I have an auto siphon that I successfully use to transfer beer, but I can't seem to get it to work with my bottling wand. Here's my process: Bottling bucket is on a table, bottles are on the floor. The auto siphon is wetted with sanitizer and I have a small piece of connector tubing that attaches snugly from the autosiphon tubing to the bottling wand. I depress the wand (allowing flow) and give the auto siphon a few pumps. Even with the wand activated, there is a lot of resistance from the siphon, creating some frothing in the tubing and not completely filling it. If I lift the bottling wand (prevent flow) the beer stays in the tubing near the bend of the auto siphon, so I think I have a good seal, but it never really fills the tubing down near the bottle filler. No matter what I do, beer will not completely fill the tubing. If I push on the bottling wand again the beer just pours back into the bucket instead of siphoning down into the bottles. So what am I doing wrong?
Thanks for any advice!
Thanks for any advice!