grant109
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I need to bottle soon. What are the bare necessities I need for bottling. I can I do it without a bottling bucket? Can I just use a racking wand and hose? Will priming the beer in the fermenter be a bad idea?
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Bottling from the fermentor is generally not a great way to go. It's hard to do without disturbing the sediment, especially when you try to mix in the priming sugar. There are ways to do it, but usually they're a bit more involved.
grant109
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Ok, so a bottling bucket is the way to go. Whats the best way to get from the bottling bucket to the bottles. I've seen some buckets with holes for attachment near the bottom.
Most things sold as bottling buckets have spigots.
yeah, you want a bottling buck with a spigot at the bottom which you attach tubing too. From there, I would attach a bottling wand as this will make it much easier for you to fill bottles to the appropriate level. You will also need, bottles, caps, a capper, sugar, and water.
My fermentor has a spigot and when I have a time crunch, I bottle straight from it just hooking up a bottling wand. A slight tilt to get the end of the batch out doesn't mess with the sediment too much. I've never had an issue anyways. The bare necessities are bottles, caps, beer to bottle, and a transfer method to get said beer into bottles. That's about it. Of course sanitization method for the bottles, caps, wand, etc, but that should be pretty self explanatory.
Oh, and for sugar, I just put 1/2 tsp directly into each bottle. Sure it adds a little bit of time, but it ensures I have at least 1/2 tsp in each of my bottles.
Oh, and for sugar, I just put 1/2 tsp directly into each bottle. Sure it adds a little bit of time, but it ensures I have at least 1/2 tsp in each of my bottles.
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I think you can do it direct from the fermenter if you prime each bottle independently, with sugar drops seen below, or by using a syringe to dispense somewhat precised amounts of prime syrup (corn sugar boiled with water) on each bottle.
If using this approach, I suggest you to move the bottles a bit after couple of days to make sure that the sugars are well mixed with the beer. Not shaking the bottle, just bring to the side slowly and up again few times.
Also, you should use a bottle filer , also seen below, to avoid splashing and oxidizing your beer.
If using this approach, I suggest you to move the bottles a bit after couple of days to make sure that the sugars are well mixed with the beer. Not shaking the bottle, just bring to the side slowly and up again few times.
Also, you should use a bottle filer , also seen below, to avoid splashing and oxidizing your beer.
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