Zero

Recipes 

I got ahead of myself the other day when I started getting this laid out for bottling. I realized that I had forgotten to buy a bucket to tap for a spigot (i'm attaching some tubing and the bottling wand to it), so I wound up just drilling one in the bucket I use for a primary.

Should I retire that one to be a bottling bucket only now? I'm worried that the spigot will increase my chances for an infection if I continue to use it as a primary.

jtrainer

Recipes 

I've been using buckets for primary going on 3.5 yrs now... I have spigots installed in most of them. (I keep forgetting to buy additional spigots for the rest). Since I keg, I attach Js Kegging Apparatus to the spigot, pull airlock and open valve. Beer flows into the keg and no siphon needed.

For a dip tube I use a shortened racking cane held in the spigot with a #1 bung. The end of the dip tube has the little black/orange thingy to help keep yeast from being sucked up....

I'm very happy with my system. I disassemble the valves at cleaning although I do have to admit I often pitch onto a yeast cake so that disassembly may not be at every cleaning...

In short, I feel your fine.

Some pics for you: http://ipb.trainerfamily.net/pagesmith/4

__________________
I brew the best beer around.... don't believe me, ship me a keg of your finest and I'll email a picture of me testing your beer with a write up....

OnTap: Last Minute Pale Ale
OnTap: Air
OnTap: Air
Fermenter: Last Minute Pale Ale 2 , sCider (Hi-tess), Js Mead
OnDeck: J's Stout, Vanilla Porter, Js Pale Ale, Js Strong Ale, Js Vienna Lager
Most of J's Recipes here >>> Iron Pony Brewing

Grimster

Recipes 

Ok this answers my question I was about to ask, I bought pre-drilled "bottling buckets" with spigots to use as my fermenter the assumption being "no need for a siphon this way" then I got to thinking "wonder if there's some super compelling reason not to do this".

Sounds like you do just that and have no issues then.

__________________
Gary Harris
Not a fan of the Ocean

david_42

Recipes 

I've done it the same way for 8 years. In the summer though, make certain there are no fruit flies in the spigot. A (baby bottle) nipple brush is very good for getting them out. I just dip it in sanitizer and scrub away.

__________________
Remember one unassailable statistic, as explained by the late, great George Carlin: "Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!"

"I would like to die on Mars, just not on impact." Elon Musk