brewmasterpodunkarizona,
Thanks so much for all the great answers. I guess I figured that when people transfer their beer to a secondary fermentation vessel, there must be some bubbles so it would be alright. I won't make the same mistakes twice. After searching around I found another thread...
I made my first batch of beer a week ago from a pre-hopped extract kit and now I want to bottle it. The problem is that my brew bucket has this translucent drum tap on the side but the bottom of it was encrusted with a layer of sediment. I opened the tap up and took a sample but it was light...