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03-02-2008, 08:41 PM
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Can I ferment in a bottling bucket?
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Can I ferment in a bottling bucket?...
I just thought it might be easier so I don't need to transfer...
My primary goal is to have the spigot... maybe I can put a spigot on a fermenter bucket?
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03-02-2008, 08:50 PM
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One concern I would have is wether the spigot/port will hold for 3+ weeks of fermenting. Other than that, it sounds cool. They do make plastic conicals thought if thats the route you want to go.
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03-02-2008, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by doubleb
One concern I would have is wether the spigot/port will hold for 3+ weeks of fermenting. Other than that, it sounds cool. They do make plastic conicals thought if thats the route you want to go.
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I'm new to all of this... I've only used mr-beer stuff...
What's a conical?
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03-02-2008, 09:00 PM
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03-02-2008, 09:03 PM
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You can just open up that lovely little valve at the bottom and all the trub falls out. Voila! Secondary! And then, when it comes time to bottle, it's also a bottling bucket. Big, beautiful, useful conicals. I don't think they come in sizes smaller than 10g though.
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03-02-2008, 09:42 PM
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03-02-2008, 10:34 PM
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With many kits that include a glass secondary, the plastic primary doubles as the bottling bucket.
I use a seperate bottling bucket, though my plastic primary does have a spigot.
For darker beers, I usually skip the secondary, however I do not bottle from the primary.
The reason for me is that if I primed the primary, I would have to stir it, which would kick up a great deal of sediment, which would end up in the beer. Also, I don't even use the spigot on the primary to rack/transfer, as it sits very low, and tends to suck in a great deal of sediment regardless.
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03-02-2008, 11:10 PM
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All three of my buckets have spigots. The only difference between the fermenters and the bottling bucket is the latter says "bottling bucket". Never had a problem with leakage.
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03-03-2008, 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Judd
You can just open up that lovely little valve at the bottom and all the trub falls out. Voila! Secondary! And then, when it comes time to bottle, it's also a bottling bucket. Big, beautiful, useful conicals. I don't think they come in sizes smaller than 10g though.
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That small one on the right is 7 gallons, well worth it if you can spring for it! Plastic one is MUCH cheaper!  |
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03-04-2008, 06:49 PM
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Have you ever brewed and bottled from one?
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Originally Posted by david_42
All three of my buckets have spigots. The only difference between the fermenters and the bottling bucket is the latter says "bottling bucket". Never had a problem with leakage.
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Is the second (bottling) bucket to get rid of the yeast sediment (traub)?
can I just put the spigot higher and use the same one step process that MR-beer uses?
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