Re: ideas on how to avoid losing fizz?

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> hello all,

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> ive been gettting some really good brews goin recently, but one little

> thing has been a thorn in my side since the first batch... i lose 90%

> of the fizz when transferring from my culture container to my storage

> containers (wine/beer glasses),

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> i dont have enough room in my fridge to just use my culture container

> as a storage/dispensing container, which is why i bottle my KT.

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> anyone have any ideas on how to complete this transfer process without

> losing my beloved fizz??

This was my experience as well. What you have to do if you really want

fizz (carbonation), is a secondary ferment in an airtight container

and then use then keep it in an airtight conatiner in your fridge. I

just use a 1 gallon glass bottle with a special airtight cap that I

bought from a local beer brewing place to do the secondary in and then

i just throw it in the fridge when it's done. It's not gonna stay

fizzy on it's own.

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> thanks,

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> hamid.

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> ps

> i have healthy scobies if anyone living in the vancouver bc area needs

> them. free of charge of course. =)

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