Whats the word on Bottle Fillers?
The following was graciously submitted by Paul Chisholm regarding a recent discussion on bottle fillers in this newsgroup… Thanks, Paul… Some people Worry (for shame!-) that a bottle filler causes more oxidation (because of spraying through the smaller opening, rather than through the whole opening at the end of the siphon tube, I guess). The solution is to tilt the bottle at the beginning, and stick the end of the bottling wand into the bottom “corner” of the bottle. The wand’s end is soon covered with beer, and no amount of spraying will cause any extra air to be mixed in with the beer. Also, if the end of the wand (or siphon tube, or whatever) isn’t much lower than the end of the siphon tube in the priming carboy (or whatever), the beer will be siphoned slowly, at low pressure, reducing spraying. (This works for any bottle filling procedure.) Another problem is the bottle filler has beer in it. When you lift the filler from the bottle, that beer doesn’t go into the bottle, and t
