AugustDerleth
Well-Known Member
Thank you very much for this! I highly prefer this over a stopper. I've jammed stoppers into fermenters and dropped them in before, and I tend to have a hard time getting them out. The cap is awesome and easy! Obviously, I was going from bucket to carboy but I just used the pre-drilled hole in the bucket lid and slid my cane through that so there was still VERY little interaction with outside air.
I used suction on the small stem to begin the syphon, it took quite a bit of energy and a few different breaths but once it started I just walked away, love that it's hands-free!
Close up of rack in progress:
and I took the cap off of the side-stem, it was nothing but co2 being pushed out so no oxygen was getting in. If you leave that cap on, the syphon slows and will eventually blow the cap off haha.
Finished w/ airlock in:
RDWHAHB
Close up of rack in progress:
Finished w/ airlock in:
RDWHAHB