Click trick #1 Wine degassing

[@satlarsatlar]

Great Idea! I was stupefied to see the minimum price of a plastic stick was $20, so searched for "homemade degassing tool". Once I saw the hanger I knew I was in the right place. It didn't occur to me to heat the hanger to bend it. I used a heat gun to bend both corners to get it long enough for a 6 gallon carboy. I'm happy I found this, so tired of home brewers getting gouged.

[@RushBerlin1]

These are a great idea. I used the coat hanger design and the hoover vac seems to be doing the trick! Thank you for making this video

[@Maryroselan]

This super old video just showed up in my recommendations since I have been doing a lot of research for wine making. Thank you so much for this trick! A bit late, but this is genius LOL!

[@jamlane]

I belong to Sacramento CA home winemakers club. We're having a cool tools and gadgets presentation next week and I sent the link to this video. Great job.

[@Clicklc1500]

Excellent, If I helped one person it was worth it.

[@Grangy27]

I used a white plastic coat hanger as you demonstrated and a heat-gun to bend it into the desired shape. Works great, and is a lot quicker than using a long stir spoon which I usually use.

[@AmbachtAle]

I like the hanger idea. While you were talking about the wine bottle degasser, I saw the spray bottle behind you and I thought I knew where you were going. I guess I'll have to try that one myself. The vacuum cleaner is a good idea, but you really don't want to pull a good vacuum on a carboy, especially one with wine in it.

[@steveipswich]

great idea with the coat hanger thanks for sharing

[@BSRFD]

Cheers for the coat hanger idea. Just made one up within minutes using a heat gun. So simple and saves me from spending $$$.

[@jwgitface]

Great tip with the coat hanger , I am going to try it NOW.

[@yetzerhara8359]

How much negative pressure can an average vacuum generate? I’m gonna do it. Good man for thinking out of the box and sharing! 😊

[@gwan79]

I'm digging the coat hanger and even more so the cost. "Zip". I'm keen to do that myself! Thanks for the tip.

[@jamlane]

My new hero. Well done.

[@Italo-Venezuela]

I love when I find people who really take the time to use their brains. Clicklc1500, for the longest time I have had issues with my wine and degassing. I will definately use the Vacum cleaner. The question that come to my mind are; How long do you run it for? How many times?- How can we really tell the wine has been fully degassed? - thank you for your answers. - AWSOME TIPS

[@Canuckcancanuck]

thanks dude, i like your video. i made a plastic coathanger using the heat from the stoves oven burner. and it was too hot too mold it over the stove. Putting the hanger i boilig water is much better idea. and what is this person talkin about below? can the vaccum actually cause too much pressure in the carboys and be dangerous? I dont understand why a vaccum pulling air and C02 out of the carboy could be bad, but i thought id ask anyways

[@artbykeenan]

Can I use the clothe rack in a bucket or is it just for the carboy

[@toxicmartoc]

Putting the kettle on and raiding the wardrobe now,great idea

[@lilmagggie]

I'm just not getting the vacuum cleaner part. Am I putting the vacuum on the suck in mode or the suck out mode like blowing up pool toys? Is the part attached to the end of the vacuum going into the top of the carboy touching the wine? Thanks

[@Clicklc1500]

You want to suck the air out. That will create a negative vacuum which will pull the co2 out of the wine.

[@Canuckcancanuck]

I finally hooked up my big push house hold vacuum up to my carboy and nothing happened! the vacuum cleaner had good suction but when i attached it to the carboy it showed no bubble activity at all. But when i lifted the hose off the carboy i noticed the wine moved a bit so i know it was creating a vacuum in there. I just dont understand how your little vacuum is working but this big vacuum isnt working. Any tips ? Do you know how much Horse power you vacuum has ?

[@Canuckcancanuck]

it fermented normally and i let it ferment to dry , the gravity is .991 which is plenty dry. It smells and tastes great, I finally finished degassing the 6 gallons of it , but it took me a good 2 and a half weeks to finish degassing. I just didnt understand why the vacuum didn't work. IS your vacuum very powerful?

[@fikretcolak6507]

Coat hanger, very good idea, thanks for sharing.

[@mrdProf42]

Super. Thank you. Solved my question in seconds.

[@Clicklc1500]

Thank you for the compliment. You'll know when you've got all the CO2 out when it stops bubbling when you put the vacume on it. I usually do it three times over the coarse of a week. Good Luck!

[@robvanbuskirk270]

Great tips. TY

[@Clicklc1500]

You may have other issues. How long has it been fermenting? Whats the gravity reading? You may have gotten a wild yeast in there. Is it getting vinagary smelling?

