Wanted to do my first AG this Thursday using a cooler mash tun and SS pot.
Both have taps but the tubing I have ain't wide enough to fit on to the taps, nor are they threaded for barbs.
So not sure how to go about transferring liquid between vessels to avoid oxidisation and splashing
Anybody got alternatives for me, or indeed somewhere in Dublin I could pick some up in store tomorrow?
Or is there something I am missing completely. Keep in mind, I am an idiot 8)
you're going to be aerating it anyway before pitching the yeast, so all you need to worry about is the splashing
Quote from: LordEoin on June 10, 2014, 03:44:23 PM
you're going to be aerating it anyway before pitching the yeast, so all you need to worry about is the splashing
Thinking more about going from the tun to the kettle. Read about hot side aeration being an issue?
If you put the end of your tube in boiling water for 10min it might soften enough to get it over the barb.
(That sounds painful :'( )
The only idiot is the one that doesn't ask the questions.
When I started All Graining I decanted to a jug and transferred to the BK gently to try minimize Hot side aeration and that works, fill the jug like you would a pint and tip it in to the bottom of the BK gently. Its a PITA but gets you going. By all means get silicone hosing and a solar pump but don't not brew cos ya don't have it. Yer gonna have to do that anyhoo to get yer wort clear from tap back to top of grain bed (remembering your tinfoil turkey tray to prevent the returning word form cutting into your forming grain bed.
A lot of hardware's have that clear hose with the braiding embedded in it which I'm fairly sure.
Will try the boiling water, but seems quite a way off the tap diameter.
Cheers for the help lads, will get it one way or the other ;)
I know a man who might have some 1/2" silicone ;)
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,4619.0.html (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,4619.0.html)
i must pick up more of that actually. It's mighty stuff :)
Don't worry about it.. Hot side aeration is a myth.. Never suffered from it and should of a few times having to transfer mid boil due to faulty elements
Quote from: lordstilton on June 10, 2014, 05:10:02 PM
Don't worry about it.. Hot side aeration is a myth.. Never suffered from it and should of a few times having to transfer mid boil due to faulty elements
Deffo on the Myth!
I think the tube will fit around the mash tun tap with some heating and a little bit of persuasion.
So should be grand getting wort from tun to boiler.
I assume when my boil is done and wort is cooled to pitching temp I can just open tap on boiler into fermenter? Obviously I want plenty of air in wort for yeast to get going
Quote from: cochised on June 10, 2014, 08:32:04 PM
I assume when my boil is done and wort is cooled to pitching temp I can just open tap on boiler into fermenter? Obviously I want plenty of air in wort for yeast to get going
That's what I do. It's like a golden shower. Depending on the style of course :P
It is a golden ale ???
Feeling more confident about my first AG attempt now. Doing it on a propane burner outdoors so hoping the weather holds :)