Hi everyone, I have a problem and doubt with transferring the post boiling hot wort from my kettle into my fermenter. Here's my story:
My kettle does not have a valve where to attach a pvc hose, so my only option is to siphon the wort. The problem is that I tried to firstly do it with a proper 20L siphon, however it was too big for my 10 L wort and could only transfer half of it before the flow stopped. The second time I managed to simply use the pvc hose and blow from the opposite side to create the transferring flow to occur. Although, I did it with my mouth and even having the hose wrapped with a sanitised cloth I was and am still very concerned with this method safety. In fact, the last batch turned out infected.
So, how could I transfer/blow the wort in a safer way?
Thanks for your help.
Seb
My kettle does not have a valve where to attach a pvc hose, so my only option is to siphon the wort. The problem is that I tried to firstly do it with a proper 20L siphon, however it was too big for my 10 L wort and could only transfer half of it before the flow stopped. The second time I managed to simply use the pvc hose and blow from the opposite side to create the transferring flow to occur. Although, I did it with my mouth and even having the hose wrapped with a sanitised cloth I was and am still very concerned with this method safety. In fact, the last batch turned out infected.
So, how could I transfer/blow the wort in a safer way?
Thanks for your help.
Seb