I am new in homebrewing and for now I brew from kits. At my first batch my plastic faucet was leaking. So my question is: can I replace the plastic faucet with a metal one? and what are the metals that don't affect the beer?
put a 2 foot long piece of tubing on the spigot and tie the other end to the handle above the beer line, or a short piece with a tube clamp on it.
The type of spigot that is on that bucket appears to be the same as on mine, it rotates, not sure if there is an "O" ring inside, but I've never tried to take my apart. Bottom line bottling buckets are not good for the primary fermentation stage, buy a bucket without a spigot.It's not leaking from the interior, it's somehow leaking from exterior, so it doesn't solve anything.
This is commonly called plumbers silicon.montego said:Do you have keg lube
Without seeing it, I'm guessing you are getting a leak from in between the handle/spigot piece and the part that secures it to the rest of the assembly. You could try to seal it with food grade grease but this shouldn't be necessary. If your equipment is new you could try to complain about it from where you bought it from. I probably wouldn't mention that you are trying to use it for a primary though since that is not its intended use. Or you could just buy another. It would be a lot cheaper than trying to find food grade metal parts.
I can't comment on metal spigots much because I have never tried it but I do use a bottling bucket for my primary. I don't use a secondary and I have another bottling bucket for actually bottling. It has worked fine for my last 19 batches as long as you --> make sure you disassemble and thoroughly clean it every time (perhaps soak it in bleach water for a few hours after draining) <-- it should work just fine. Also sanitize the inside of the spigot before bottling. I usually do this with a spray bottle of Starsan. A small amount of the trub does come out when it first starts but 99% stays in the primary.
. You don't want to ferment in your bottling bucket. .
why not? I've been fermenting in bottling buckets for over a year with no problems. when in use I rotate the spigot upwards so there are no drips. after use I take the spigot off, scrub than soak in starsan. no leaks, no infections and no problems
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