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Yup, I was thinking about that, wondering how well it would work... But wouldn't it be cool to find some big, cartoony, Three Stooges-style syringe to use?

This would work really well with some small tubing—it would draw off nearly a cup in one pull! Too bad you'd probably have to buy in bulk from a dude named "Mr. Snake Wang." :D

I've spent a few minutes searching for it and haven't found much, but I'm wondering if there's not a giant syringe that might work well for this task? You know, like something used in equine medicine or givin' whales shots or something like that. Hmm... :cross:

Count me in, yo!

I'm probably sticking pretty much to the 1-2-3 rule by now, so unless something alarming happens, I'll be bottling two weeks from today, then putting some in the fridge 3 weeks after that to stand for at least a couple of days... Just in time for the heat to be cranked to 11, as they say.

...And an additional photo of secondary. Sample tastes spot on.

Here's a better hydrometer photo taken after transfer to secondary this afternoon—nailed the predicted FG of 1.010.

I was planning on racking to secondary this Sunday, primarily to stick with the recipe and to clear things up before bottling in another week or two, but it appears I've pretty much hit the kit's predicted FG of 1.010 after only 4 days in primary. I'll probably go thru with the plan, but as...

Had carpal tunnel surgery back in January and one of my coworkers asked if I'd tried "the stranger" yet... Took me a moment to get it, then laffed my ass off! :D

Oh, and here's a couple of videos, one at 12 hours in and the other at 24 hours. Check out the churn goin' on in the second video! I'm like a proud pappy, I am... :ban: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/video/ahs-weedwacker-clone12-hours-in-559.html...

Those cheap plastic rope handle tubs (about $8 at Target) are great! Just don't get the cheaper ones—they're thinner and break really easily. I crank up the icemaker the day before and save what I get in plastic bags... After sanitizing the primary, I put a small brick in the bottom of one...

Kit predicted OG of 1.045... Would I be wrong to call this 1.044 or so? Either way, close enough, I'd say. Then a couple of shots of the primary all packed away in the BrewCloset®.

Here we go... Steepin' drain, .5 oz hop additions ready to go, post-boil ice bath...

I was just reading Bobby M's sticky on force carbing when you replied. I guess what I'm interested in is a "Kegging for Dummies" style tutorial (for lack of a better term). BTW, Revvy, I used a modification of your bottling-wand-attached-to-spigot method the other day using a 1.5" piece of...

Anyone have a recommendation for an online start-to-finish primer for someone interested in kegging? I realize there's TONS of info right here, but I'm wondering if there is a good, reliable, all-in-one illustrated tutorial for kegging beginners available. I'm waaaay out from even thinking...

A quick wipe with a dry paper towel will do the trick. Just pat the moisture off the outside of the stopper and do a quick wipe of the inside of the carboy neck, no more than a quarter inch in. Not enough nasties on the clean paper towel to hurt anything.

I'm gonna take that as a DON'T CHANGE A THING!

Just ran by Austin Homebrew and picked up the Saint Arnold Weedwacker clone extract kit. Anyone tried this one before? I have the Cooper's Irish Stout all bottled and put away, so I wanted to do something my wife would be interested in as well. I didn't bother asking about the yeast fuel or...

The still-labeled bottles were some emergency standbys I had to wash/sanitize at the last moment 'cos I actually ended up with a bit more than I thought I was going to have. The two with single X's are coming up on the end of the run, and the XX bottle is the last and probably has the most...

In the words of Jackie Gleason: "And awaAAy we go!" :ban: