So just racked and bottled my trappist ale that has been in primary for 3 weeks. It has been tasting and smelling good, was super psyched, until now. I think I oxygenated it while racking to bottling bucket.
About 4/5th's of the way down, I started noticing tiny bubbles floating backwards toward the primary, then it stopped siphoning. When trying to get it back going again, I injected some air/bubbles into the primary and bottling bucket. I struggled to get it going again, and after injecting some more air and stirring up the trub on bottom, I called it quits and left the remaining 1/2 gallon or so in the primary.
My siphon is a little special Ed cause I tried to siphon boiling water threw it once, so it's a little "curvey", but still worked fine until now.
So my question in the end is, how easy is it to oxygenate your beer? I'd be really bummed if this screwed it up!
About 4/5th's of the way down, I started noticing tiny bubbles floating backwards toward the primary, then it stopped siphoning. When trying to get it back going again, I injected some air/bubbles into the primary and bottling bucket. I struggled to get it going again, and after injecting some more air and stirring up the trub on bottom, I called it quits and left the remaining 1/2 gallon or so in the primary.
My siphon is a little special Ed cause I tried to siphon boiling water threw it once, so it's a little "curvey", but still worked fine until now.
So my question in the end is, how easy is it to oxygenate your beer? I'd be really bummed if this screwed it up!
