cooler today though so no problem)

I had my fermenter sitting in a broken fridge in the shed today (not allowed to brew in the house!) to try and insulate it against todays weather while I went to work. Got home and the beer was at 28 degrees. Out to the back yard, sprayed the fermenter with a hose to cool it off, then sat it on...

kegging it doesn't really count as making bottling day less painful.....bottling day involves bottles, you must be thinking of kegging day :P