Bottling bucket in use?

SnickASaurusRex · 04-29-2009, 10:36 PM

My bottling bucket is in use right now (Malted cider). But I have a five gallon carboy that I will use to bottle from.

Any suggestions or tips to help keep disaster from ensuing.

**GilaMinumBeer** · 04-29-2009, 10:37 PM

Don't drop it!

Parker36 · 04-29-2009, 10:38 PM

Auto-siphon/bottle filler can team up to work

SnickASaurusRex · 04-29-2009, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GilaMinumBeer

Don't drop it!

Yeah! Thanks man, Hope you didn't jinx it.

spage · 04-29-2009, 10:45 PM

Don't put your priming sugar solution in the carboy at boiling temps - cool it a bit first. Carboys are pretty sensitive to heat.

SnickASaurusRex · 04-29-2009, 11:11 PM

Hey spage Can I make a T-shirt from your signature?

**Schnitzengiggle** · 04-29-2009, 11:17 PM

After reading a thread somewhere on HBT, I now take a cup of my beer and pasturize my corn sugar in it to prime with, the OP made sense stating that why would you want to add more water to your beer. Having said that I always cool my priming solution to at least room temps. I know there has been some debate saying that a small amount of hot priming solution shouldn't make a difference when racking a 5+ gallon volume of cool wort onto it, but it seems like bad practice to me, I chill it to at least room temp.

ericm · 04-29-2009, 11:28 PM

I've bottled from both glass carboys as well as a (cleaned and sanitized) brew kettle before, both worked just fine.

RCCOLA · 04-30-2009, 03:16 AM

I bought a cheap lowe's bucket,drilled a 1in hole in it and added a spigot from LHBS.Bottling bucket for $7.

spage · 05-01-2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SnickASaurusRex

Hey spage Can I make a T-shirt from your signature?

Hah, I did a google search and it looks like someone beat you to it:

Drink Triple, See Double, Act Single T Shirt

I kinda want to buy one now