lol, god that's funny.mountainrev said:On second thought, I don't know that the teenage son is very cost efficient.
DeathBrewer said:1. Autosiphon (better than sucking on the hose)
I just bought a wallpaper glue tray for that very reason, you can submerge the siphon and tubing all at once. now that is a real auto siphon!JimC said:You know, you can start a siphon by filling the tube with water... I don't get all the auto siphon votes, but whatever floats your boat. I found them more of a pain than a help my self. Give me a racking cane and bells and whistles free tube any day.
There is no reason to be sucking on a hose to start a siphon other than ignorance.
when i first started brewing, my friends all told me i was stupid for getting a siphon. they all sucked on the hose. they've all since apologized.JimC said:You know, you can start a siphon by filling the tube with water... I don't get all the auto siphon votes, but whatever floats your boat. I found them more of a pain than a help my self. Give me a racking cane and bells and whistles free tube any day.
There is no reason to be sucking on a hose to start a siphon other than ignorance.
JimC said:You know, you can start a siphon by filling the tube with water... I don't get all the auto siphon votes, but whatever floats your boat. I found them more of a pain than a help my self. Give me a racking cane and bells and whistles free tube any day.
There is no reason to be sucking on a hose to start a siphon other than ignorance.
Bobby_M said:This method of filling with water still requires you to put your finger over the end of the tube. Now the water and your hand could be contiminated. Then you have to catch the water in a separate container, wait for beer, pinch the tube, move to your receiving vessel. The autosiphon takes away all this contamination potential as long as you rinse/sanitize it in the first place. Pumping the inner cane one time is easier than all the water tricks. Honestly, if someone screws up the process, siphoning is going to be the least of their problems.
coyote said:very much appreciate all the replies!
so, a full wort boil means a lot of difference for extract brewing?
my water supply is quite limited...no way I could leave the faucet open for 30 minutes straight for a immersion cooler to work.
gotta think this through.
Damn Squirrels said:1. BOTTLING WAND (can't believe nobody's said that yet! For about $2 there is NO excuse to not have one)
waskelton4 said:If you are a fan/listener of "The Brewing Network" you may have already seen this but..
they have two broadcasts that talk about this subject.. sorta.
equipment upgrades..
http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/archive/search.php?dosearch=yes&story=upgrade
waskelton4 said:I went ahead and decided to cut to the end and give what these folks said were the best upgrades.. Here there are in order of importance(i.e. do #1 first)
(the start talking about it at about 1hour and 17 minutes)
and these are the top 5 upgrades to make better beer.. (not sure about #2)
Here we go..
1. Full Wort Boil (Big Brew Kettle)
2. Kegging
3. Fermentation Temp Control
4. This thingy.. http://morebeer.com/product.html?product_id=16797
5. Brew Rack (for All Grain)
Others discussed in no particular order:
Wort Chiller
Oxygenation
Yeast Starters
Water Filtration
Pumps and Disconnects
Testing Instruments
98EXL said:link no worky in item 4
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