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Problem with Auto Siphon

Hi All,

I had big problem with an auto siphon. My tube fits very snug, so much it is sometimes difficult to get on the siphon. I was racking my Arrogant Bastard clone off to the bottling bucket and I had dry hopped it with pellets instead of whole hops. I wrapped some clean cheesecloth around the bottom of the siphon and wrapped a rubber band around it, all sanitized of course. When I got down to the last gallon or so it started clogging bad. I had to pull out the siphon and take off the cheesecloth and try to carefully siphon the rest, which in the end pulled up a bunch of minute hop pieces that were suspended in the wort. The first case I bottled seemed to be pretty clear, but near the end of the second case the fine particles that got into the bottling bucket ended up clogging my auto bottle filter. I decided the last 2- 22oz. bottles I just poured the stuff in hop pieces and all and will drink those first after pouring through some strainer. Anyone run into this prob before?

Regards!!
noah

 

Hello noah,

Don't strain it decant it... let the bottle sit upright for awhile and carefully pour off the good stuff... wine snobs do it all the time.

Thanks!!!
theodore

 

Dear noah,

I used to have that problem a lot. I just started using whole hops for the dry hop, and pellets for the boil. The whole hops are easier to remove while bottling.

Regards!!!
joshua

 

Just get an auto siphon that has a plastic cap on the end. I have been using one for years with no problems. The cap sits on the bottom about an inch above the bottom of the bucket. I make fruit beers that sometimes have 5 pounds of fruit sitting in the bottom of the carboy, and the cap at the end of the auto siphon lets me siphon out all but the last inch or so of beer.

 

I haven't run into this problem, because I also have a siphon with a cap on the end.  However, it seems that if I started to have problems, I would do what you did as far as pour it off hops and all, then I would run through s strainer on the way to the bottles.  Also, I agree with decanting what you have.  The sediment will all rest on the bottom of the bottle, as long as you leave it upright and dont shake it up.
Enjoy that clone!

 

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