syphon

So I bought a telescope syphon and it was a real problem so I will ordered myself a auto syphon from what I’ve seen they work better. However due to this not working I just poured my cider out the Demi John? Have I messed up doing this will something go wrong with the cider as all I see is use a...

Hello there Having dreamed of producing my own 'poison' for years, I have finally made the splash and started my first cider batch. However, spending time here in the forum has scared me a little. My plan was to transfer the cider after fermentation from the fermenter to the pressure barrel...

I've just set my next kit going (Festival Suffolk Old Ale). In the destructions it says that at the end of fermentation I should syphon the beer from the fermentation vessel into a second bucket, then dissolve the priming sugar, and finally syphon it into bottles. I'm a bit concerned about...