Sharing the Auto-Siphon

[LCTitan]

Can I use the same auto-siphon that I use for my beer batches for wine as long as they are clean and sanitized?

 

[CampFireWine]

Even if you used separate auto-siphons, you would still be like a bee exchanging pollen from one to another just having them in the same building. Not sure what you could ever do to stop it. I ferment bread, drinks even in the fridge, and just about any other food or drink that is fermentable. The beer/wine yeast becomes the new wild yeast. Not sure if it would really hurt anything.

 

[LCTitan]

You would think it really wouldn't matter. Trying to put together my wine making kit without having to buy duplicate equipment.

 

[passedpawn]

yes.

 

[Yooper]

I use my beer and wine equipment interchangeably, with no cross-contamination issues. Everything is very clean and sanitized, of course. But it's fine!

 

[klcramer]

I have had no problems using the same equipment.

 

[malkore]

biggest problem is cleaning it quickly after racking a red wine. tubing and plastic likes to stain purple FAST. straight-A cleanser does a good job on it. WAY better than oxyclean.