Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Hey guys,

This might be a very silly question, but what equipment are ypu guys using to syphon your washes off into your boilers? Cheers

One of those mini pumps you can get which are powered by a cordless drill with clear vinyl hose attached to it. But that's only for wash, low wines or anything stronger I just pour it and use a stainless funnel

I use the cheapest submersible pump from big green shed, 79 bucks and you can fill 100L boiler in under a minute.
Just be careful you don't go to close to grain bed as they will pump solids also, I usually go three quarters the way down on a 200L fermenter :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I use a march pump knock off been reliable so far :handgestures-thumbupleft:

My fermenter is on a low shelf and i can gravity into 25L cubes. Two nearly full cubes is the right volume for my boiler.

Ghetto at the moment, I just lift my 25L fermenters up and siphon through a 1/2" silicon tubing. Tried a racking cane, but didn't really work, so I still suck-start it. Low wines are transferred via pouring.

My fermenter lives just above my boiler, I just siphon it in with a specially cut to length piece of garden hose.

I used to have my 25l fermenters on a bench and siphon off into the boiler with one of those easy-siphon things until it broke. I've since moved to using a 250 litre fermenter and a stainless steel impeller pump.

Cheers,
Prof. Green.