Hello,
You can get suitable plastic tubing from Home Depot, or any decent homebrew
supply shop, and also from an aquarium supply store.

I had another bright idea (that's two this week!) for clarifying alcoholic
beverages: A wine filter! My filter is made by Vin-Brite (I think that's
the name) and uses special round paper pads of sufficient fineness to remove
all kinds of junk from the wine. It really polishes it up, although the
process can be slow. Some people use a pump to speed things along; I rely
upon good ole gravity.

On this note: I've never tried to filter my homebrew beer (with the
Vin-Brite or anything else) because of the risk of contamination. I'd like
to attempt a Kristall-Weizen one of these days. Have any of our group had
any experience with filtering their beer? Methods? Results?

Thanks,
Bill

"Frogleg" <frogleg@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:15:30 GMT, "Bill Bell" <wbell1@bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
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> >"Frogleg" <frogleg@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> >news:im72ivg88cine608cmj66kks38p1kqh2pi@4ax.com...[color=darkred]
> >> On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:41:11 GMT, "Bill Bell" <wbell1@bellsouth.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks for the tip. Now I'm wondering how I can recycle this yeast
> >> for breadmaking. I haven't made bread in a while, and was startled to
> >> see the price of a little 3-envelope strip in the grocery store.
> >> Almost cheaper to buy bread! Seems like it'd be pretty easy to make a
> >> bread starter with what's in the bottom of the bottles. Is there an
> >> FAQ for the group that includes info in saving yeast? Or a thread I
> >> might pursue with Google groups? I can see it now: 'Frogleg's Famous
> >> Sima Sourdough.' But it the yeast can be dried/jarred/saved somehow,
> >> that would be good, too. No point in buying what you can grow
> >> yourself. :-)[/color]
> >
> >I'm certain there are bread-making related newsgroups out there. I'm a
> >baker myself (that is to say, I own and use a bread-machine)[/color]
>
> I guess if I'm doing jackleg brewing, I can't cast nasturtiums at
> bread machines, but... :-)
>
> Report from the field: I put one bottle of my 'lemonade' through a
> coffee filter today (after 1/4th foamed over when I opened the
> [refrigerated] bottle. Fortunately, I did this over the sink). It took
> forever -- evidently the yeast really clogs up a paper surface. Did
> not appear to appreciably clear the brew. I cleaned the bottle, put in
> 1/4 tsp of sugar (too hot to make syrup) and 3 more raisins, which
> have already risen to the top. This is becoming more of an
> experimental process than a brew. Where am I likely to find a bit of
> plastic tubing to try and siphon the next bottle? Hardware store? Home
> Depot?
>
> Bread starter not started yet. I'll just rinse the filter into a bowl,
> add some flour and see if it perks. What other uses might there be for
> bloomin' yeast? Do you think I might patch the roof with it?[/color]