mold in my spigot... what to do?

[zacster]

As for having to sanitize the auto-siphon, it is self sanitizing. I keep a bucket of sanitizer and use the auto siphon to transfer it to the carboy, keg and whatever else. The auto-siphon is sanitized in the process. Same with cleaners.

 

[Vaureywwc]

I also have a quick thing to add. After using your spigot I would spray it with a squirt bottle of citric acid and use a small brush to clean and a paper towel to dry.

 

[dustinboyd]

I used to use an auto siphon and yes it was easy and worked well, but I switched to using spigot frementers only, about 3 years ago and I've never had a problem. As easy as the auto siphon is, the spigot is easier and less time consuming.

To the OP, to keep mine clean I disassemble and clean every time I clean the frementer and its worked with no problems. I do cover the spigot with a plastic bagie and spray star san up the spigot before every pour. Every now and then, soak the entire thing in oxyclean or. PBW.

 

[tomaso]

I used to use an auto siphon and yes it was easy and worked well, but I switched to using spigot frementers only, about 3 years ago and I've never had a problem. As easy as the auto siphon is, the spigot is easier and less time consuming.

To the OP, to keep mine clean I disassemble and clean every time I clean the frementer and its worked with no problems. I do cover the spigot with a plastic bagie and spray star san up the spigot before every pour. Every now and then, soak the entire thing in oxyclean or. PBW.

Yes, I also find it much easier than siphoning. I think with getting rid of the mold and a dehumidifier and then using a bag over the spigot and spraying Starsan it should hopefully be OK...

 

[wilserbrewer]

I As easy as the auto siphon is, the spigot is easier and less time consuming.

To the OP, to keep mine clean I disassemble and clean every time I clean the frementer and its worked with no problems. I do cover the spigot with a plastic bagie and spray star san up the spigot before every pour. Every now and then, soak the entire thing in oxyclean or. PBW.

Maybe it's just me and my love of primitive methods, but I fail to see how disassembling a spigot and cleaning, and reinstalling every batch is easier than racking.

Different strokes I guess..

 

[tomaso]

Maybe it's just me and my love of primitive methods, but I fail to see how disassembling a spigot and cleaning, and reinstalling every batch is easier than racking.

Different strokes I guess..

Well, the spigot you just screw on and off in a second and just rinse it and soak it in Starsan and that's it. And to transfer wort you just open the tap et voilà...

With the siphon, in my experience, there are 3 big parts and while manoeuvring it isn't exactly hard it does take some effort, watching and holding in place.
Also I find that it's too likely for me to disturb the trub while tilting the carboy to get out all the wort.

And since I only have a 15L pot, when I rack from it to the fermentor the huge autosiphon is almost impossible to hold in place well without help.

Not to mention it falling out of the bucket or hand, hose falling on the floor, etc for clumsy guys like myself.

Actually I already wanted to start a thread called 'why I hate the auto siphon so much'

So to me it seems so much easier just to connect a hose to the spigot....nothing else to worry about...

 

[ncbrewer]

And since I only have a 15L pot, when I rack from it to the fermentor the huge autosiphon is almost impossible to hold in place well without help.

Pour from the kettle into the fermenter. You get significant aeration, too.