I've a robust porter sitting in a 30L speidel for 4 weeks, time to bottle. Is it better to transfer to bottling bucket (putting the priming sugar in first, then transferring liquid) or should i just pour the priming sugar in the speidel and stir gently with a sanitized spoon/paddle?....then bottle. Opinions?
Bottling from a Speidel question
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I'm guessing, if you are like me.. you'll have quite a bit of trub in the bottom of your fermenter. I would NOT want that in my bottles. I see two choices.. 1. bottle directly from the fermenter by adding a specific weight of sugar to each bottle.. or 2. add the proper amount of sugar solution to a bottling bucket and rack the beer into it.. stir enough to incorporate the sugar solution into the beer.. and bottle from there.
IMHO, you'll get better and safer results using #2.
Of course.. there really is another choice.. kegging
IMHO, you'll get better and safer results using #2.
Of course.. there really is another choice.. kegging
can i open this up again as i have the same query. the one time i used a bottling bucket, it was left clean after i finished , which meant everything in the bottling bucket went into the bottles. As such i figured that it was a redundant stage and a needless contamination risk.
i have a niggling doubt though that ive got this wrong. My method is keep it in the spiedal FV for for 3 weeks then bottle direct from the tap via a bottling wand. What problems could i be creating?
i have a niggling doubt though that ive got this wrong. My method is keep it in the spiedal FV for for 3 weeks then bottle direct from the tap via a bottling wand. What problems could i be creating?
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