MmmBeer
Brew Pub Brewer
I have often wondered on bottling days, is there a simple alternative to sticking the tubing in your mouth and sucking, after having religiously sterilised everything else. I started with the idea of creating a peristaltic (pipe squeezing) pump and pulling the tube through two close fitting rollers to create a vacuum, but I couldn't get the tolerances right to create the suction.
I then started looking around the house for something else that could do the job, when I found an old Vacuvin stopper, those grey rubber stoppers that go in a half drunk wine bottle and allow the excess air to be pumped out to preserve the remaining wine (it hasn't been used in my house for many years.) :whistle:
The tube fitted nicely inside the stopper and two pumps filled the tube, so I could bend it over and put a bulldog clip over it, allowing me to take the stopper off and fit the bottling cane on. Worked a treat.:grin:
I then started looking around the house for something else that could do the job, when I found an old Vacuvin stopper, those grey rubber stoppers that go in a half drunk wine bottle and allow the excess air to be pumped out to preserve the remaining wine (it hasn't been used in my house for many years.) :whistle:
The tube fitted nicely inside the stopper and two pumps filled the tube, so I could bend it over and put a bulldog clip over it, allowing me to take the stopper off and fit the bottling cane on. Worked a treat.:grin:
