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TrevorM:
Good plan! I'm sure if my local home brew store had testing I'd go there a lot more, but sadly my state is pretty backwards on Alcohol. Heck home brewing only became legal here a couple of years ago...
LOL that vial does look funny with that airlock on it. If you ever want to take up yeast culturing that would be perfect for slants though. Especially with the flat bottom like that, all mine are round ended so I have to stand them in something when I cook them.
Since you're planning on transferring it anyway why not pickup a 1 or 2 gallon jug and add the extra sugar to that for a high gravity "reserve" batch? That way if the yeast can't get through it all at least you haven't ruined it all.
le0n:
because i don't have any smaller carboys, i'll just leave it. if i end up with too much head space in my carboy tonight i'll be forced to make some calculations to add some cooked sugar/water. i'll calculate it for 15%.
i found those vials at "The Container Store". they have three different sizes 10, 4 & 2 dram. although it sounds interesting, i probably won't start any cultures like that with these cheaper yeasts. perhaps if i began sampling the expensive stuff, then i'd look into experimenting with the cultures. thanks for the tip!
this morning 1.032 SG Corrected:
TrevorM:
A good source of 1 gal glass jugs are those 'fancy' apple ciders you can get at the grocery stores (at least around here). The standard small stopper fits them too so they're great for small batches/tests/over runnings. Even if you don't want to do that with this batch something to keep in mind for next. My kids love the cider too so I've got quite a few over the years.
I'll have to check those out, they don't have a store near me so I might have to order online. It says they're made of glass on the site, but doesn't mention anything else so I'm guessing they're not borosilicate. They should still work fine, just got to be careful about thermal shock. Yeah the cheaper ones wouldn't be worth it, although where I used to live was over an hour drive each way to the closest brew store so I did my favorite then just for convenience.
le0n:
i'll get a few from somewhere for next time.
those little bottles are expensive at that store, but i like the tops. they have this shallow cone shape plastic insert that really seals the contents in. i doubt they are borosilicate. if those features don't matter, you can get loads of them for cheap online with free shipping.
TrevorM:
Well borosilicate would definitely be better because you work over a flame to keep everything sterile, but as long as it doesn't heat up or cool down to fast it should be OK. The seal is obviously very important, and is actually the bigger issue I had with my current tubes. They have screw on caps but there's a loose plastic seal inside it, and 9 times out of 10 it'll fall out at the worst time possible. I thought about replacing them with stoppers, but they really need to be air tight and would also have to withstand the flame.
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