primary bucket with spigot?

[undallas]

I wanted to drill a hole (w/ 1" holesaw) to put Italian bottling spigot in my primary to make transferring easier. Would this cause issue during brew? Will it create more space for germs to hide after each brew?

I guess I will need to dissemble it after each brew to make sure all the yeast is dead around the hole.

 

[mmb]

William's Brewing does this with their starter kits out of the box. They have a 90* fitting on the inside to prevent yeast from settling in the port, but otherwise it's exactly what your talking about doing.

http://www.williamsbrewing.com/INVERT_TUBE_BACKNUT_P179C104.cfm

 

[BigKahuna]

They have a 90* fitting on the inside to prevent yeast from settling in the port,]

The Best part is that it forms a siphon tube for your bottling bucket so you get the last 3 or 4 bottles out without tilting the bucket! I use a #2 stopper and a piece of bent racking cane.

 

[david_42]

All three of my buckets have spigots (two are from a William's starter kit). I don't know about the faucet you plan on using, but the ones I have are held on by one nut. Very easy to take apart & clean.

 

[undallas]

All three of my buckets have spigots (two are from a William's starter kit). I don't know about the faucet you plan on using, but the ones I have are held on by one nut. Very easy to take apart & clean.

I'm using a spigot that plugs in the hole with a nut and plastic washer on the back to tighten it. I guess I'll just take it apart and clean.