Racking into bottles

[Grunaki]

First time doing it and I'm not sure of the best method.

Can you stop the flow between bottles, or does that break the siphon cycle and you have to *slurp it again to get it to restart? Should I just put the bottles in a tray and move from one to the next once I think they're done?

(* Apparently I can't say 's-u-c-k', because I'm a new user and that word is spammy).

 

[PD]

Get your self a little attachment called " Little Bottler " will make a breeze of bottling day.

http://www.biggerjugs.co.uk/little-bott ... p-959.html

 

[Tomcat]

+1 for the Little Bottler - makes it really easy and no mess

 

[winelight]

I just hold up the neck of the next bottle on/over the current bottle at an angle, then slip the syphon tube from current bottle to the next bottle at the critical moment. Quick and easy, with practice.

Of course there are the odd drips and sometimes a gush when I get the timing wrong, so I stand the bottles on a towel.

The little bottling tube thing restricts the flow so it takes twice as long, I believe?

 

[xdaver]

Just get a little tap for the end of the syphon tube, works well for me whatever I,m pouring into.
Youngs do the syphon pack with sediment trap, rigid tube, clip, flexi tube and tap for a few quid.
Also helps with pointing the flow at the side of the bottle so no bubbles/foam head.

 

[BreadMurderer]

+1 for the Little Bottler - makes it really easy and no mess

+1 - I faff with mine a bit as it can sometimes fill slow but its so easy/handy to use.

 

[rpt]

+1 for the Little Bottler. Also has the advantage that the tube goes all the way to the bottom of the bottles so it fills up without too much oxidation. A tap on the end of a syphon tube means the beer must get aerated as the bottle fills.