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LOL 600+ views it looks like next time I have a questions Iam going to label it Steak and BJ's. Iam gonna play it off, giving her a couple homebrews and a steak hopefully the BJ comes after.

On my first batches I always transferred to secondary. Until I realized it dosent matter or make a difference. Now, I leave it in the primary for a month or so then bottle or keg. From what I have read only transfer into a secondary if you plan on leaving the beer in a glass carboy for...

So when you bottle this triple are you going to add yeast and sugar? I think this amazing triple deserves a stay in bottles. I like the idea about champagne bottles. Post a respond when its finished and let us know how it turned out and what you ended up doing.

Lol half way through this post I ran downstairs and checked to see if my bottles exploded. I almost started to re-wash my equipment. I started to inspect everything to see if I missed some spots cleaning....Thats funny, this post makes me second guess everything. LUCKY NO BOMBS HERE!!!

They will be fine to re-use. If your looking to upgrade take your time and shop online (craigslist/ebay). I also got some really nice bottles from a sale at my local HB shop. I recommend grolsh bottles and swivel caps.

shake, shake, shake

Its might be nice to also pick up cleaning supplies/sanitizing solution.

Sounds good, Thanks for the advice

I would just pour and stir. Its less work and less chance of contaimanation. After you stir the secondary you might want to wait a min depending how much sluge you still have in the wort. I like to wait a minute intel it settles back down. :mug:

I bottled my beer last week and I have two different sizes. 12oz and 16oz I cracked the 12 oz the other day and it was carbed. So i wantedt to drink the 16oz bottles so i threw them in the fridge. They werent carbed when I opened them later. I took them out of the fridge and but them back in the...

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Wasss Up Alabama!!!!

Nice glasses your getting alittle collection there. Have fun brewing:( I wish I was.:mug:

I would have to say snip,snip you will be thanking yourself in the future.

They should be perfect. I would just soak them in a cleaning solution for a couple hrs and see what that does. Make sure there is no crud or junk stuck inside the bottle. If there is you might have to use a bottle brush and soak the inside of the bottle. You can pick up the rubber (washers) at a...