I decided the perfect way to forget about a stressful day at work would be to rack my Irish Red into secondary. Little did I know at the time it would be an even worse experience than dealing with the public for 9 hours.
My auto siphon(which was kept with both pieces separate) would absolutely NOT keep a solid seal the entire time. I ended up stopping my auto siphon and switching to the old fashioned one twice because I was getting frustrated that it kept oxygenating my beer. After switching to the regular siphon, it started pulling a bunch of the yeast layer off the bottom with it though the cheesecloth on the end. After half a gallon siphoned it stopped dead in it's tracks and would not start up again for anything. I ended up getting the last of my brew out with the auto siphon and cut my losses.
Now the kitchen's a mess, I yelled at SWIMBO, and I haven't even had a chance to eat dinner! Anyone else have any heinous experiences out of something that should have been simple?
P.S. I'm about to throw away this auto siphon. Every time I've used it it can't keep a good seal. I've tried soaking the seal in hot water to loosen it up and I even filled the tube with water which stopped the air from getting in the beer for a short time, until the water ran out that is. What the hell am I doing wrong?
EDIT: Good God, I can't even type "absolutely". I need a beer. . .
My auto siphon(which was kept with both pieces separate) would absolutely NOT keep a solid seal the entire time. I ended up stopping my auto siphon and switching to the old fashioned one twice because I was getting frustrated that it kept oxygenating my beer. After switching to the regular siphon, it started pulling a bunch of the yeast layer off the bottom with it though the cheesecloth on the end. After half a gallon siphoned it stopped dead in it's tracks and would not start up again for anything. I ended up getting the last of my brew out with the auto siphon and cut my losses.
Now the kitchen's a mess, I yelled at SWIMBO, and I haven't even had a chance to eat dinner! Anyone else have any heinous experiences out of something that should have been simple?
P.S. I'm about to throw away this auto siphon. Every time I've used it it can't keep a good seal. I've tried soaking the seal in hot water to loosen it up and I even filled the tube with water which stopped the air from getting in the beer for a short time, until the water ran out that is. What the hell am I doing wrong?
EDIT: Good God, I can't even type "absolutely". I need a beer. . .