My first brew... I might of messed up... :(

[Keithww]

If you ferment in your bottling bucket, you can use a tube attached to the spigot to fill the secondary this will make it easy to leave the cake and trub behind. Just make sure the tube touches the bottom of the secondary and of course everything is sanitized. I would leave it in the secondary for at least a week then rack back to the primary/bottling bucket to fill the bottles. Also one thing that scares me a little is that I've read more than a few infection stories that originated with the spigot on the bottling bucket. Make sure it is completely clean when you fill that bucket.

 

[grem135]

You dont need to rack to secondary but I highly recommend getting a bottling bucket. Siphon beer to the bottling bucket on top of your cooled priming solution with your hose curved in the bottom so swirls around the bucket for a good mix.
I run starsan through my bottling bucket, spicket, hose and bottling cane before I rack to the bottling bucket

 

[gt_andy]

Yea, I fermented, then added priming sugar mix, then bottled.. Never racked it once.... Prolly why I have so much sediment. I will do it differently next time for sure..


But anyone try the cream ale? Im really curious as to what store bought beer its close too.

 

[PistolaPete]

I agree w/ everyone's response about the sugar. On a seperate note, I would just say even though the kit might say it should be done in a week, you will always get better results by letting the beer sit and condition for longer, at least 2 weeks. Doing this will allow the yeast to clean up any "off flavors" as well as settle out. I was impatient when I first started brewing but I follow what most of the more expienced guys on here do, which is to let it sit for at least 2.5-3 weeks and then bottle. After bottling, the beer will be carbonated in 1 week, but again, the beer will be much better by week 2 and really good by week 3 in the bottle. Happy Brewing!!!

 

[DoctorMemory]

Everyone led me to believe i can ferment and bottle from the same bucket without racking..

Next time i will rack to a secondary..

Well, there's a difference between racking to a secondary and racking to your bottling bucket. "Racking to secondary" customarily means that you transfer your beer to a different FV and leave it there for some time. Transferring to your bottling bucket just means getting the batch off the yeast cake and mixing it with your priming sugar. If you can manage it, I'd recommend picking up a different bucket to use for your FV and just use your bottling bucket for bottling. Alternately, you could just dose your bottles with the priming sugar (I've even seen people simply drop a sugar cube in each one) and rack on top of that. That would permit you to stick with one bucket and eliminate the stirring that kicked up so much trub.