how to get extract into glass carboy

timgman · May 18, 2008

How on god's green earth am I SUPPOSED to (as opposed to the mess I just made) get my extract / wort into my glass carboy?
thanks
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ps if my wife saw the mess I just made I'd have alot more brew-time on my hands...hehehe

Yooper · May 18, 2008

Well, you can sanitize your siphon and use that, or if you want to pour it, sanitize a funnel?

JustDave · May 18, 2008

Did you try a funnel?

Revvy · May 18, 2008

If you have cooled your wort to pichable temp you can use a siphon/auto siphon....Or you can use a big sanitized funnel and carefully pour it in....

EvilTOJ · May 18, 2008

Try a siphon or a funnel.

videoman · May 18, 2008

Well, I have two different sized carboys, and two different sized funnels. Cost not much more than $5-7 bucks at your LHBS, or online stores like Norther Brewer, Midwest or Austin Homebrew. When I was doing 2 gal extracts I lift my brewpot and slowly pour in the funnel. Topped off with water the same way. Worked for me.

Hey, I've got a fiero... I'll trade for beer.

Revvy · May 18, 2008

Don't buy your funnells, strainers, etc at your LHBS...go to a Dollar store...You can get a better selection and price, even at hardware stores....

timgman · May 18, 2008

I need a much LARGER funnel evidently... how large is yours?:
thanks....
Just got the wort off my hard wood floors... the wife will never know... until by fate shew finds this thread.. after I'm dead if 60 years...
hehehe
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SteveM · May 18, 2008

I have a real low tech funnel that works great. Take a two liter soda bottle, cut it off just below the shoulder, sanitize, and bingo, you are done. Saves a trip to the dollar store even. It fits perfectly into the mouth of a carboy and the opening is big enough that even fruit sludge will pass through easily.

timgman · May 18, 2008

SteveM said:
I have a real low tech funnel that works great. Take a two liter soda bottle, cut it off just below the shoulder, sanitize, and bingo, you are done. Saves a trip to the dollar store even. It fits perfectly into the mouth of a carboy and the opening is big enough that even fruit sludge will pass through easily.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
I wish I asked this BEFORE I made this batch....
Geesh I had it righ in front of me the whole time....
MAN -o -MAN

timgman · May 18, 2008

AHHH frustrating

Revvy · May 18, 2008

SteveM said:
I have a real low tech funnel that works great. Take a two liter soda bottle, cut it off just below the shoulder, sanitize, and bingo, you are done. Saves a trip to the dollar store even. It fits perfectly into the mouth of a carboy and the opening is big enough that even fruit sludge will pass through easily.

SCORE!!!!!!!

Great idea!

janzik · May 18, 2008

Who's using a funnel to move wort from your brew pot to a carboy?!

An autosiphon will do the trick. You will be happy you got one, or two...

Bernie Brewer · May 18, 2008

janzik said:
Who's using a funnel to move wort from your brew pot to a carboy?!

An autosiphon will do the trick.

True, but you get better aeration if you use a funnel.

EdWort · May 18, 2008

timgman said:
I need a much LARGER funnel evidently... how large is yours?:

Well, that is kinda personal, but in the interest of helping, I will show you how how big mine is.

It is 12 inches and fits perfectly into the carboy neck.

Get it here for $7.25

homebrewer_99 · May 18, 2008

videoman said:
Hey, I've got a fiero... I'll trade for beer.

That was my favorite car...I had to give it away. We moved and already had 2 cars...it had 216,000 miles on it and was only in the shop once (except for the recalls).

What color and how much beer??? (Does it still run?)

elkdog · May 18, 2008

EdWort said:
Well, that is kinda personal, but in the interest of helping, I will show you how how big mine is.

It is 12 inches and fits perfectly into the carboy neck.

Get it here for $7.25

+1 for the "expensive" funnel. These come with (or maybe you have to pay an extra buck for) a mesh screen that keeps a lot of your cold break, hops, etc. out of the fermentor, which is kind of nice. Also, they're big, and the long spout keeps the thing anchored in the carboy/bb, making it a lot easier to transfer the beer without an assistant.

timgman · May 18, 2008

videoman said:
Well, I have two different sized carboys, and two different sized funnels. Cost not much more than $5-7 bucks at your LHBS, or online stores like Norther Brewer, Midwest or Austin Homebrew. When I was doing 2 gal extracts I lift my brewpot and slowly pour in the funnel. Topped off with water the same way. Worked for me.

Hey, I've got a fiero... I'll trade for beer.

I have a vette now but I've had 10 fieros ...they rule...:fro: :tank:

vfinch · May 18, 2008

elkdog said:
+1 for the "expensive" funnel. These come with (or maybe you have to pay an extra buck for) a mesh screen that keeps a lot of your cold break, hops, etc. out of the fermentor, which is kind of nice. Also, they're big, and the long spout keeps the thing anchored in the carboy/bb, making it a lot easier to transfer the beer without an assistant.

I picked up a stainless canning funnel from farm/tool supplier for about $7. It's similar to the picture below and it came with a stainless screen that goes between the two halves. Works great and it is very stable on the neck of the carboy; it also gives great aeration to the wort going in the carboy.

fratermus · May 19, 2008

SteveM said:
It fits perfectly into the mouth of a carboy and the opening is big enough that even fruit sludge will pass through easily.

Also works great with powders (like pouring dextrose into jugs when making Apfelwein).

edit --> and use the bottom part as a single-bottle-soaker to soak labels off.

RangerG · May 21, 2008

My wife never holds the funnel right. She lets it make a seal instead of tipping it a little, then some hot wort blurches up and scares her - every time.

Laser21 · May 21, 2008

RangerG said:
My wife never holds the funnel right. She lets it make a seal instead of tipping it a little, then some hot wort blurches up and scares her - every time.

HAHA. Simple pleasures!

EvilTOJ · May 22, 2008

RangerG said:
My wife never holds the funnel right. She lets it make a seal instead of tipping it a little, then some hot wort blurches up and scares her - every time.

Please tell me you're only pouring hot (less than 100 degree) wort into cold water that's already in your carboy. I've had a carboy bottom fall out on me from thermal shock and it was sitting in 2" of 130 degree water.

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