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My rubber stopper fell into my carboy. I kept it in the beer and didn't worry about it. Now that I transfered the beer into a keg and cleaned the carboy, how do I get the stopper out?

The stopper is wider than the carboy opening

Displaced MassHole

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You get it out the same way you get money out of a piggy bank!! Try using a couple metal coat hangars and pull it out.

Baron ken

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This method may work for you. Good luck!

homebrewer_99

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Slip a coat hanger with a bent tip through the SMALL end of the taper and pull it right out.

PS. Make sure the neck of the bottle/carboy is lubricated with water...just like Steve Miller said "Everything's better when wet..."

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k1v1116

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you could try sticking a racking cane into the hole in the stopper then pull the stopper up until it seals the bottom of the carboy neck and blowing gently into the racking cane. I wouldnt recommend using compressed air or anything with a lot of pressure or you could make a carboy bomb.

mttewes

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If you use this method please make a video. I would love to see that work with a carboy.

Grinder12000

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That is awesome - Looks like a bar trick to me!!!! SWEET!

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wildwest450

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I may shove a stopper in a carboy just to try that!

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Brooklyn-Brewtality

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that was AWESOME

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ChshreCat

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I've used the plastic bag in the wine bottle trick before. Works like a charm! never tried it with a carboy though.