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• Posted in thread: Secondary Fermentation on 10-28-2012 at 02:03 AM
  Concerning secondary fermentation...An overwhelming amount of info can be found in this
  thread.Many do not use a secondary. See the linked thread for dozens of pages of explanations
  and "back and fort...

• Posted in thread: Small Sample Sized Bottles? on 10-18-2012 at 07:03 PM
  ...I would just only give the beer to those who actually like beer... Guess I'm trying to
  broaden their palletes and show them that beer can actually have a taste. Sometimes its
  successful, sometimes ...

• Posted in thread: Small Sample Sized Bottles? on 10-18-2012 at 08:56 AM
  I have one of these m3 monster bottles. 5 oz... The m3 bottles look promising. Just big enough
  for a good sample. Sounds like the m3 is carbonated, so the bottles must be rated OK for beer.
  I'll look ...

• Posted in thread: Small Sample Sized Bottles? on 10-18-2012 at 02:10 AM
  Sounds like a big hassle just to save 4 ounces which equals just 2 beers from a 6
  pack..........So then maybe I am being greedy with my beer?I was really hoping to find 6 oz
  bottles. Spread out over a...

• Posted in thread: Small Sample Sized Bottles? on 10-17-2012 at 07:40 PM
  I'm looking for small, sample sized bottles. Maybe 6 - 8 oz.I'd like to bottle a few of these
  with each batch to allow friends to sample my beer. Some of them normally don't like anything
  with more fl...

• Posted in thread: Bottling Bucket Valve Sanitation on 10-11-2012 at 04:17 AM
  IMHO, the plastic wrap is completely useless.Crap. Thought I was being smart with that one
  too...

• Posted in thread: Bottling Bucket Valve Sanitation on 10-10-2012 at 10:09 PM
  I spray starsan up into the spout before & after use. I always pull hydrometer samples through
  them. that's what I put them there for... Thanks, uniondr.Do you also transfer through the
  spout?It sound...

• Posted in thread: Bottling Bucket Valve Sanitation on 10-10-2012 at 08:44 PM
  My original question focused on sanitizing the spigot before transferring.Another quick
  question...While the batch is fermenting, can I pull gravity samples from the spigot or would
  this contaminate t...

• Posted in thread: Brewed a VERY expensive batch of beer! on 10-10-2012 at 08:29 PM
  Yeah, that's not what I meant. There are probably 1000 threads on here titled some variant of
  "is my beer ruined?" after the OP dropped, spilled, or otherwise got something they didn't
  intend into the...

• Posted in thread: Brewed a VERY expensive batch of beer! on 10-10-2012 at 07:18 PM
  This thread should have been entitled "Is my camera ruined?"I assumed that it was ruined.
  Probably is.The title of the thread was tongue-in-cheek. It was also factual.Just having fun...