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A couple of weeks ago, I asked about doing an extra racking after the
secondary, due to the large layer on the bottom. I ended up not transferring. In hindsight, I should have. My reasonaing was the huge airspace in the carboy . . . Anyway, all but the last two bottles were fine (and the quarter bottle left). I ended up sitting them on the counter, full to the brim, covered with aluminum foil. They took about a full week to transfer . . . This time, I'm transferring after a week in the secondary. I'll probably flood the next carboy with CO2 before racking. hawk -- Richard E. Hawkins, Asst. Prof. of Economics /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign 111 Hiller (814) 375-4846 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ |
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why aluminum foil?
"Dr. Richard E. Hawkins" > wrote in message ... > A couple of weeks ago, I asked about doing an extra racking after the > secondary, due to the large layer on the bottom. > > I ended up not transferring. In hindsight, I should have. My > reasonaing was the huge airspace in the carboy . . . > > Anyway, all but the last two bottles were fine (and the quarter bottle > left). > > I ended up sitting them on the counter, full to the brim, covered with > aluminum foil. They took about a full week to transfer . . . > > This time, I'm transferring after a week in the secondary. I'll > probably flood the next carboy with CO2 before racking. > > hawk > -- > Richard E. Hawkins, Asst. Prof. of Economics /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign > 111 Hiller (814) 375-4846 \ / against HTML mail > These opinions will not be those of X and postings. > Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ |
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Adam Lang > wrote: <cloudy bottles on the counter> >why aluminum foil? To keep the air out. I was initially expecting them to settle overnight. The plan was to pour into anouther sterile bottle and cap. Instead, we ended up drinking them (one poured into large glasses; the other into another bottle). hawk -- Richard E. Hawkins, Asst. Prof. of Economics /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign 111 Hiller (814) 375-4846 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ |
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