ESPY
Well-Known Member
This guy I work with just sold me an almost-complete set of equipment for $50. I've identified most of the items I haven't seen before but am not quite sure how to use some of them.
1) Bottle filler and/or carboy thief. I've got two long tubes that look very similar but have different tips. One has a spring loaded tip and the other just has a nozzle. Is the spring loaded one a bottle filler and the open one a carboy thief? (He said the kit had a carboy thief) If so, how do I use the bottle filler? Do I just attach it to a hose from the bottling bucket and press it to the bottom of a bottle until full?
For the thief, I assume I just insert, cover with thumb, and extract a sample, right? There's also a couple small, pointed ?caps? that seem to go with these but don't obviously fit anywhere. Any ideas what these might be?
2) Red Baron Bottle capper - Is there anything special I need to know about using one of these? I've tried it once and seem to have gotten it but don't have any instructions for it and I'd hate to lose a whole batch because I wasn't capping correctly.
Thanks,
SP
1) Bottle filler and/or carboy thief. I've got two long tubes that look very similar but have different tips. One has a spring loaded tip and the other just has a nozzle. Is the spring loaded one a bottle filler and the open one a carboy thief? (He said the kit had a carboy thief) If so, how do I use the bottle filler? Do I just attach it to a hose from the bottling bucket and press it to the bottom of a bottle until full?
For the thief, I assume I just insert, cover with thumb, and extract a sample, right? There's also a couple small, pointed ?caps? that seem to go with these but don't obviously fit anywhere. Any ideas what these might be?
2) Red Baron Bottle capper - Is there anything special I need to know about using one of these? I've tried it once and seem to have gotten it but don't have any instructions for it and I'd hate to lose a whole batch because I wasn't capping correctly.
Thanks,
SP