Bottling bucket in use?

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.

Don't drop it!

Auto-siphon/bottle filler can team up to work

GilaMinumBeer said:

Don't drop it!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

SnickASaurusRex said:

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

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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

Ahh phooo!

I bottle from carboys all the time. Best advice I have is get SWMBO to hold the fool thing at an angle as you go so you get it all.

My Daughter works in a pinch.

Regards

SnickASaurusRex said:

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.

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I don't understand why you didn't just get another bucket from the LHBS. I can get a bucket, drilled lid with stopper, and airlock for $15!

how do you add the priming sugar to the carboy when bottling from it. it seems to me like it would add air to the brew? What do you syphon it in. Please explain

spage said:

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

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we're talking 'tripel' here, not 'triple'... you could have some fun with the belgian angle!

Just boil the sugar and water, cool, and pour gently. The boiling takes the air out of the water and the little splashing associated with a gentle pour won't hurt you.

Then siphon your beer, gently and the swirling will mix the sugar for you.
Regards.

LSDracula said:

I don't understand why you didn't just get another bucket from the LHBS. I can get a bucket, drilled lid with stopper, and airlock for $15!

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LHBS is a price gouging whore. I hate by local box store, and I had a carboy on hand. Do I need to say more.

I don't need more equipment lying around. I was just seeking some tips before I got started. I have bottled two batches from a carboy now with no harm. So I saved 15$ that I will turn around and spend on a batch of session beer.

what you need is to talk a buddy into brewing,then you call him up,he brings his bucket over and its all done. This is what I do,except he got me into brewing. But I brew way more than him. then he can take it home and store it.

SnickASaurusRex said:

I don't need more equipment lying around.

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Oh sorry! I retract my previous statement. I have the same problem at my house! My bedroom closet is my brewhouse and it's full (luckily SWMBO leaves her clothes all over the bedroom floor or I'd have a problem)
I'm gonna pick up a couple 1gal glass bottles soon anyway. For starters and some JAOM!