[darthmorgoth]

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

[lonnie mac]

Boiling water, soak, remove, bend into any shape you like!

[beerocd]

Brilliant!

[lonnie mac]

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.

[bonjour]

Never thought to boil it,

Thanks for the idea.

Fred

[stout_fan]

... 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!

[akr71]

Thank the Beer Gods!  When I read 'curlys' I thought some sort of nefarious hair had gotten into your racking tube!!

[brewboy]

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.

[ndcube]

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.

[loopy]

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.

[darthmorgoth]

thank you for the great ideas; i got around to dipping them in boiling water today and it worked like a charm.

cheers,
darth

[dsiets]

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.

[akr71]

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.

[majorvices]

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.

[euge]

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.