I got brew under way yeasterday using Safale S-04 yeast. It was off like a runnaway train as usual. Bubbles through the airlock within 4 hours of pitching.
My question is though, what are the pro's & cons of skimming the yeast crud thrown up?
Also how do you go about skimming it?
I did try skimming off the rubbish once by trying to get it to stick to the back of a sanitized spoon. This wasn't very succesful though. I seem to remember reading somewhere that you don't want to expose the wort surface when skimming & I found this difficult to do. Also I'm kind of worried about introducing any nasties with this process. Once my wort has been boiled, cooled & put into primary, I put as little as possible in contact with it.
So if any of you do skim, how do you do it & why?
Skimming Yeast.