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Contemplating the same thing. Just brewed a Pumpkin Porter during the hurricane. It's bubbling away right now. I was thinking about racking to secondary on top of a pumpkin spice tea for extra pumpkin pie flavor... I steeped organic pumpkin puree in a hop bag on top of some 6 Row and steeped...

+1 StarSan. I use StarSan with a Vinator or I santize in my dishwasher on the sanitize cycle. Both methods have worked flawlessly.

Not sure scientifically speaking but I'm sure someone will weigh in. I personally wouldn't feel comfortable using them. I think what you did was a little excessive. I would start over. Good luck! :mug:

I think Butternut Squash would work too

Think I'll be hunting for some cans in S. Jersey soon.. I'm thinking Whole Foods for organic canned pumpkin, or maybe Wegman's... Maybe Trader Joe's

Did you hydrate your yeast? Was it Windsor?

I brewed this on Wednesday. Everything went as smooth as could be..except...I forgot to take a gravity reading before I sealed the lid and put the air lock in. haha. No biggie. I steeped the grains between 150-160. This thing bubbled away within 24 hours but it also halted within 24 hours...

I want to see the gallup poll!! :D

I think that saying it's easier to leave in primary because it's extra work to secondary is valid. I was just saying in another thread that this comes down to preference and not waniting to do extra work makes sense as far as a reason why one wouldn't secondary. Where I think it gets heated is...

Pumpkin Porter

Ewwwwww. TMI :cross:

Affelvein

Beer shampoo or beer as shampoo has been around forever!

Yeah but this is just a personal preference. If you make great beer that you've racked to secondary with no infections then why would you worry about contamination? I've never had that issue. I can see why someone would be scared to do a secondary if you messed up a batch and got infected but...