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In my mind, it gets the beer separated from all the excess yeast that is on the bottom. I'm not a huge fan of the sediment on the bottom once I bottle the beer. Im not even sure if a secondary helps out with that.

I understand that there is much debate on weather secondary fermentation is necessary, but I have always done it (four batches of 5 gallons now) and it seems to work for me. My question is, is it better to rack it into a carboy or fermentation bucket(I was just given one for free)? Thanks for...

This is my first time NOT using a Mr. Beer.... Finally upgraded my gear and Im trying to brew a Mens Room Red clone, so I was kind of following the instructions that the store gave me to a T. Thanks for the bottling heads up!

It's time to bottle my brew, and would you believe that my order of bottles won't get here in time (according to UPS they are grounded due to the snow storm). Can I just do to my local safeway buy beer and use those bottles (I have caps and a capper)?

Thanks for the quick reply. I should be good, it was indoor, clean area with no curious critters bothering it! Thanks again!

After about 12 hours into fermentation my stopper popped out. I fixed the problem. My question is, it was off for about an hour, did this just destroy my batch? Thanks!