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Date: 05 Aug 2006 00:36:25
From: Washu
Subject: I've been thinking "what if" again
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"What if" I took a hose and ran it between my primary and the spigot of
my bottling bucket? Instead of an airlock on the primary I would run a
hose to the open spigot on the bucket and cover the bucket (now the
secondary) with an airlock. That seems like it would purge the 2nd with
CO2, then when I rack, rack through the spigot, still with the 2nd
under an airlock. Sound's like a very cheap way to reduce oxidation,
free even, since you're using the CO2 produced in the primary. Anyone
see any holes in this plan?
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Date: 05 Aug 2006 13:51:53
From: Dick Adams
Subject: Re: I've been thinking "what if" again
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Washu <rgrantha@yahoo.com > wrote:
> "What if" I took a hose and ran it between my primary and the spigot of
> my bottling bucket? Instead of an airlock on the primary I would run a
> hose to the open spigot on the bucket and cover the bucket (now the
> secondary) with an airlock. That seems like it would purge the 2nd with
> CO2, then when I rack, rack through the spigot, still with the 2nd
> under an airlock. Sound's like a very cheap way to reduce oxidation,
> free even, since you're using the CO2 produced in the primary. Anyone
> see any holes in this plan?
Let's see if I understand you:
Primary is above bottling bucket. [That's means you secondaried
the beer in the primary.] You have an auto-siphon in the primary
connected to the up-turned spigot of the bottling bucket. Sounds
good to me.
Why not hit the bottling bucket with a blast of CO2 through the
spigot to push out the oxygen?
Are you having serious problems with oxidation?
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Date: 05 Aug 2006 01:56:25
From: Washu
Subject: Re: I've been thinking "what if" again
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And... what if when I got ready to bottle, I somehow generated some
CO2, dry ice and water I guess, and removed the airlock from the 2nd
and piped in the CO2 from the dry ice and bottled from the spigot as
normal. I have the parts to plumb this, just curious on the CO2/dryice
method. Would a 2 ltr soda bottle work? If so, how dry ice/volume?
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Date: 05 Aug 2006 21:18:57
From: Adam Preble
Subject: Re: I've been thinking "what if" again
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Washu wrote:
> "What if" I took a hose and ran it between my primary and the spigot of
> my bottling bucket? Instead of an airlock on the primary I would run a
> hose to the open spigot on the bucket and cover the bucket (now the
> secondary) with an airlock. That seems like it would purge the 2nd with
> CO2, then when I rack, rack through the spigot, still with the 2nd
> under an airlock. Sound's like a very cheap way to reduce oxidation,
> free even, since you're using the CO2 produced in the primary. Anyone
> see any holes in this plan?
Not really a problem, but why bother? Oxygen to beer is not as water to
the Wicked Witch of the West. The effects aren't immediate and dramatic
if some beer seems some air.
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Date: 06 Aug 2006 20:27:25
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: I've been thinking "what if" again
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On 5 Aug 2006 00:36:25 -0700, <rgrantha@yahoo.com > wrote:
> "What if" I took a hose and ran it between my primary and the spigot of
> my bottling bucket? Instead of an airlock on the primary I would run a
> hose to the open spigot on the bucket and cover the bucket (now the
> secondary) with an airlock. That seems like it would purge the 2nd with
> CO2, then when I rack, rack through the spigot, still with the 2nd
> under an airlock. Sound's like a very cheap way to reduce oxidation,
> free even, since you're using the CO2 produced in the primary. Anyone
> see any holes in this plan?
Oxidation shouldn't really be a problem when racking anyway. I doubt this
method will cause any trouble, but you're kind of solving a problem
that doesn't exist.
John.
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Date: 07 Aug 2006 23:56:08
From: Washu
Subject: Re: I've been thinking "what if" again
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> Oxidation shouldn't really be a problem when racking anyway. I doubt this
> method will cause any trouble, but you're kind of solving a problem
> that doesn't exist.
I agree, it was just a thought. There is no process so simple it can't
be made more complicated if you think about it long enough.
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