Siphoning problem, ruined?

Quite possibly. My recommendation would be to drink this beer fairly quickly.

Added some Vitamin C maybe? I haven't done this myself, but have heard of it.

 

You're trying to beat oxidation. There's no definitive answer. But if/when it becomes apparent, it will be too late.

Beats me.

 

Disadvantages: need to add it quick...and Vitamin C tablets look a lot like aspirin tablets (to me)...need I say more?
No fusel headaches from that batch

 

I have read technical papers which questions the efficacy of ascorbic acid in reducing/preventing oxidation. Given that I would suggest that a negative could be using ascorbic acid as a ‘crutch’.

It is much better to have sound brewing process to reduce/mitigate oxidation.

Cheers!

 

If anyone asks, just say you were going for something along the lines of a traditional grodziskie (which was sometimes brewed with willow bark, from which salicylic acid was discovered).

 

well I don't know the approved spelling, but I have a bomber of a Lips of Faith collaboration with 3 Floyds that is a "Gratzer Ale"...oh, shit...first bing search brings up a "Shut Up About Barclay Perkins" article...think I'll just save this bottle for a friend and go to bed early ...my computer is crashing anyway ...(doesn't take much)

 

Unless the pumping introduced O2 into the bottling bucket via splashing or excessive 'gurgling' ... then there is absolutely no reason to be the least little bit concerned about oxidation.

 

Each pump adds more air to the beer, in a non gentle way.

 

Ha I did this same exact thing last night, except I put a muslin bag over the siphon. It worked pretty well until the last 1/4 or so and then started getting oxygen infused into the siphon. I just assumed that my siphon had broken, also because water has been leaking out of the bottom part. So I stopped with probably a gallon left of my 5 gallon batch, didn't want to ruin what I had already had in the bottling bucket. You think all the oxygen happened because of covering up the siphon?

 

I made a batch early on where I "pumped" probably 1.5 gallons. Ended up being fine. I wouldn't worry about it, personally.

 

If there is no air/oxygen in the pump or in the siphon stream (except at the first flow), I don't see how either device can put oxygen into the beer. Am I missing something? Air has to come from the surface of the beer.

 

I think you are worrying too much! Bottle it, check it in two weeks drink it and be happy.

 

I had a messy, splashy siphon on a batch recently that I thought would be oxidized for sure, but 4-5 weeks later I still haven't seen any signs that it is. It might show up as time goes on, so drink up fast!

 

I have tried and now like putting a sanitized paint strainer bag over the trub before siphoning instead of trying to wrap the siphon itself. I find it works fine and mostly keep the same amount of trub out of my beer as before. A little bit of trub in a bottle or two doesn't send me spiraling into a panic, BTW.

 

Is your primary a bucket? Do you basically use the paint strainer bag as a bucket liner?

Cheers!

 

When you plunge and pull the plunger, the seal is repeatedly made and broken, allowing new air to contact the beer. It shouldn't be that way, but the fit isn't perfect. If you want to see this, assemble the auto siphon and put it in a bucket that has at least a few inches of water in the bottom. Then carefully pour a couple ounces of food-colored water into the barrel. The colored water will be above the seal. Now pump away, and watch the water below the seal as tendrils of color enter it.

 

This is why spigots are superior to autosiphons