Syphon

[Lawrence22]

Is there a reliable syphon or more high quality ones available than the standard auto syphons you get from brew shops? Just had a second one fail after 15 brews. Just starts sucking in air. Caused me to loose about 5 litres in my transfer today.

 

[Bigcol49]

Hi!
The Rack Magic from Beer Hawk.

 

[Dutto]

This one will never fail.

It is easy to sanitise and a small tap from a Wilco Syphon slipped into the end of the tube allows the brew to be sucked up into the tube and then closed off. The tap can be:

• Removed if you are worried about introducing an infection.
• Removed if you are transferring the brew into a keg.
• Left in place and used to dispense the brew into bottles.

The stiff copper tube and the clip that attaches the syphon to the side of the FV allows the syphon to be introduced very slowly into the FV and keeps disturbance of the trub to a minimum.

Enjoy!

 

[Lawrence22]

Hi!
The Rack Magic from Beer Hawk.

This looks identical to the ones causing me problems.

 

[Bigcol49]

Hi!
It looks identical to the first one I bought; I binned it because it didn't work.
The Rack Magic works, and it works well.

 

[MarkBowie]

There was a video someone posted on here a while ago of just using the symphony tube straight out of no-rinse and using your thumb on the end to start the flow.

 

[Lawrence22]

There was a video someone posted on here a while ago of just using the symphony tube straight out of no-rinse and using your thumb on the end to start the flow.

I had thought about doing this but I can't get my arm down to the bottom of a keg. Not sure if the couple of seconds it would take me to feed it down would cause aeration issues.

 

[Lawrence22]

Hi!
It looks identical to the first one I bought; I binned it because it didn't work.
The Rack Magic works, and it works well.

Going to order one then. Thanks.

 

[LeeH]

Have you ever thought about just fitting a valve/tap at the bottom of your bucket/FV?

 

[Lawrence22]

Have you ever thought about just fitting a valve/tap at the bottom of your bucket/FV?

I use the water bath method of temperature control during fermentation so can't use a bucket with a tap.

 

[Clint]

If the seal at the end of the tube isn't damaged try gently flaring it out with your

 

[Lawrence22]

Hi!
The Rack Magic from Beer Hawk.

Used this for the first time today. Brilliant in comparison to previous syphons I've used. No bubbling at all. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[Ghillie]

Is there a reliable syphon or more high quality ones available than the standard auto syphons you get from brew shops? Just had a second one fail after 15 brews. Just starts sucking in air. Caused me to loose about 5 litres in my transfer today.

Hi Lawrence.

I have a brand new seal for the auto siphon if you want it? It's of no use to me, got it from HBO and it's for one of these:

http://www.home-brew-online.com/equ...-easy-flow-large-auto-syphon-with-clamp-p1816

Might get your old one up and running, should you ever need it.

 

[Lawrence22]

Hi Lawrence.

I have a brand new seal for the auto siphon if you want it? It's of no use to me, got it from HBO and it's for one of these:

http://www.home-brew-online.com/equ...-easy-flow-large-auto-syphon-with-clamp-p1816

Might get your old one up and running, should you ever need it.

Thanks but I am sorted now, new syphon works perfectly.

 

[Ben034]

I use a piece of standard pvc tube attached with a syphon clip and a cheap 100ml syringe to get the flow going (about £2.5 from eBay). It's easy to clean and can't really go wrong.

 

[Ghillie]

I'm a length of pvc hose on my bucket spigot. It's a good bit off the trub bed so I don't have issues with sediment getting into my keg or bottling bucket.

 

[Sbond10]

I use a piece of standard pvc tube attached with a syphon clip and a cheap 100ml syringe to get the flow going (about £2.5 from eBay). It's easy to clean and can't really go wrong.

I use this method have been for years no problems almost baulked at the price of an autosython

 

[matt76]

I use a piece of standard pvc tube attached with a syphon clip and a cheap 100ml syringe to get the flow going (about £2.5 from eBay). It's easy to clean and can't really go wrong.

This is exactly my plan to bottle brew #2 after the "magic" syphon thing that came with my first brew kit performed dismally. Except I done for me a *200*ml syringe cos I like to go large ;-)

First rule of engineering: Keep it simple, stupid!

 

[Sbond10]

Yep I sometimes place a trub stopper on end of the Syphon so I can just drop the hose onto the yeast bed