Do I need to skim

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crafty john

Do I need to skim

Post by crafty john » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:20 am

I did my first extract yesterday my own recepie but my method was from reading various books, they all say to skim the crap off the top after about 3 days the only problem is I am going away for a few days. Will it be OK if I don't skim :?:

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trucker5774
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Re: Do I need to skim

Post by trucker5774 » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:23 am

It will be fine..............Ive never found it a problem in extract or AG
John

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Re: Do I need to skim

Post by crafty john » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:29 am

Thanks trucker, I thought it would be OK but I had to check.
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Re: Do I need to skim

Post by OldSpeckledBadger » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:57 am

Skimming seems to be one of those things which is more applicable to commercial brewers, specific yeast strains and recovering yeast for re-pitching as far as I can tell. I just leave the yeast to get on with it and the beer always turns out OK.
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