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General Category => General Homebrew Discussion => Topic started by: darthmorgoth on November 20, 2009, 01:25:29 AM
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looks like i got the hind end of the spool or something, does anyone have a trick up their sleeve for making my miscreant tubing behave? ive been offered the suggestion of hanging and weighting at NB forums and i thought i would set this out here as well.
cheers,
darth
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Boiling water, soak, remove, bend into any shape you like! :)
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Brilliant!
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Yea my gawd my friends. I sometimes wish that there was a ban on selling the last end of a spool!
I have very few of these type of hoses actually. Believe it or not, I still use the exact same hose that came with my 10 year old B3 starter kit for transferring beers. I'd say that I easily have over 200 beers transferred through that silly tube.
Now, I have two new hoses though. They are hooked to a "Y" adapter so I can transfer my 10 gallons into two 5 gallon kegs at the same time. This method ended my problems with stratification.
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Never thought to boil it,
Thanks for the idea.
Fred
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... Now, I have two new hoses though. They are hooked to a "Y" adapter so I can transfer my 10 gallons into two 5 gallon kegs at the same time. This method ended my problems with stratification.
BRILLIANT! :)
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Thank the Beer Gods! When I read 'curlys' I thought some sort of nefarious hair had gotten into your racking tube!!
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You just need to soak it in some near boiling water for a few minutes and then hang it up with some weight on the bottom, while it cools.
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To think I've been battling curly siphon tubes all this time.
Actually mine usually straighten pretty well out after washing with hot water a during a few batch transfers.
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Yea my gawd my friends. I sometimes wish that there was a ban on selling the last end of a spool!
I have very few of these type of hoses actually. Believe it or not, I still use the exact same hose that came with my 10 year old B3 starter kit for transferring beers. I'd say that I easily have over 200 beers transferred through that silly tube.
Now, I have two new hoses though. They are hooked to a "Y" adapter so I can transfer my 10 gallons into two 5 gallon kegs at the same time. This method ended my problems with stratification.
thanks lonnie, thats an incredibly helpful tip. going to do the same next batch.
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thank you for the great ideas; i got around to dipping them in boiling water today and it worked like a charm.
cheers,
darth
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What works for me is the permenant installation of a cheap plastic bottling wand on the end of my racking set up.
It does decrease the flow rate a bit but I also like the ease at which I can lift up on the hose to stop the flow to secondary/keg if its going to overfill and then fill a few bottles or take a hydro sample w/o draining beer all over.
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What works for me is the permenant installation of a cheap plastic bottling wand on the end of my racking set up.
It does decrease the flow rate a bit but I also like the ease at which I can lift up on the hose to stop the flow to secondary/keg if its going to overfill and then fill a few bottles or take a hydro sample w/o draining beer all over.
You sir, are a genus! It seems to me the slower flow rate would help prevent splashing/oxidation. Plus you are filling from underneath.
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What works for me is the permenant installation of a cheap plastic bottling wand on the end of my racking set up.
It does decrease the flow rate a bit but I also like the ease at which I can lift up on the hose to stop the flow to secondary/keg if its going to overfill and then fill a few bottles or take a hydro sample w/o draining beer all over.
this is what I have done for years. Surprisese when o fond out howamy people have not thought about this option.
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I use the hot water method and have a 8" length of straight copper tubing I use on one end to weigh it down and keep it in the bottom of my kegs.
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Boiling water, soak, remove, bend into any shape you like! :)
That's a great idea Lonnie. I'll try that sometime.
I have always used very hot water which works pretty well.
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You just need to soak it in some near boiling water for a few minutes and then hang it up with some weight on the bottom, while it cools.
I do this as well and it works fine. It will always end up with a slight curve to it.