Filling bottling bucket

[rnorman57]

Bottled my 2nd batch last Sunday. One thing I struggled with is keeping the end of tubing submerged when siphoning from fermenting bucket to bottling bucket, especially while trying to keep an eye on where the autosiphon is drawing from, etc. One thing I thought of but haven't tried is connecting the tubing to the spigot on the bottling bucket, reversing the normal flow direction through the spigot. Figured this might be an easy way to keep the beer entering at the bottom of the bottling bucket without fighting the coiled tubing. Anyonet ried this? Only issue i can see is possible leak where tubing attaches to spigot. Thoughts?

 

[GHBWNY]

Bottled my 2nd batch last Sunday. One thing I struggled with is keeping the end of tubing submerged when siphoning from fermenting bucket to bottling bucket, especially while trying to keep an eye on where the autosiphon is drawing from, etc. One thing I thought of but haven't tried is connecting the tubing to the spigot on the bottling bucket, reversing the normal flow direction through the spigot. Figured this might be an easy way to keep the beer entering at the bottom of the bottling bucket without fighting the coiled tubing. Anyonet ried this? Only issue i can see is possible leak where tubing attaches to spigot. Thoughts?

You could clip the tubing to the lip of your bottling bucket so it wouldn't move when racking. Haven't tried the reverse-spigot technique, but the advantage to allowing the tubing to rest in the bottom of your bottling bucket is to get the priming sugar solution to swirl into solution. Re: spigot, I wonder how well it would continue to flow as the volume of beer increased in the bucket.

 

[brewprint]

I'm lost here. I have a clip that I attach to my auto siphon and to the primary or secondary. Then I just fill the bottling bucket. No tubing is in my way.

Do you just have extra long tubing? Move the bottling bucket farther away or purchase another clip to attach the tubing to the top of the bottling bucket.

 

[estricklin]

I've siphoned into a spigot before, and it works fine as long as you keep gravity happy, the law holds true. I've also transferred from a spigot that I placed higher on my primary fermenting bucket, into the spigot on my bottling bucket.

Keep in mind that when you are done transferring, there will be beer in the hose up to the highest level that your bottling bucket has reached.....now...........what you do with that extra beer........ehhmmmmm....is up to you.

 

[rnorman57]

I'm lost here. I have a clip that I attach to my auto siphon and to the primary or secondary. Then I just fill the bottling bucket. No tubing is in my way.

Do you just have extra long tubing? Move the bottling bucket farther away or purchase another clip to attach the tubing to the top of the bottling bucket.

Tubing isn't extra long nor is it really in my way, it just seems to want to float or curl up so its spraying at the surface rather than being submerged during racking.

 

[rnorman57]

I've siphoned into a spigot before, and it works fine as long as you keep gravity happy, the law holds true. I've also transferred from a spigot that I placed higher on my primary fermenting bucket, into the spigot on my bottling bucket.

Keep in mind that when you are done transferring, there will be beer in the hose up to the highest level that your bottling bucket has reached.....now...........what you do with that extra beer........ehhmmmmm....is up to you.

No problem with gravity.. The surface in my bottling bucket is always below bottom of fermenting bucket. And i think I can figure out something to do with the beer left in the hose😀

 

[estricklin]

No problem with gravity.. The surface in my bottling bucket is always below bottom of fermenting bucket. And i think I can figure out something to do with the beer left in the hose😀

Hehe I had a feeling you could.

 

[TennBrewer]

Tubing isn't extra long nor is it really in my way, it just seems to want to float or curl up so its spraying at the surface rather than being submerged during racking.

Try soaking the tube for a few minutes in hot water, sanitize and connect it to the spigot. I assume the tubing is the clear plastic or vinyl tubing, you could use silicone tubing which is more flexible but costs a little more.

 

[Singletrack]

If you plan to keep brewing, go silicone.

 

[MDExile]

The hard plastic tube from the bottling wand or a racking cane with the curved end cut off.

Put this on the discharge end in the bottling bucket.

This should keep the hose from floating.

 

[flars]

You could just add weight to the end of the tubing. The weight would need to be a material that can be sanitized without leaching anything harmful.

 

[GHBWNY]

You could just add weight to the end of the tubing. The weight would need to be a material that can be sanitized without leaching anything harmful.

Or maybe something like a length of 3/4" PVC or copper or stainless pipe the same height as your bottling bucket, with an elbow on the submerged end. It would have to be sanitized and clamped to the rim of the bucket and then the racking tubing could be inserted through it.