Bottling from Glass Carboy?! Techniques...??

[brentt03]

Okay, so in about a week I am ready to bottle. My brew is fermenting in a 6gal glass carboy. I have a True Brew Racking Kit....

Now on my first batch we poured from the glass carboy to the fermenting bucket and filtered it along the way (after adding priming sugar), then bottled from there, using the spigot and bottle filler attachment.... But this really stirred up the yeast and stuff.

This go round I have some corn sugar to add and I have dry hopped this batch....so I am trying to see the best way to bottle this keeping a lot of the trash out... any tips??

Thanks guys!

 

[beninan]

drill a hole in the bottom and be ready to catch....




ok I'm kidding. You said you poured your last batch into the bottling bucket???
That's actually a bad thing to do. You would oxygenate the heck out of the beer, and be left with liquid carboard and tons of crap in the bottom. Still use the bottling bucket. Add the priming solution to the bucket first, and then carefully siphon, as to not splash too much, from the carboy to the bucket, causing the beer to swirl (but not splash) yto help mix in the priming solution. Then bottle away!

 

[El_Exorcisto]

Add priming sugar to a pint of water and boil. Add to bottling bucket and rack from the carboy into the bucket. Then bottle from the bucket.

 

[Revvy]

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.

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/

 

[brentt03]

Thanks guys!