fermenter with a spigot

[jrflight]

I have the True Brew gold kit, it comes with the fermenting bucket with a spigot. I'm using this as my primary fermenter, when I am done fermenting and am ready to bottle, can I add the priming sugar to that and bottle out of the spigot or do I want to transfer the beer out? I also have a carboy but was going to use that for as a secondary for another batch.

 

[JRL]

That is your bottling bucket. People have used them to ferment in however you will need to rack to another bucket to bottle unless you want a lot of trub in your bottles.

I would say, ferment in your carboy for 3 weeks, don't transfer to a secondary and rack into your bottling bucket to bottle.

 

[jrflight]

trub? I'm making a wheat so I do want a little cloudiness. So with this kit, I should be using the carboy as my primary fermenter?

 

[petey_c]

I've brewed and bottled from my primary with no problems. You should, if you can, transfer to a separate bottling bucket (this is my next experiment). If not you run the risk of stirring up the sediment which would get transferred to your bottles. Normally what I've done before is, boil the priming sugar solution (two cups of water to the 4.5 to 5 oz. of priming sugar, usually provided with the kit.), cool it down, pour it gently into the primary, then gently stir a couple of times to mix the sugar in. While that is settling back down I sanitize my bottles. I wind up with a quarter inch of sediment in the bottles, that I leave in when pouring.

 

[petey_c]

If I'm not mistaken, the carboy (no spigot) was your primary. Transfer to the bucket with the spigot, then bottle. No worries, you beer will be a little cloudy, like you said, since it's a wheat you'll want a little cloudiness anyway. A learning experience.

 

[BigPoppa502]

trub? I'm making a wheat so I do want a little cloudiness. So with this kit, I should be using the carboy as my primary fermenter?

The cloudiness in a Wit is more a natural occurrence. What i would do is ferment in the carboy and eliminate the trub by racking to the bottling bucket after fermentation is complete and bottle. You don't really need to preserve the cloudiness it happens all by itself.

<Edit> Missed the fact that your carboy is only 6gal. <\Edit>

 

[tedscastle]

I put a spigot on a free bucket to use for bottling. Any sediment that gets in from the primary settles to the bottom before I bottle.

 

[aidan]

I have the True Brew gold kit, it comes with the fermenting bucket with a spigot. I'm using this as my primary fermenter, when I am done fermenting and am ready to bottle, can I add the priming sugar to that and bottle out of the spigot or do I want to transfer the beer out? I also have a carboy but was going to use that for as a secondary for another batch.

This is totally fine, it's what I do all the time. You will only get some extra sediment in the first and last bottle and it will settle out in the bottle so not a problem. I give it a gentle stir when adding the priming sugar taking care not to disturb the trub or cause and splashing, then I usually let it sit for about an hour.

 

[ajf]

Before using the carboy as a primary fermenter, make sure it is big enough. I brew 5g batches in a 6.5g carboy, and still have to use a blow off tube sometimes. With a 6g carboy, I would have to use a blow off tube quite often, and I wouldn't think of using a 5g carboy for a primary.

-a.

 

[DoctorMemory]

I have this same kit, and while I agree with JRL, I had a problem with my first batch blowing foam out the airlock. Fermenting 5G of beer in a 5G carboy is risky. I have since added a 6.5G bucket to use as my primary, and I use the carboy as a secondary (when I need one).