What drives me nuts is mine doesn't get enough to fill my hydrometer stand so I have to dunk it twice, which gets me paranoid about re-sanitizing.
Cheap way to sanitize wine thief?
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What drives me nuts is mine doesn't get enough to fill my hydrometer stand so I have to dunk it twice, which gets me paranoid about re-sanitizing.
mookie1010
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The wine thief? I use that as my hydrometer stand.
LarryC
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If I am taking it from my 5 gallon carboy it takes two, if it's from the 6 1/2 gallon carboy it takes about four. I usually wait until I'm just about ready to transfer to secondary or bottle and do the check twice - two days apart. Less dipping eauls less chance of coodies.
+1 on spray bottle for quick testing.
If you want something to lay your thief in then use a wallpaper tray. its the perfect size to hold your thief and siphon and other misc stuff. Doesn't take much sanitizer to fill either.
If you want something to lay your thief in then use a wallpaper tray. its the perfect size to hold your thief and siphon and other misc stuff. Doesn't take much sanitizer to fill either.
dantodd
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If you use a glass wine thief you can fill it half way and set it on its side in the microwave for 2 minutes, let it cool down a little and take it out. To be extra careful you could put it in a container of water (like a lasagna dish) Not quite as good as an autoclave but should do well enough for our purposes.
ReeseAllen
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How is star-san expensive? I got my 16oz bottle for $16 at my LHBS. It takes 1 oz of concentrate to mix up a full 5-gallon bucket. I mix up a fresh bucket of star-san every week and my $16 bottle is still going to last me four months. For one day of brewing, I spend at least $30 on ingredients. Even if I go totally nuts with my spray bottle full of star-san, there's no way I could go through all 5 gallons of my $1 bucket of star-san solution unless I was brewing 7 days a week.
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That's a great idea. I have been looking for something that can hold an entire racking cane. Do you think there is one large enough to hold a cane?
yes the one i bought will hold cane and thief.
This one is 32 inch.
http://www.hardwareandtools.com/invt/6386940
This one is 32 inch.
http://www.hardwareandtools.com/invt/6386940
mookie1010
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What a great idea. As I was brewing yesterday I was thinking about starting a thread titled "what do you hate to clean / sanitize" and the auto siphon / racking cane was first on my list. I'll have to stop at the Depot this week.
Well I'll be darned. I didn't think there would be one large enough to hold the thief. I will need to keep an eye out for one of these.
For the record, I overheard someone at the LHBS say something about using some wide PVC with a cap at one end to make a large soaking tube for items like the thief. I would assume this would work well too.
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