[Ponte Alto] Mead question

[neacalban1 at aol.com]

Thorormr,
          many things don't transcibe/translate perfectly!  Gaelic sounds are difficult to approximate into English.the International Phonetic alphabet does pretty well,but even so...

So it is ok for a gap at the top.OK. I also have the racking cane,but couldn't figure out how to start  the suction(didn't want to end up like the last time I siphoned gas out of a stranger's car........I'll just get the check valve






-----Original Message-----
From: Þórormr Dávíðsson <dornwills at gmail.com>
To: The Barony of Ponte Alto <Ponte-Alto at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Fri, Mar 19, 2010 3:18 am
Subject: Re: [Ponte Alto] Mead question


On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 09:16,  <neacalban1 at aol.com> wrote:
 Porormr,
It's a latin thorn character Þ, which sounds like th, as in Thor.  Old
orse names just don't transcribe perfectly :)
>            Oh...  :-)      my supplier isn't maybe the best salesman.....
 sounds good, as restarting the siphon stirs up sediment,correct?  what about
 filling?(not having seen one way or the other,I was assuming that one wanted
 as little air in the bottle as possible,to decrease oxidation? the volume of
 the siphon tube in the bottle will leave a void once removed,or is that not
 a concern? I await your most excellent advice. I'm using the wire-flip-top
 stopper type bottles.

 The Blessing of Eternal Blue Heaven Be Upon You

 Tselmeg the Mongol
 Guard to the Embassy from Karakorum
Well, I use a racking cane in the carboy which is a rigid length of
lear acrylic tubing with a bend at the top and a cap on the bottom
esigned such that you can use it to skim right at the top of the
ees.  Think upside down mushroom.  The bottle filler is another,
horter length of rigid tubing with the check valve on the end, and
he two are connected with clear vinyl tubing.  If you go to
ww.brewsupplies.com, and go to the first drop down menu "Select
quipment for Making Beer and Wine" and select the option "Bottling
nd Siphoning Equipment" it will take you to a catalog page with good
lear views of the bottle filler and the racking cane as well as the
eplacement cap so you can see how it works.  None of which cost more
han a couple bucks.
If you are truly worried about filling your bottles to the absolute
op, you can fill them to the brim with a measuring cup.  You do want
hem as full as possible, but you'd find the displaced volume of the
ottle filler should provide just the right amount of headspace.  Get
 bottle too full and have a warm day and corks fly, liquid expands
hen heated, not much but it is something to be aware of.  If you have
aybe an inch or so of air at the top of the bottle for the Grolsch
ype you have, or closer to two inches if corked it wouldn't be a bad
hing.
The less you disturb the lees the clearer you can get things without
esorting to filtering or adding clarifiers.  Otherwise we'd all just
ut a funnel in the bottle and turn the carboy up, eh?
Þórormr Dávíðsson
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