Basil Fawlty wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi, I'm a novice to home mirco-brew, so naturally I have a question. I've
> bought a Coopers Micro-brew kit, and have my wort in the fermentor as of
> yesterday. I am wondering, in about 5 more days when I'm ready to bottle,
> when it gets down real low, what about that pond scum on the top surface?
> I understand that some of the bottom setiment will get in, no problem, but
> the gunk on the top surface get bottled too? I assUme not. Please advise
> oh great beer mongers of the world! :) Thanks, Basil Fawlty[/color]

Basil:

I've only brewed top fermented ales twice, but they both settled out to
the bottom of the fermenter when fermentation was complete.

You really should wait for two weeks at least before bottling or you
risk over carbonation of the beer because the sugars in the wort not
being completely worked out adding to the carbonation sugar and making
for too much head when you pour the beer.

Hope I am not leading you astray,

W.N.(Bill) McCaw