Wine Thief

[LavaChild]

Can anybody recommend a wine thief or alternative? Using a turkey baster looks like an inexpensive solution but I've read these 'leak' when taking samples. The Fermtech 'The Thief' look okay, as do the Ballihoo plastic ones (where you pop your finger over the top)... Which (if any - or alternative!) is best?

Cheers.

 

[tropicalpisshead]

I have a wine thief and a turkey baster and I use the turkey baster all the time

 

[oldbloke]

If you want to get really fancy you can get actual syringes that go up to 100ml - I find the hydrometer sample jar wants 60 to 70. You'll have to Google a bit but they're there.

 

[nobyipa]

i use one of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LARGE-PLASTIC ... 1070899556
great for getting a syphon going when racking and a full 100 ml to fit your hydrometer test jar
free next day post too

 

[oldbloke]

i use one of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LARGE-PLASTIC ... 1070899556
great for getting a syphon going when racking and a full 100 ml to fit your hydrometer test jar
free next day post too

Also handy for adding the same amount of a liquid to each of several bottles

 

[morethanworts]

I have a wine thief and a turkey baster and I use the turkey baster all the time

Snap.

Wish I hadn't wasted a few quid on the wine thief first.

 

[LavaChild]

i use one of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LARGE-PLASTIC ... 1070899556
great for getting a syphon going when racking and a full 100 ml to fit your hydrometer test jar
free next day post too

How easy are these to sanitise? Thanks!

 

[nobyipa]

its a syringe it is a lot easier to clean and sanitise than a turkey baster or wine thief
and a syringe of this size inserted into a T junction in your syphon tube when racking can be used to create the syphon affect with ease
No more having to prime your syphon or worse still sucking the syphon tube to get it going

 

[morethanworts]

That looks good! Turkey basters do drip, not that it's much of a problem, though I do sometimes have to do two dips to get enough of a sample later on in fermentation, when the hydrometer sinks further.

Only time I can think I would marginally still prefer the baster is if there's still a very thick krauesen, perhaps, like the case with WY 3787 even after nearly 3 weeks. Other than that, the syringe looks a good bet.

 

[LavaChild]

its a syringe it is a lot easier to clean and sanitise than a turkey baster or wine thief
and a syringe of this size inserted into a T junction in your syphon tube when racking can be used to create the syphon affect with ease
No more having to prime your syphon or worse still sucking the syphon tube to get it going

Thank you :) I guess I'll have to look for a T junction next... It's all new to me! :) Thanks.

 

[nobyipa]

food grade T's

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160962445418? ... 1423.l2649

:thumb:

 

[Chameleon67]

Hi folks, does anyone have any fresh links to the two eBay items mentioned in this thread? Would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance :-)