Newbie Ginger Ber Quetions

[softy]

Hi All,

i am new at this home brew thing (bought the kit last weekend).
im using a coopers home brew kit that came with everything including 30 PET bottles.

i bought it with the sole intention of brewing soft drinks only.
i used the coopers ginger beer mix/can and followed the directions 100%.

bottled the ginger beer after the recommended three hours.
my bottles have been sitting in a nice warm room for the last week, and are feeling nicely
pressurised now, but i am a little worried about a white foamy scum that is sitting on top of most of the bottles.

is this normal ? or do i have a problem ?
i know it's early in the process, but i want to make sure it's all working the way it should.
i have another two weeks to wait till it's supposed to be ready.

can anyone here please offer some guidance and or advice ?

thanks in advance,

Jason.

 

[Tyred]

From memory the scum that is on top of the bottles is like a mini krausen. It just shows that the yeast are doing their job in carbonating the beer. Eventually, it will drop and your beer will clear up a fair bit.

 

[softy]

thanks for the re-assurance...

jason

 

[The Big Burper]

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i bought it with the sole intention of brewing soft drinks only.

Jaon,

If you use yeast and sugar, it won't be 'soft', it will be alcoholic (in a nice sort of a way), but I wouldn't feed it to the kids.


cheers

Dave

 

[softy]

thanks.

i only used the yeast, and the priming drops as recommended in on the can.
so it should be a non alcoholic drink. (well mostly anyway)

just wondering if it will all turn out ok...

Jason.

 

[Goofinder]

Should be fine. I've done a few non-alcoholic GB's and they always seem to get a sort of scummy ring around the top that looks like a mini krausen. It also tends to come out with a fair bit of yeast sediment in the bottles at the end too.

 

[softy]

thanks.

ill keep watching. i still have two weeks left.
it was bottled last sunday.

Thanks again,

Jason

 

[johnm64]

Jason The scum floating ontop is normal , it will settle and after 3+weeks you should have
home made ginger beer.
My five boys have appropriated on of my fermenters and now brew there own non alc
ginger beer. B)

johnm