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panic over guys, i moved my secondary upto the kitchen to rack it off into a second secondary, and noticed that in the beter light the spots were not blue at all they were just small clumps of yeast! dont i feel an ass! thanks for the feedback tho. must get some better lighting in my cellar!!!!

i have developed some light blue flecks on the surface of my pilsner in the past day or two. its been in its secondary for 3 weeks now. i am guessing they are mould of some unpleasant form, bugger! any chance i can siphon off well under the level and leave plenty behind and get away with it or...

what are the drawbacks of over pitching a less well aerated wort compared to 'normal' pitching of a well aerated wort. Will we be seeing a flavour difference in the finished brew? I know the textbooks say overpitching causes low viability of yeast at the end of fermentation due to fewer new...

i simply run wort from hopstrained tap, through tubing to fermenter, alowing it to freefall into fermenter. This gives a lovely mousey head and a bubbly airlock and active ferment within the hour. I do pitch a 2l starter everytime as well. Simple! (just like me!)

i will give that a try, thanks. i thought every brew, be it ale or lager benefits from a stay in a secondary. obviously an efficent and sanitary transfer is essential, which i managed to botch on the efficient part! also my ale is hopped in secondary. anybody tried dry hopping the primary?

not really a recipe but having spent some time in hong kong and having drunk a lot of tsing tao, the clone recipe in 'Clone brews' aint half bad. I recommend it! Do a search on amazon

finland? why not mail order from the uk? Cant imagine it would be too costly, or come over on the ferry for a homebrew run and stock up!

Just racked a sierra nevada pale ale clone to secondary. Unfortunatley made a right dogs breakfast of the siphon/transfer and lost 5L :( I have approx 15l in a 23l demijon, with a thick layer of hops on the surface. The airlock is bubbling every min or so and a lot of co2 was released when...