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This was lunch the other day. Pesto shrimp over penne. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EUJSZRqi8t8/Sfl1kMJtCrI/AAAAAAAAAxU/io8TS7sjmz0/s1600-h/Fantome+Saison+2.jpg

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I bottled, then kegged, now back to bottling. No interest in kegging anymore. Bottling can impart flavors that are not possible with kegs.

Would corking and then capping a regular 22 ounce bottle work?

Thanks for your input. The beer tasted pretty good last I had it, of course there was no carbonation. The bottles are in the basement where it's 50ºF, they shouldn't blow down there.

I wasn't exactly sure where to post this, so I figured I'll try on the sanitation section. Now, I will get a pic up, but my camera died after I took a picture of the suspect. I recently acquired a conical fermenter and racked a beer into it on the 19th of January. This morning at about 5 am I...

I got ya Evan, I was agreeing with her right for experimentation. Perhaps, what I was intending to do was exactly what you said. Add things at bottling. That I will try. I appreciate your insight in the matter. Although, I will be priming my honey ale with honey. But, that's not too off the...

Good point. I will try adding to the secondary as well. Perhaps as for the priming issue, maybe it's a purist mentality, I made a honey ale, so prime with honey. Although, and I will find the post again, where a guy talked about using cocoa and dextrose for a primer and that resulted in a...

I think I would have to disagree, people here have been talking about using liqueur's and such. A gentleman even spoke of using cocoa as a partial primer, instead of in the boil. Because as he said, most would be suspended and be lost in the primary. I'm not going to get into a fight here, but...

I love the experimentation that comes with homebrewing. I like to brew off the cuff or just get crazy with ingredients. Right now I want to experiment with different priming sugars. I did all the normal ones, DME, sugar and such. I have a honey ale ready to come off and that will get primed with...

I got a conical from the guy, it's lighter duty than the 700 dollar ones, but it's still built quit nice, it works well for me. At that price it was a bargain. I plan to get several more over time and would like a brewpot as well.

I've passed the Certified Beer Server Exam and plan to take the Cicerone exam in the next 3 - 6 months.

Kegging is the easy way out. Anybody can keg. I've kegged, but prefer to bottle, I like the math to find my volume, experimenting with different primers and you just can't artificially replicate what yeast can do naturally.The good and bad off-flavors. Sure it takes more time, but I love going...

Awesome! Thanks again!

I've gone both ways. I like old school bottling. Bottle it!!!!!! Nothing beats a bottled beer IMO!