Oxygen when using a turkey baster to collect samples

[Alimac019]

Cheers for all your tips guys! I have ordered a wine thief with the hope of avoiding any possible oxygen problems!

 

[The Idiot]

Just to put the 'air from a turkey baster' into context, I used to tilt the brewing bucket when syphoning into a bottling bucket to get the maximum amount of wort out without sucking up dregs. I had a hefty paperback (the name of which evades me) I used to prop the fermenting bucket at an angle. The book had been through many hands and was a dog-eared wreck of a thing, which is why it was allotted this specific task.

One day, after transferring (and with a few pints on board) I accidentally knocked the book into the full bottling bucket. For a second I was transfixed and watched as it slowly submerged. Realising I had to act quickly I suddenly sprang into action and shoved my hand, sleeve included, into the bottling bucket and groped around. Locating the book I pulled it free, but not wanting to drip beer on the carpet I then stood with it still dripping into the bucket while I tried to locate something to dump it on.

I decided the best course of action was to pretend to myself that this had never happened. The beer turned out to be fantastic.

With this in mind, a few air bubbles do seem less than fatal!

 

[Halfacrem]

I don't even think there's strong evidence to suggest that a bit of bubbling and oxygen has any real effect on Home brew beer, certainly not in the relatively short period a Home Brewer has his beer hanging around.

 

[strange-steve]

I agree that a little bit of bubbling isn't generally a problem, but oxidation definitely does have an effect. I experienced it with a weizen I made once and it was vile.

 

[JapanBrew]

If you're really worried, it is well worth getting a refractometer. It only needs a drop of beer on it.

 

[BeerisGOD]

lesson learned. but id still rather dunk the hydro in the wort. saying that ill prob use it on the OG as by the time I've aerated its really hard to see through the krausen the beer level

 

[Dutto]

I use a turkey baster (£1 from Tesco at Christmas time) without any problems whatsoever.

To prevent "bubbles" I just squeeze the bulb on the turkey baster before I submerge the end of the tube in the beer.



Simples! (Where's that meerkat when you need him!) :lol: :lol:

 

[baggybill]

first time i used a turkey baster i inserted and squeezed and watched the bubbles and had a face palm DOH! moment,
thankfully it was early on in the brew and had no detrimental effect.

ever since i simply check myself before i draw and squeeze insert and suck... most my FVs have taps which makes the sample drawing easy as long as the tap spout gets a flush out after each draw otherwise the risk of something getting a foot hold and spoiling the brew as its transferred is increased.

Wilkos turkey baster, star san the whole thing (inside & out), 'squeeze, insert and suck' has worked for me with no issues since day 1 :thumb:

 

[JapanBrew]

If you only do one batch at a time, you can sanitize your hydrometer and just leave it in the FV. I've never done it but I've heard of people doing that.

 

[BeerisGOD]

I use a turkey baster (£1 from Tesco at Christmas time) without any problems whatsoever.

To prevent "bubbles" I just squeeze the bulb on the turkey baster before I submerge the end of the tube in the beer.



Simples! (Where's that meerkat when you need him!) :lol: :lol:

good ol Tesco. despite the ridiculous buy two get the third free deals, they're always surprising me with the odd helpful brewing necessities

 

[DoctorMick]

Another alternative way to take your gravity readings is to get an FV with a tap, I find it much easier to draw my sample thru the tap.

 

[Bigcol49]

I had a hefty paperback (the name of which evades me) I used to prop the fermenting bucket at an angle. The book had been through many hands and was a dog-eared wreck of a thing, which is why it was allotted this specific task.

One day, after transferring (and with a few pints on board) I accidentally knocked the book into the full bottling bucket. For a second I was transfixed and watched as it slowly submerged. Realising I had to act quickly I suddenly sprang into action and shoved my hand, sleeve included, into the bottling bucket and groped around. Locating the book I pulled it free, but not wanting to drip beer on the carpet I then stood with it still dripping into the bucket while I tried to locate something to dump it on.

That's a novel way of brewing :lol:
Any suggestions for the title of the book?
One of the Nancy Brew mysteries, perhaps?
The Canterbury Ales?

 

[Fil]

gone are the days of hefty phone books and yellow pages two tombs ideal for beer bucket wedging

a great 2nd option is magazine stacks though take care with glossy covered jobs as they slip n slide too easily, if using a tap to drain, the tip needed can increase as the centre of gravity drops with the liquid level, and a wedge is way more steady than my holding capacity ..

propping the successful gentle tip forward has to be the unsung hero of home brewing techniques n tricks, if you calculated the gains a commercial enterprise could get if they too could tip the odd mega litre vessel forward, or savings on expensive conical vessels to negate the need, i dont think it would be a nominal amount, well not on my scale anyway

 

[Dutto]

gone are the days of hefty phone books and yellow pages two tombs ideal for beer bucket wedging .......

I use a 300mm length of 10mm x 30mm wood off-cut that I place under the FV for 10 minutes (to let the trub settle) before I start to syphon the FV into the Bottling Bucket.

It works and I lose less than 1 litre per brew! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

 

[Fil]

I use a 300mm length of 10mm x 30mm wood off-cut that I place under the FV for 10 minutes (to let the trub settle) before I start to syphon the FV into the Bottling Bucket.

It works and I lose less than 1 litre per brew! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

hehe wanna boast minimal dead space eh ????
all in good humour..
by hovering a 1/2" bsp F/F eblow circa 1mm off the bottom skin of the big boiler, providing over 70mm sq drain access,, no need for a wedge a wee tip to let te pump suck the last drop out leaves me with just a lil break material ..

A hop spider removed the need for filtering...

also in on that brewday i had some losses due to testing a new cfc which i didnt trust inside the brewshed so had about
7m of cfc ID 9.5mm, plus at least 2m of 8mm id silicone tube post cfc, some of which you can see dipping in and out of the kettle..some i managed to let gravity drain into the fv but not as much as i should have been able to..