Mismost
Well-Known Member
I have been thinking about a vacuum pump to degas wine, but I did not want to lay out any cash for something that will only be used maybe a dozen times a year.
I had a Foodsaver, that's a vacuum pump. Mine had an accessory port and I bought a 5 dollar hose. Hooked that up to a orange plastic carboy cap, hit the switch, and it worked!
Have two batches of wine that have been in the carboys for a couple of months....only got a couple of bubbles. Ran on a batch of 2 month old cider that has been taking forever to clear....and got a ton of bubbles, like piles of foamy bubbles....still working on that one in fact.
Think I'll keep playing with it. I want to see if it will pull enough vacuum to rack and rack through a filter.
I had a Foodsaver, that's a vacuum pump. Mine had an accessory port and I bought a 5 dollar hose. Hooked that up to a orange plastic carboy cap, hit the switch, and it worked!
Have two batches of wine that have been in the carboys for a couple of months....only got a couple of bubbles. Ran on a batch of 2 month old cider that has been taking forever to clear....and got a ton of bubbles, like piles of foamy bubbles....still working on that one in fact.
Think I'll keep playing with it. I want to see if it will pull enough vacuum to rack and rack through a filter.