/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1158725

Time will settle most big things out, but I hate waiting so I use sparkolloid or gelatin. Those pain in the ass auto siphon aren't your only option. The simplest is a length of tubing and a condom type thing. Put tube in liquid, 'condom' and suck other end, kink once enough liquid to start siphon, remove 'condom' and let it go. I built a similar with tubing and a nylon tee with short tube on the the middle barb. I suck on middle tube, kink, liquid flows through tee into other one.

If it's cheap and minimalist you can get by with pouring. It might hurt the product slightly but unless we're making gran cru cabs and tripel IPAs it's really not that noticeable. Clogging is your biggest problem with rigging a filter. There's multiple solutions but pic related might get you started. Cheap funnel, make a plate thing with more holes, put inside funnel, coffee filter in funnel, decant through filter.

If your fermenter is small enough you can pour it I'd just try to carefully decant off into smaller bottles. I started out that way and it was good enough. The last bottle or two might have a little yeast but it will settle with time and you can then decant again into your glass. I don't think a coffee filter will appreciably make it any better than just carefully pouring. Save money and develop a good pouring hand. Old timers say that's how you can spot a moonshiners kid, they're able to pour from one bottle to another without the stream touching the opening. It's illegal but who knows, might be a way to get cash for more cheap wine or shine.