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So I made a Bourbon Barrel porter a while back, I put some oak chips in bourbon to soak and never got around to adding them to the secondary. Is there any issue to dumping the Bourbon and oak in the secondary even though the chips have been "Soaking" for about a month?

That's what I thought, it just seemed odd that it was so defined in separate levels.

I don't usually rack to a secondary, but I have recently moved a porter to a secondary and now it looks like it has separated into different levels of clarity? If that makes any sense every few inches there is a change in color? Should I be worried?

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It was definitely taking in air around the plastic tube where it was connected to the cane

Well if it tastes half as good as it did when I was putting it in the keg I don't think drinking it quickly will be an issue!

I hope it is not to big of an issue, it is in the keg I will give it a try in a week or so.

I recently made NB bourbon barrel porter everything went smooth until tonight while transferring to my keg. I usually do not use a secondary fermenter since I have a conical but I needed to put this in a carboy to let it mix with the bourbon and oak, I bought a racking cane and used some tubing...

Thanks again, just ordered one cant wait to use it!

I have since gotten a wort cooler, hoping this will improve my next attempt

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done, thanks!

Im not seeing any ss on ebay, where else could I find one around $250?

Would I be better off buying a new plastic one for that amount?

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I didn't do a starter but plan on making one for my next lager attempt! Is there a recommended time for the secondary to condition in the cold? I need to add the dry hops but I'm thinking I will wait a week or so and then add them and let sit for a week?

I have put the secondary in the garage where it is around 40 and may go lower, read up a little after the fact and I have seen that it is recommended to lower the temperature in stages. Lets just say i didn't do the stages part what kind of problems will I run into?

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