Hi All,
I was wondering if anyone has ever used a bottling bucket as a primary fermenter before ?
I just got one and I decided to give it a try, which is what I'm doing now, so far so good. I'm using it as a primary because it seems easier to simply use the spigot at the bottom to move it to a glass secondary fermentor then later use the bottling bucket again for its original purpose.
I asked the local homebrew store about that and they said they wouldn't because bacteria may get into the spigot. But after thinking about it more, this is exactly the way the Mr. Beer machine works. Its just that I would be doubling the capacity this way without the need of using 3 separate buckets or carboys.
2 Stage fermenting with one less siphon makes things a bit easier !!!
Thanks
I was wondering if anyone has ever used a bottling bucket as a primary fermenter before ?
I just got one and I decided to give it a try, which is what I'm doing now, so far so good. I'm using it as a primary because it seems easier to simply use the spigot at the bottom to move it to a glass secondary fermentor then later use the bottling bucket again for its original purpose.
I asked the local homebrew store about that and they said they wouldn't because bacteria may get into the spigot. But after thinking about it more, this is exactly the way the Mr. Beer machine works. Its just that I would be doubling the capacity this way without the need of using 3 separate buckets or carboys.
2 Stage fermenting with one less siphon makes things a bit easier !!!
Thanks