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I just picked up some Tcho roasted cacao nibs at Whole Foods. They were 10.99 for a 7.8oz can and were in the baking section.

I posted a separate thread on this, but since it's related to the Mr. Beer I thought I'd ask here too. I currently have a 5 gallon batch of stout in my primary fermenter bucket and I picked up a few Mr. Beer's on clearance and was thinking of splitting that batch and using the Mr. Beer barrel...

I know that primary should work fine in the Mr. Beer, I was hoping to use the Mr. Beer barrel as a secondary for trying different flavors and am concerned there might be too much air getting in vs. a 1 gallon bottle. I suppose I can just try it and see how it turns out.

I have my first batch of brew in my primary bucket (501st Vader's Fist Chocolate Stout) and was thinking of breaking it into smaller batches in a secondary to try out some different flavors. (Was planning on making drewbage's method of cacao tinctures, one with and one without vanilla and maybe...