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The secondary is for clarity and aging. You would notice a big
difference in those beers if you age them an additional 4-6 weeks. I
always found that the beers I bottled quickly always tasted better right
about the time they are all gone. That is, after they aged.
Jim[/QUOTE]
You know I am a bit of a procrastinator on most everything but wanting to try my latest creation. I think that you have shown me the light on this Jim. Reason is that I have had a bottle or two that had gotten tucked away in the back only to be found several months down the road after all the others from that batch had already been drank and found they seemed much better than I remembered them being. While the ones I let age for only 2 months in the bottle was good the ones that had aged 5 or 6 did seem better.
You have made me think that on the batches I have going now that I better go for secondary, but then there is that part of me that worries about getting too much splash or worse some outside organism in it and the whole thing goes belly up. I have been checking out conicals and that is how I ended up on this site, but when I finally get my hands on one of these conicals I will be doing the secondary.
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