re: Looks Like a Fine Night to Brew some Beer....Updated Bottling

To transfer the beer from the primary to the secondary, I use my Racking Cane. My Racking Cane has a "manual pump" built into....sorta like a reverse bicycle pump. It gets the siphon started for you. I used to have to start the siphon the old fashioned way....but not by sucking......but by blowing.....The cap on my carboy has 2 nipples (tubes) sticking out. I would blow into one nipple which built up pressure in the carboy and started the siphon. Blew out a lung a couple of times and it risks contaminating your beer. I would gargle with listerine before doing this. This Racking Cane with the pump makes life a lot easier. If I were a baller I'd buy a march electric pump.