I'm pretty sick of using an auto siphon to be completely honest. Since I have swapped to kegging I have to say my least favorite part of the brewing process is racking from the fermenter to the keg. Having to sanitize and clean the racking cane, it just a pain to me and I can never get the siphon to work smoothly the entire transfer.
I have read a lot about the plastic valves on buckets "harboring bacteria" so people tend not to use them. If you were to use a stainless one like this would it be better?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MRH813C/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
Does anyone use a valve on their fermenter and never have issues, if so how long have you been using it? I am hoping I can just put one in at around the 0.75-1.0 gallon mark and it should be well above the yeast cake. I wouldn't mind brewing a little more volume into the fermenter to compensate for the loss below the valve if it would make things more convenient transferring.
I have read a lot about the plastic valves on buckets "harboring bacteria" so people tend not to use them. If you were to use a stainless one like this would it be better?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MRH813C/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
Does anyone use a valve on their fermenter and never have issues, if so how long have you been using it? I am hoping I can just put one in at around the 0.75-1.0 gallon mark and it should be well above the yeast cake. I wouldn't mind brewing a little more volume into the fermenter to compensate for the loss below the valve if it would make things more convenient transferring.
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