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HAHA! DC...I also used min All-in-One pump for the first time yesterday. One of the members here had one for sale in the classifieds, I called and he made me a heck of a deal (sorry Steve)!
I went on line and printed the manual, what a waste of paper....with the color coding of the lines, it was all pretty much self-explainatory. I had a beer to bottle and four five gallon batches of wine to tinker with...figured I'd do the beer and one batch of wine to get used to the pump. About 45 minutes later I had the beer in the bottling bucket and had racked each 5 gallon batch of wine to a fresh carboy, cleaned the carboy, and racked back into it...two rackings per batch....just to degas. So smooth, easy, clean, and fast....I used one small paper towel to mop up a few drips.
Then, I took the pump down the hill and racked two batches of wine for my nice neighbor lady....there is a WOW factor when watching the pump work for the first time! Frankly, I never though using the auto-siphon to rack was that big of deal, no problem really. But, that pump is just awesome and almost effortless.
Then I bottled the five gallon batch of beer. As I stood there admiring my handiwork, it dawned on me....I could have used the All-in-One to bottle the beer...I just didn't think about it...and I'm comfortable with my wand/bottle/cap routine. Does anybody bottle beer with the pump?
I've always wondered about all the rave reviews for the pump....I now understand why. Really good piece of equipment.
I went on line and printed the manual, what a waste of paper....with the color coding of the lines, it was all pretty much self-explainatory. I had a beer to bottle and four five gallon batches of wine to tinker with...figured I'd do the beer and one batch of wine to get used to the pump. About 45 minutes later I had the beer in the bottling bucket and had racked each 5 gallon batch of wine to a fresh carboy, cleaned the carboy, and racked back into it...two rackings per batch....just to degas. So smooth, easy, clean, and fast....I used one small paper towel to mop up a few drips.
Then, I took the pump down the hill and racked two batches of wine for my nice neighbor lady....there is a WOW factor when watching the pump work for the first time! Frankly, I never though using the auto-siphon to rack was that big of deal, no problem really. But, that pump is just awesome and almost effortless.
Then I bottled the five gallon batch of beer. As I stood there admiring my handiwork, it dawned on me....I could have used the All-in-One to bottle the beer...I just didn't think about it...and I'm comfortable with my wand/bottle/cap routine. Does anybody bottle beer with the pump?
I've always wondered about all the rave reviews for the pump....I now understand why. Really good piece of equipment.
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Thanks for the nice comments !
Yes I make a special beer filler attachment - because the neck opening is smaller than a standard wine bottle.
Yes there are alot of people who use it for beer also - you can also transfer into a corny keg using the allinonewinepump !
Yes I make a special beer filler attachment - because the neck opening is smaller than a standard wine bottle.
Yes there are alot of people who use it for beer also - you can also transfer into a corny keg using the allinonewinepump !
