A friend just gave me a 6.5 gallon bottling bucket with grommeted lid, airlock and spigot. I don't have a primary fermenter, and was thinking about doing everything in the bottling bucket - fermenting, batch priming, then bottling. I've read on this site that at least one person does batch priming in the primary. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
Can you batch prime in the primary vessel?
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The problem with bottling from a primary or secondary instead of using a bottling bucket, is that since you have patiently gone and let your beer settle and clear, in order to mix the priming solution and beer effectively, you would have to stir it in the carboy which would a) kick up all that nice sediment you have patiently let fall, b) possibly oxydize the beer.
It really defeats the purpose of both a long primary/no secondary or a secondary if you have to stir up all the nice sediment you patiently waited to settle just so you can have consistent carbonation.
Why don't you just go to the hardware store and make a bottling bucket? You can find everything you need, including a spigot there.
With my bottling bucket and my dip tube, I leave no more than about 3 ounces behind, which means I can get about 52 to 54 bottles per 5 gallon batch.
Go to a hardware store and get a translucent or white bucket...but look for one where the 5 gallon mark falls way below the top of the bucket. Usually it will say 5 gallons at 3rd band from the top. (oh get the lid too....I totally regret not getting it when I did.)
Then get a spigot and make a dedicated bottling bucket. It really defeats the purpose of both a long primary/no secondary or a secondary if you have to stir up all the nice sediment you patiently waited to settle just so you can have consistent carbonation.
Mine is the translucent Leaktite brand 5 gallon container with the gallon and liter markings from Homedepot.
Here's a pic of mine from my bottling thread.
One of my dip tubes and what gets left behind.
You'll find a ton of good info here to make bottling easier.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/revvys-tips-bottler-first-time-otherwise-94812/
Hope this helps you understand better.
But in truth, you'll really thank us if you if you go ahead and make or buy one.....
It really defeats the purpose of both a long primary/no secondary or a secondary if you have to stir up all the nice sediment you patiently waited to settle just so you can have consistent carbonation.
Why don't you just go to the hardware store and make a bottling bucket? You can find everything you need, including a spigot there.
With my bottling bucket and my dip tube, I leave no more than about 3 ounces behind, which means I can get about 52 to 54 bottles per 5 gallon batch.
Go to a hardware store and get a translucent or white bucket...but look for one where the 5 gallon mark falls way below the top of the bucket. Usually it will say 5 gallons at 3rd band from the top. (oh get the lid too....I totally regret not getting it when I did.)
Then get a spigot and make a dedicated bottling bucket. It really defeats the purpose of both a long primary/no secondary or a secondary if you have to stir up all the nice sediment you patiently waited to settle just so you can have consistent carbonation.
Mine is the translucent Leaktite brand 5 gallon container with the gallon and liter markings from Homedepot.
Here's a pic of mine from my bottling thread.
One of my dip tubes and what gets left behind.
You'll find a ton of good info here to make bottling easier.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/revvys-tips-bottler-first-time-otherwise-94812/
Hope this helps you understand better.
But in truth, you'll really thank us if you if you go ahead and make or buy one.....
I have done it many times.
Boil up a cup or two of water, desolve the suger, let it sit for a few minutes, "gently" pour it in to the fermentor, just as gently stir the beer with a sanitized spoon, and then wait a few minutes for it all to destribute
I have done it many times.
Boil up a cup or two of water, dissolve the sugar, let it sit for a few minutes, "gently" pour it in to the fermenter, just as gently stir the beer with a sanitized spoon, and then wait a few minutes for it all to distribute and settle
I mean it is not going to go crazy all a at once...
Then I bottle.
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