JBrady
Well-Known Member
Hey guys! After a few years of brewing I've decided that I'm tired of manually pouring the wort into my better bottles through a funnel that I can never seem to keep all the liquid in anyways, lol. I wanted to try to get some pros and cons feedback from you guys on the different methods/equipment used to make the transfer happen.
I'm looking at going with one of these two options:
1. Weld a stainless valve onto my boil kettle. If I use this method won't my ice bath contaminate the valve putting me at risk of infection? My immersion chiller is incapable of cooling the wort to below 80 without the aid of an ice bath. Will pellet hops clog the inside of the valve, I don't filter or boil bag my hops.
2. Use a autosiphon to transfer. The only issue I can see with this is maybe the pellet hops cloging the siphon during transfer. Also thats just one more thing that has to be sanitized, hopefully no bacteria survives on the inside of the siphon tubing.
Thanks for any info on which way will help my brew day go easier.
I'm looking at going with one of these two options:
1. Weld a stainless valve onto my boil kettle. If I use this method won't my ice bath contaminate the valve putting me at risk of infection? My immersion chiller is incapable of cooling the wort to below 80 without the aid of an ice bath. Will pellet hops clog the inside of the valve, I don't filter or boil bag my hops.
2. Use a autosiphon to transfer. The only issue I can see with this is maybe the pellet hops cloging the siphon during transfer. Also thats just one more thing that has to be sanitized, hopefully no bacteria survives on the inside of the siphon tubing.
Thanks for any info on which way will help my brew day go easier.