Drying decanters

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jdaw1
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Re: Drying decanters

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Overtired and emotional wrote:Arguably the best means of avoiding mustiness is to refill the decanter as soon as it has been emptied.
The second-place alternative is not to leave in the stopper, or to insert stopper such that there an air gap fold some paper until it is 8 or 16 thicknesses, and a fraction of an inch across; insert into decanter; then add stopper.
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Overtired and emotional wrote:Arguably the best means of avoiding mustiness is to refill the decanter as soon as it has been emptied.
Hear hear!
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