Today, I threw away half of my beer in anger. Siphoning is always an issue for me. I had a Pale Ale that had been in the secondary for 3 weeks and dry hopping for another week that I was about to bottle. On my transfer to the bottling bucket, i noticed a whole bunch of bubbles in the line. I tried pinching the tube but that didn't help. The more beer it siphoned the worst it got. I took a picture but I'm not sure how to insert it here. At any rate, while trying to fix the bubbles, I lost my siphon at about half way down my 2 gallon bucket. I tried starting it back up, but I could not get a siphon going. I was actually blowing air into my beer and mixing up all the gunk from the bottom back into my beer. Me and my bad temper , I ended up just throwing the rest of the beer down the drain.....which I instantly regretted :smack:. I had bottled 1 gallon of this beer after the primary which I had already carb'd up and tasted, and it was the best beer I had made to date.
My questions are:
1. Do those bubbles mean I oxidized my beer, and if so how will I be able to tell?
2. Any tips on how to get a good siphon going without bubbles? Could the fact that I was trying to start a siphon on a small amount of beer have caused me not to be able to get the suction going again?
My questions are:
1. Do those bubbles mean I oxidized my beer, and if so how will I be able to tell?
2. Any tips on how to get a good siphon going without bubbles? Could the fact that I was trying to start a siphon on a small amount of beer have caused me not to be able to get the suction going again?