BackyardBrewer wrote:Sam did that test on some seals and yeah not good at all.
I soaked my food grade 5mm silicon in some 90% heads for 2 days and there's no sign of leaching.
As I'm aging at 65% and the silicon tube will never actually contact the liquid as its suspended with the airstone sitting just under the spirit I'm thinking its all good:-)
BackyardBrewer wrote:1 2many wrote:Seems as if CraftBrewer is out of stock already :)) :))
http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=3857
They are twice the price of ESB Brewing. But ESB brewing are pretty slow to deliver. Your call but you could buy 2 from ESB for the same price...
1 2many wrote:BackyardBrewer wrote:Sam did that test on some seals and yeah not good at all.
I soaked my food grade 5mm silicon in some 90% heads for 2 days and there's no sign of leaching.
As I'm aging at 65% and the silicon tube will never actually contact the liquid as its suspended with the airstone sitting just under the spirit I'm thinking its all good:-)
I would have thought BB that placing the stone at the bottom would give better results , but just don't feel good about long term silicon soaking. :-B
sam_and_liv wrote:1 2many wrote:BackyardBrewer wrote:Sam did that test on some seals and yeah not good at all.
I soaked my food grade 5mm silicon in some 90% heads for 2 days and there's no sign of leaching.
As I'm aging at 65% and the silicon tube will never actually contact the liquid as its suspended with the airstone sitting just under the spirit I'm thinking its all good:-)
I would have thought BB that placing the stone at the bottom would give better results , but just don't feel good about long term silicon soaking. :-B
That test and the pics were with a seal of unknown composition. Would definitely be worth doing it with a proper food grade silicon seal :handgestures-thumbupleft:
SX170 wrote:What about using a big s/s pot with a glass lid? I have some 10 litre ones I bought at Kmart to make sauce in on the bbq wok burner.
You could coil up some 1/4" copper tube in the bottom with lots of small holes and chuck the dominoes on top.
That way the bubbles would agitate the Dominoes for better oaking.
Just a thought.............hmmmmmmmm might try it.
Cheers. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
BackyardBrewer wrote:Yeah my tube is food grade silicon, and I did the soak test for 2 days in 90+% neutral. No sign of anything coming off it and no smell. And I won't be soaking the silicon in the 65%, it would be suspended above it, with the air stone sitting just below the surface.
...but still I'm a bit paranoid.
I'd like to see some pix of other folks set ups.
Kimbo wrote:Do you loose much spirit to evaporation when aerating for a number of days/ weeks?
I know when I've left my cuts jars out for a day longer, there is much less in them.
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