On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 07:37:29 -0500 , jvoosen(a)usfamily.net writes: When I use glass primaries, I try to get the wort as close to pitching temperature as possible. It's best not to push it, given the potential consequences. Quick temperature cycles stress glass and weaken it until it becomes too brittle to handle the stresses of the next cycle, that short drop to the floor, the weight of its contents, etc... Naturally, it will never fail at an *opportune* time :-) I've mostly switched to open/loosely-covered plastic fermenters for everything, and secondary in cornies. Some days, I miss the alcoholic lava lamp, but when I move the fermenters I enjoy not having to lug around heavy, brittle, skunking-transparent glass. -- Chris Mikkelson | If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. chris(a)mikk.net | If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. | But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to | improve the world, and a desire to enjoy the world. | This makes it hard to plan the day. - E. B. White