Bottling question.

[gregbankley]

If I am about to bottle from my 6.5 gallon bucket with a spigot, can I just hook up the beer bottle straight to the spigot? Or do I need a tube from the spigot to the bottle? I think I got a siphon that came with the kit, so I don't know if I should use that or not, or how.

 

[JRL]

That will cause splashing and can introduce oxygen which you do not want to do at this point. Use a racking can or a bottling wand to bottle.

Check out this thread.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/bottling-tips-homebrewer-94812/

 

[LimerickBrewCo]

I never had problems doing it that way but it is a risk to add oxygen. If you don't have a bottling wand at least make sure to tilt the bottle so that it doesn't splash.

 

[gregbankley]

what about with the siphon or the tube that comes with the kit, can that connect to the spigot? How are you supposd to use the spigot

 

[kevinb]

Your kit probably came with a bottle filler. Use a short piece of tubing to connect the spigot on you bottling bucket to the botlle filler. The bottle filler is a piece of rigid tubing that is about a foot long. One end is open tubing, the other end is a spring loaded valve.