Should I rack to secondary

[NGD]

Anyone else use an autosiphon but still rinse with whiskey a few times? Can never be to careful

 

[NightFlight]

So in summary, you don’t need a secondary unless you need to clarify or age.

 

[DuncB]

So in summary, you don’t need a secondary unless you need to clarify or age.

I'm moisturising but still aging, can you clarify ?

 

[IslandLizard]

So in summary, you don’t need a secondary unless you need to clarify or age.

Where did you draw that conclusion from?

 

[NSMikeD]

Fwiw if you have a plastic fermenting bucket, it’s very easy to add a spigot and do away with the siphon. Some spigots even have a bent tube on the inside so you can rotate the intake just above the trub. I never bothered with that as I had a factored the volume loss into my brew calculations and the spigot was placed at that spot.

If you need a bottling bucket to prime the beer do the same (add a spigot). Spigot in the brew pot and using mesh hop bags will help reduce sediment. Irish moss or Whirlpck tabs. And I let my wort settle for about 30 minutes after chilling before transferring to the fermenter.

a good cold crash helps clear beer.

 

[balrog]

Anyone else use an autosiphon but still rinse with whiskey a few times? Can never be to careful

I love my autosiphon. I store it in separate parts so the gasket is not stored compressed and never have an issue with leaks. I am rigorous about immediate rinse/clean/starsan after use. I would not waste my whiskey on my siphon. But that's me.

 

[D.B.Moody]

I would not waste my whiskey on my siphon. But that's me.

The whiskey rinse I meant was sipping some whiskey before starting the siphon with my mouth. I don't know if it really sanitized my lips that much, but it's a fun way yo start the day. But, as I said, I haven't actually done that in decades

 

[NGD]

The whiskey rinse I meant was sipping some whiskey before starting the siphon with my mouth. I don't know if it really sanitized my lips that much, but it's a fun way yo start the day. But, as I said, I haven't actually done that in decades

Wait? Do you mean to imply some people spit it out? You need to sanitize all the way through

 

[IslandLizard]

You need to sanitize all the way through

... and thoroughly!

One could stick a (short) "mouthpiece" of somewhat wider or thinner hose (the next size up or down) onto the end of the racking tubing.
Suck on that, then remove to leave the hose end sanitary.

 

[NGD]

Lol. I actually follow the same process as @balrog. I clean my autosiphon immediately after racking and store separated.
Save the whiskey sanitizer for post brew. I’ve found fewer mistakes are made that way.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Save the whiskey sanitizer for post brew. I’ve found fewer mistakes are made that way.

Like I said, I haven't done that for decades.

 

[pacman]

Fwiw if you have a plastic fermenting bucket, it’s very easy to add a spigot and do away with the siphon. Some spigots even have a bent tube on the inside so you can rotate the intake just above the trub. I never bothered with that as I had a factored the volume loss into my brew calculations and the spigot was placed at that spot.

If you need a bottling bucket to prime the beer do the same (add a spigot). Spigot in the brew pot and using mesh hop bags will help reduce sediment. Irish moss or Whirlpck tabs. And I let my wort settle for about 30 minutes after chilling before transferring to the fermenter.

a good cold crash helps clear beer.



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Yeah, fitting spigots (taps, faucets) to fermenters and bottling bucket is the way to go. I do this, and fitted a home made pick-up tube in my bottling bucket to avoid tilting. To minimize oxidization, I transfer from tap to tap with a plastic tube, after pouring my priming solution into the bottling bucket and sealing the lid. No noticeable oxidization problems.

Cheers