Bottling straight from spigot

[squaremile]

Hello, I'm curious if anyone has bottled straight from the bucket spigot rather than using a bottling wand? I know the boogey man here is oxidation, but I'm interested in the experience of people who have tried this, and whether they have actually experienced negative effects. Thanks on advance yall!

 

[snow16]

When I first started brewing, I probably bottled my first 5 plus beers straight from the spigot because I just thought that's how it was done. At that time, I enjoyed the hell out of those beers and didn't know the difference. Glad to get that off my chest.

Now that I've learned how to do things a little better and my palate has developed along the way, I'm pretty sure I'd pick up on the oxidation.

I would steer clear of doing that because I really do think it beats the hell out of the beer. And bottling wands are cheap.