Another Quick question about bottling a Brupaks

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Another Quick question about bottling a Brupaks

Post by djglover » Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:02 pm

Hi

Im a newbie :wink:

I've just started my very first home brew and I am confused already. Although I wont be bottling it for a few weeks I read the instructions and it says:

"Sipon the beer into bottles or a draught dispencer primed with sugar"

Does that mean I need to prime with sugar if using bottles or not :unsure:
Last edited by djglover on Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by djglover » Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:19 pm

cheers!
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Post by Andy » Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:54 pm

Hi and welcome!

You're not the djglover from STW are you ?
Dan!
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Post by djglover » Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:47 pm

:lol: yeah thats me. Hi

How long should this take to start fermenting, its at 18C and the Hydrometer reads 1040 and only a small layer of bubbles is on the top.

I stired it like mad for 5 minutes after adding the yeast, which I had rehydrated and looked spot on.
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Post by djglover » Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:56 pm

I am trying to guess who you are on there?

Andywhit?
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Post by Andy » Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:08 pm

djglover wrote:I am trying to guess who you are on there?

Andywhit?
:oops:
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Post by djglover » Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:20 pm

So it looks like the brew has gone well and I'll be bottling it on monday or Tuesday.

When Siphoning into bottles is it OK just to use some pipe from the original fermentaion bucket, suck it though and wipe the end with some sterilising solution before aiming at the bottles? I was going to nip with a clothes peg between bottles -

do I need to be more sophisticated than this?
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syphoning

Post by daveyk » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:22 pm

A tip i heard this week was to get the syphon going like this....

submerge the whole pipe in liquid, try to get all the air out of the pipe... ie pipe full! Block one end and lift it out, lower and release.... the flow should start.

Obviously in home brew terms, we need to keep things clean.... I guess as long as hand are clean then this removes the problem of having to suck the pipe.

How does everyone else do it? I know there are sucking bulbs on the market.
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Post by djglover » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:25 pm

I have just been to wilkinsons and got a siphon kit with a tap and cane. I'm going to attach some tubing after the tap, suck it through, close the tap, discard the tubing after the tap and attach sterile tubing and then stick this down into the bottles.

I think that should work quite well?
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Post by Crossbow » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:11 pm

Yes, although I've found that the taps don't fit well, and tend to leak :(
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Re: syphoning

Post by Aleman » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:16 pm

daveyk wrote:I guess as long as hand are clean then this removes the problem of having to suck the pipe.
Apparently there are more germs under your fingernails than on a toilet seat :out . . . . . . . . Of course I just suck on it to start a syphon :D






















The Tubing NOT the toilet seat :wink:
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