Can I use my auto siphon as a "wine thief"?

[Ben_Persitz]

I want to take a hydro sample but don't have a super long turkey baster and don't want to turn the fermenter on it's side (spilling, contact with the krausen on the side) to use the short one I have.

Can I use my auto siphon? Just basically draw fluid into it but not push down and start the siphon?

Anyone done this?

 

[Walker]

i don't own an autosiphon, but a number of people do exactly what you are describing.

 

[TheCarnie]

Holy ****! I should have thought of this a long time ago.

 

[Cape Brewing]

sure... I do it all the time.

 

[Ben_Persitz]

Sweet. Just saved $10 on buying a glorified turkey baster at the LHBS

 

[JonK331]

I want to take a hydro sample but don't have a super long turkey baster and don't want to turn the fermenter on it's side (spilling, contact with the krausen on the side) to use the short one I have.

Can I use my auto siphon? Just basically draw fluid into it but not push down and start the siphon?

Anyone done this?

Yup that's what I do.

 

[jfr1111]

I used the same technique today, great minds think alike.

 

[sportscrazed2]

why not buy a turkey baster at a dollar store or something? it's much easier to sanitize than an entire auto siphon

 

[Ben_Persitz]

why not buy a turkey baster at a dollar store or something? it's much easier to sanitize than an entire auto siphon

Because it isn't long enough sir. Also, sanitizing the auto siphon will be pretty easy.

 

[lumpher]

i also use my auto-siphon as a wine thief. works great

 

[Marsdude]

BE CAREFUL! Using your auto siphon in the described fashion could start a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the universe itself!

Of course that's a worse case scenario...

 

[Walker]

Marsdude...

that's EXACTLY why I don't own one.

 

[mazultav]

mars, I think thats the worst case scenario for....everything.