Siphoning

Jul 29, 2006 4 Replies

The siphon that came with my brew-kit is kind of a joke. I wanted to go buy an outo siphon but I really didn't feel like driving all the way to the brew-store. So I went to my local hardware and bought a standard self prime siphon from them. I know when looking into putting my own brew parts together for buckets it called for "food grade plastic". Now im willing to bet that this plastic and rubber siphon is not "food grade" but I cleaned the hell out of it, and hopefully it will be fine. I was curoius if any one else had done anything like this as well? By the time I get any response to this, it will have either had no affect on my beer, or ruined it?



Fire away.



Sir,

Would it be possible for you to post a picture of the standard self prime siphon in an appropriate Binary group or I could make arrangement (if you were willing) to have it sent to a friends email account. I'm interested because I think it would work for a fish pool I'm working on. I've be ever so grateful, but I understand if you cannot.

Thanks eVe Gee

If you really want to see this, and are not joking... Here is a URL to the item I bought. I got it on sale for $4.99, and it's very close to where I live -vs- the 30min one way drive to the Brewstore. So I went with this model. It comes completely apart and cleans easily.

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I've never used anything like that. Do you continually pump or does the siphon take over once its been primed? Did you notice air bubbles in your brew during transfer. Have you tried any of the options listed here:

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Good luck, Wild

There are small air bubbles realted to the natural head of the beer. Once primed it ran all it's own with a very nice flow, even and steady. I have a clip that attaches the end of my hose to the side of the secondary during racking. I acutally went out today and bought a proper siphon. I was explained the meaning of "food grade plastic". Basicly it's a hardened plastic that is non-pourous. This will keep small bacteria and natural yeast from contaminating your plastics, and your beer. It was a minor investment. I bought the other in a pinch, but it seemed to work just fine.

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