[Ponte Alto] Mead question

[Jeffrey French]

Oh, there is a certain splendor to using the power of suction and the
principals of gravity and fluid dynamics.

Put the vessel on the counter or table.
Connect the tube to the cane....
Fill the tube and Cane with liquid (water would work, though you could suck
on it like a straw if you like)
Then, sealing the tube end (I use my thumb),
pop the cane into the vessel.
hold the end of the tube bellow the level of the counter
Put a bottle on the end of the tube
remove your thumb.

And away you go.

Really, don't fill it much past the base of the neck.

You can squish the tube to stop the flow, or lift it to about the level of
the liquid in your vessel, but if you loose the liquid in the tube... you
have to start again.

This isn't rocket science, it's just brew.

Relax. (That's what the book says, it's the technical manual... Relax).

-Jurgen

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:01 AM, <neacalban1 at aol.com> wrote:

> 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
> norse 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
> clear acrylic tubing with a bend at the top and a cap on the bottom
> designed such that you can use it to skim right at the top of the
> lees.  Think upside down mushroom.  The bottle filler is another,
> shorter length of rigid tubing with the check valve on the end, and
> the two are connected with clear vinyl tubing.  If you go towww.brewsupplies.com, and go to the first drop down menu "Select
> Equipment for Making Beer and Wine" and select the option "Bottling
> and Siphoning Equipment" it will take you to a catalog page with good
> clear views of the bottle filler and the racking cane as well as the
> replacement cap so you can see how it works.  None of which cost more
> than a couple bucks.
>
> If you are truly worried about filling your bottles to the absolute
> top, you can fill them to the brim with a measuring cup.  You do want
> them as full as possible, but you'd find the displaced volume of the
> bottle filler should provide just the right amount of headspace.  Get
> a bottle too full and have a warm day and corks fly, liquid expands
> when heated, not much but it is something to be aware of.  If you have
> maybe an inch or so of air at the top of the bottle for the Grolsch
> type you have, or closer to two inches if corked it wouldn't be a bad
> thing.
>
> The less you disturb the lees the clearer you can get things without
> resorting to filtering or adding clarifiers.  Otherwise we'd all just
> put a funnel in the bottle and turn the carboy up, eh?
>
> Þórormr Dávíðsson
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