I thought this was going to be a day to mark on the calendar. I started to bottle my first kit. Did all the right things, cleaned and sanitized, practiced with water just to make sure that everything worked and I understood the equipment. It all went down hill from there.
The siphon was connected to the bottle filler, my son was monitoring the bottle and the wife had the camera ready and... As I started the siphon air filled the tubing along with more bubbles than I wanted to see. The siphon never got a flow going and the more that I pumped the more bubbles appeared. Hardly anything was reaching the bottle other than a little wine and foam.
Where did I go wrong?
Also, the siphon, in all the excitement, went to the bottom of the carboy and stirred up the lees and now the wine is cloudy.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The siphon was connected to the bottle filler, my son was monitoring the bottle and the wife had the camera ready and... As I started the siphon air filled the tubing along with more bubbles than I wanted to see. The siphon never got a flow going and the more that I pumped the more bubbles appeared. Hardly anything was reaching the bottle other than a little wine and foam.
Where did I go wrong?
Also, the siphon, in all the excitement, went to the bottom of the carboy and stirred up the lees and now the wine is cloudy.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.