https://imgur.com/a/Ax8PdGS Brand new and there's, I think, grain stuck in this thing right at the business end (the dispenser). Suggestions for how to clean it?
Can you get a needle in there? Or do you have access to compressed air (or CO2 if you keg your beers)? A can of compressed air at Best Buy that's used to clean dust from a keyboard may work. Or just holding it upside down under a stream of water at a faucet might do it? What have you tried so far?
The plunger/valve end of my bottling wand is press-fit onto the plexi tube. It can be pulled apart without much trouble and completely disassembled for cleaning. Can't tell if yours is glued, but I'd be a little surprised if it is.
I do not know the details of this specific bottling wand but as discussed by @riptorn above, my bottling wand permits me to pull off the bottom portion to clean it out. Cheers!
Assuming you can't just take the tip off and fix it because you would have done that... Turn off the valve. Disassemble and fix it. Sanitize, reassemble, and sanitize. Then start over. No biggie, you got this.
Tried the caveman version of the compressed air suggestion (orally), no luck. Needle? I don't see a gap to thread through. I got one grain out by getting water in there and shaking it. I do think there's adhesive, I can't twist or pull it off. Valve as in the plunger/dispenser?
Hey pants, If you’re using an auto siphon, my suggestion is to junk it. I was givin 2 and really hated both. Standard racking wands work great and. Clean easy
I've called it quits with the auto-siphon as well! Just not that difficult, IMO, to get a regular siphon going.
