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Shake before pitching, just after to distribute, and then...
as long as you have active fermentation going on, shaking it a bit is not going to harm anything...your carboy is full of CO2 (hence you'll not be oxygenating anything).
...I chock my primary with a block of wood from the get go...then (gasp), shake it a bit after fermentation appears to have ceased...sediments settle/slide mostly to one side, then when ready to rack, tilt to the other side so my wand is out of the gunk! :mug:
Unless making a lager or I can't get to bottling/kegging any time soon, I don't bother with a secondary.
There is much discussion on this...there is no real evidence that continued sitting on the sediments for an (reasonable) extended period causes off flavors, etc., and so why bother.
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Sand, PRIME, then color...you'll get better results.
If the appliance paint does not call for primer, well, then simply paint away after the light sanding...multiple thin coats until you get the coverage and depth in color you want.
It will be fine!
"Looks like it has happened before?"
Really, guys?!
Toss that thing in the trash...yesterday...and get a new one.
Not worth burning your house/appartment down and possibly yourself/SWMBO/pets.
This is nothing to handyman.
Done a few BIAB myself...easy peasy...you can go with 7 gallons all day long...you'll loose a bunch in the grain, you'll loose a bunch in boil off, and likely need to top off your fermenter for 5 gallons.
I've gone this route each time and it is fairly spot on.
Good luck!
Should not be a problem at all....
Purge the small keg with CO2, transfer from beer out post to beer out post on small keg (filling small keg from bottom up with less splashing), once full, disconnect and pressurize the small keg per normal.
Good luck. :mug:
Do as the others say.
You'll most likely be fine.
It never stopped fermenting.
Positive pressure in the vessel probably kept most everything out until you tossed the air lock back on.
That's a great beer!
Tell us what you think.
I used to love it but not sure it has been the same since part of the brewery washed away due to the 2011 quake/tsunami! :(