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Thanks guys. I will travel with peace of mind - at least as it relates to my home brew! :) I've also got about 8 carboy of wine aging so the topping up of my airlocks was already on my todo list for the weekend before I go. Cheers!

Okay thanks. Good to know. And actually you did convince me. I just picked up a primary bucket that I can seal and air-lock. So next batch will stay in the primary. Cheers!

Okay followup question on the extended primary. Not planning ahead very well I started a Brewhouse Honey Blonde Ale with an extra kg of honey added. It (including all the sediment from the primary) has been racked over into an air locked secondary now but I am leaving next week for 2 weeks...

Question for those extended primary proponents: My thinking, seeing as I don't have sealed primary is to rack into a carboy after the vigorous fermentation is complete but to stir it up a bit and take the yeast cake with it to the carboy. It seems to settle out in the carboy pretty quickly...

I'm in! Great Idea!

I really hope this turns out for you. It just sounds so good!

I would LOVE to hear how this turned out. I've just started these kits after getting into their wine kits about a year ago. I was quite impressed with the stock kits - damn fine beer considering the cost and effort involved. An Innis & Gunn clone would be pretty sweet. It seems most people...