Just brewed and used the rack magic mini siphon… Wow that siphon definitely not magic… It would barley started a siphon for the one gallon kit and soon as it did start a siphon it immediately got clogged. Next BrewI think pouring thru a Muslin hop bag would be much better…
Usually tilt the container and I won’t plunge all the way down to the trub, rather follow it down, and just as I start to pull up trub, I will stop racking. I have used mine for… Many years… Sneezles61
Hmm… haven’t used the mini one for one gallon batches, but I love my normal siphon. You are siphoning from a high surface to a low surface, right? Also, sneezles is right. Start right at the top of your beer and follow the level down.
Yes I siphoned from a high surface to a low surface…Maybe I’ll try it with a smaller kettle or Brew a 5 …gallon kit next time…
If you’re going from kettle to fermenter there’s no reason to siphon anyway. Pour it! You’ll aerate your wort better that way.
Just to throw this out there: I use the mini siphon a lot with my 1 gal batches. There is a clip you can buy that clips the siphon to the side of a carboy or bucket and allows you to adjust how deep into the liquid your siphon sits. I set mine up so that the bottom of the siphon is just above the trub and don’t have any problems.
Can u adjust the tip of the siphons end to adjust the flow… It seemed like mine was siphoning too much/fast causing a whirl so I pushed it further in the wort to keep it siphoning but it eventually clogged up…
The simplest way to reduce the flow through a siphon is to reduce the vertical distance between the two containers. If your carboy is on the floor, maybe just place it on a chair so it isn’t so low. That should slow things down considerably.
Yes I forget its a one gallon batch so I would do as Dannyboy sez, and just pour it and you will git some trub, but if yer careful you can keep it at a minimum… Maybe step up to 5 gallon batch, split yer grain bill in half, and yeast and hops and do a 2.5 gallon batch, then you still another one just sitting there waiting! Sneezles61