nostalgia
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Still playing around with ways to get stuff from the carboy into Cornies. A comment Bobby_M made in another thread about a true closed system made me want to try this.
First I pumped Star-San into the keg using an auto-siphon connected to the long dip tube (OUT port). This sanitized the diptube, tubing and connector.
I next dumped the Star-San back into my bucket, sealed the lid on the keg and purged with CO2, leaving the tube connected to the OUT port to purge any leftover liquid/foam at the bottom.
Now I went to my carboy. Connected the tube that was connected to the auto-siphon to the racking cane in the carboy cap. Connected a white connector to the IN port on the keg and put a piece of tubing on that.
Got the siphon started by blowing in the other tube on the carboy cap (I could have used CO2, and probably will next time). I connected the tubing from the gas side to the second tube on the carboy cap to create a truly closed system.
I was just going to put the tube back into my Star-san bucket, since really only foam should come out of it. Then I got concerned about overfilling the keg and decided this would be better. I could also have put the tube in an empty bucket, but I wanted to make this process use as little extra equipment as possible.
It seemed to be working well. For some reason I kept getting bubbles in the siphon line.
As it got towards the bottom the siphon slowed down and eventually stopped. I had to lift the carboy up quite a bit to get it going again.
So I like the process. It was easy, clean, and I didn't have to babysit it until the end. Next time I'll raise the carboy up a foot or two to get a stronger siphon.
Any input and discussion is welcome!
-Joe
First I pumped Star-San into the keg using an auto-siphon connected to the long dip tube (OUT port). This sanitized the diptube, tubing and connector.
I next dumped the Star-San back into my bucket, sealed the lid on the keg and purged with CO2, leaving the tube connected to the OUT port to purge any leftover liquid/foam at the bottom.
Now I went to my carboy. Connected the tube that was connected to the auto-siphon to the racking cane in the carboy cap. Connected a white connector to the IN port on the keg and put a piece of tubing on that.
Got the siphon started by blowing in the other tube on the carboy cap (I could have used CO2, and probably will next time). I connected the tubing from the gas side to the second tube on the carboy cap to create a truly closed system.
I was just going to put the tube back into my Star-san bucket, since really only foam should come out of it. Then I got concerned about overfilling the keg and decided this would be better. I could also have put the tube in an empty bucket, but I wanted to make this process use as little extra equipment as possible.
It seemed to be working well. For some reason I kept getting bubbles in the siphon line.
As it got towards the bottom the siphon slowed down and eventually stopped. I had to lift the carboy up quite a bit to get it going again.
So I like the process. It was easy, clean, and I didn't have to babysit it until the end. Next time I'll raise the carboy up a foot or two to get a stronger siphon.
Any input and discussion is welcome!
-Joe