[@Clicklc1500]

Your quite welcome. I Imagine the suction could implode the carboy but the amount of pressure pushing out on the carboy by the liquid is much greater than any counter pressure you could put on it with the vac.. This is just my opinion, suck at your own risk. :)

[@FrankOlsen-f8f]

Thank you mister!

[@mchughc]

I'd like to begin by congratulating you on some nice ingenuity. I really like the first idea with the hanger....I remember reading that before, but nice application in hot water, etc.... My only concern would be a possible taste impact from the wet-dry shop vac. I've had some pretty nasty stuff in there and wouldn't want the slightest bit of taste, smell, whatever. Have you ever experienced any taste influence from the shop vac?

[@Clicklc1500]

The air in my shop vac only goes in one direction. I do have two vac's though. One for dirty jobs and one for smaller cleaner jobs. Put a couple gallons of hot water and some oxy-clean in your vac to clean it out if your concerned. Thanks for the comment!

[@flyingfranklin]

The coat hanger is a brilliant idea!!!

[@EarlLedden]

Nicely done on 2 counts; thank you!

[@rayh53]

I've been using the hanger mod for a couple years now, wish I would have started before buying the stainless tool, which is difficult to get into and out of the carboy. I've also tried the vacuum seal machine, which works... well, it does produce a vacuum and you do get bubbles. Does anyone know what vacuum pressure we're trying to produce? What is enough?

[@gregms7661]

Thanks you just saved me $20-30 on a degas wand to put on my drill!

[@VOV7KA1]

Smart guy ! Thanks for idea.

[@nickgilbert1264]

The suction produced by a vacuum cleaner is negligible compared to that produced by a "wine saver" type pump so I wouldn't think that method works particularly well. Despite the name, vacuum cleaners are optimized for high air flow - not a high vacuum.

[@skudlugs]

how long would a 5 gallon bucket take to degass on its own with lid off?

[@AmbachtAle]

You might want to keep small critters out, so put a screen or cloth over the top.

[@WallyKnorr]

Two thumbs up! And thanks for sharing!

[@Canuckcancanuck]

OHH ALSO , how long do you degas for with you vacuum cleaner ? Iv been just using the the plastic coat hanger everyday for 10-20 minutes for 2 weeks but its still very fizzy when i shake it in a test jar, and when i take the lid off the test jar you can hear the pop sound so i know theres pressure building up. If the vacuum cleaner works better i may just go buy a nice shop vac!

[@artbykeenan]

Great video!

[@bucketrobbert]

a tip if you like to make it a length of fin tube with garden s trimmer line that what my projects going to be :)

[@nchammer_cantouchthis]

Lifesaver

[@helicrashpro]

Put a small rubber ball in the air lock you have taped to your vacuum cleaner and you should end up with a check valve that you can pull a vacuum and the ball will seal it off so you can shut off the vacuum cleaner and it will hold the vacuum. Do it a couple times over a couple days and it should be good.

[@Clicklc1500]

It grips fine. Just used a chock to tighten it to the drill. No slipping what so ever. Good luck

[@michaeld2176]

So the plastic hanger goes onto the drill and then into the carboy. Turn it on and how long do we let it spin for?

[@joer5627]

Coat hanger it is. Thank you

[@briantack2058]

Thank you

[@teecarter4900]

Genius. Thank u.

[@breker19er]

Brilliant!! Thanks or the tips

[@pocopal]

good ideas.....thanks

[@Wayner665]

That is fricken genius!

[@bkpickell]

Aren't you concerned about imploding your carboy using a vacuum cleaner or a shop vac? You can't control the amount of vacuum that you put on the carboy when using those.

[@africansunset]

Well that was very nice of you to offer some cheap alternative to folks ! Whip it, whip it real good :P

[@SyleNth-C.O.D.M]

Nice vid

[@TezTezTezTezTez]

brilliant!

[@paulallotment_fox925]

NIce one will use in the uk

[@johnmcclintick1244]

Just seen your video i took a plastic hanger but i put 5 zip ties on it your way is much more simple

[@nikushim6665]

A vacuum cleaner is not adequate. Wile it has a high CFM, it will not pull/hold enough mmHg/Pa to have any real effect. Really your better off getting a cheap refrigeration or medical vacuum pump. You also might want a gauge or regulator for safety reasons (You don't want to exceed 20 mmHg on a glass carboy, otherwise you risk implosion)

[@ivormectin.3046]

2019... Great idea... The hoover...

[@ddmore4me]

I like ur suggestions however being an electrician, b careful of alcohol vaper in a unapproved vessel because the spark environment being in contact with flammable vapors. Ur not just degassing.

[@freedog37]

yep mint

[@ManyDoors777]

I think you just saved me $50

[@saversano]

No good not food grade plastic ..will mess up wine taste

[@fmann7545]

Ill be a sonofabitch!! Good ol fashioned American ingenuity!