How to get that last beer out of the bottling bucket ?

[neverfadeaway86]

So I was bottling my Belgian Dubbel yesterday and as usual once it gets below the spigot I am left with maybe 1 or 2 beers left in the bottom. How does everyone else get these out ?

I use a bottling bucket with the bottling wand attached to the spigot. I guess I could re attach the racking cane and try that but I think there may not be enough beer for that to be useful. So I have just been drinking it lol maybe that is the best solution ?

 

[Pkrd]

Rig up some sort of dip tube for inside the bucket... like this or there's a ton of other threads on here.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=406151

 

[neverfadeaway86]

pretty simple solution, never even thought about that

 

[balrog]

I usually carefully tilt the bucket at the end, and usually have the awesome fun of trying to tilt carefully to leave any sediment on the bottom, have bucket slip of counter, stir up sediment anyway, say a few choice words, lather rinse and repeat.

 

[dwhite60]

I usually carefully tilt the bucket at the end, and usually have the awesome fun of trying to tilt carefully to leave any sediment on the bottom, have bucket slip of counter, stir up sediment anyway, say a few choice words, lather rinse and repeat.

Ditto.

Way my valve is positioned I don't have twenty-four ounces left when flow stops without tilting.

Some loss is just part of the process.

All the Best,
D. White

 

[csurowiec]

On the rare occasions I bottle instead of keg, my bottling is done at the kitchen counter. The bottling bucket is on the counter and I fill bottles close to floor level while sitting on a short stool. Once the bucket gets low, I prop the side opposite the spigot with folded dish towels up about 3". This allows me to get all but about 4-6 oz without sucking any air in risking oxidation. Also with it propped I don't have to hold it at that angle.

 

[Oginme]

I also carefully tilt the bottling bucket and then mark the last bottle with a line across the top of the cap for my initial carbonation test in 2 to 3 weeks.

 

[flars]

I also tilt the bucket. I use a piece of soft carpet runner under the bucket to keep it from slipping. A wet towel would also work to prevent slipping.

 

[PADave]

I also tilt the bucket. Be careful with using a dip tube, make sure it's big enough and has more flow than your bottling wand. I use to use a dip tube, but it was just a small elbow. Restricted the flow and ended up oxidizing the beer. Took me a couple batches to figure out what was going on. Haven't had an issue since I quit using it, and tilting the bucket is easier.

 

[catdaddy66]

I am also a tilter but it doesn't always work. Then I use a funnel or use the dregs to be my gravity sample.

Since switching to big mouth bubblers that have the spigot to drain into the bottling bucket, the sediment is at the level of the valve so I get more stuff in the bottling bucket. Not the end of the world but it is annoying.

 

[ash1300ad]

I try to have an extra pair of hands around when it is time to tilt, my daughter has become very good at this task.

 

[neverfadeaway86]

I usually tilt it to get as much as I can, the last few times I've just poured it into a glass and drank it

 

[neverfadeaway86]

Also like a dummy I forgot to tighten the inside part of the spigot and once I turned the valve it started leaking slowly, I didn't want to go elbow deep in the bucket to tighten it down so I just put a bowl under the leak to catch the drops of beer

 

[MaryB]

I ferment in a bottling bucket, I carefully stir in the priming sugar to not hit the yeast cake then bottle. Tilt at the end and it is rare the yeast cake even moves.

 

[Sadu]

I pour the last bit into a stainless jug then into the bottle from here. Mark the cap so I use this bottle as the early sample.

 

[woo_pig]

I carefully pick the bucket up and tilt it up. And drink it.