Siphonless Fermenter Question?

[fwf]

I received a siphonless fermenter with the kit I bought and I was wondering if they work well?
Is there anything I need to know or watch out for, or do I just set my bottling bucket under it, flip the knob and let it drain out? Thanks.

 

[carsonwarstler]

When you move the beer from the fermenter to your bottling bucket you want to avoid splashing and avoid anything that may cause oxygen to get in the beer, this will cause permanent oxidation of your brew. Find some food grade tubing, sanitize it, and hook it up to your nozzle. Let it fill the bottling bucket from the bottle up to avoid as much oxygen as possible; try and keep the hose outlet under the liquid level.

You also want to make sure you don't contaminate anything, although with the presence of alcohol, it's not as easily contaminated. With that said, when you're cleaning and sanitizing your bucket fermenter before you add your wort, make sure to run some of that sanitized solution through the nozzle. Then when you're ready to move to your bottling bucket, just spray a sanitized mix on the nozzle and sanitize your hose and you'll be all set.

It's quite simple, Im just bored and decided to get thorough.

 

[fwf]

When you move the beer from the fermenter to your bottling bucket you want to avoid splashing and avoid anything that may cause oxygen to get in the beer, this will cause permanent oxidation of your brew. Find some food grade tubing, sanitize it, and hook it up to your nozzle. Let it fill the bottling bucket from the bottle up to avoid as much oxygen as possible; try and keep the hose outlet under the liquid level.

You also want to make sure you don't contaminate anything, although with the presence of alcohol, it's not as easily contaminated. With that said, when you're cleaning and sanitizing your bucket fermenter before you add your wort, make sure to run some of that sanitized solution through the nozzle. Then when you're ready to move to your bottling bucket, just spray a sanitized mix on the nozzle and sanitize your hose and you'll be all set.

It's quite simple, Im just bored and decided to get thorough.

Cool thanks. Good tips

Im mostly just trying to decide now if I should own a siphon or trust that this fermenter will keep the sludge out of my bottling bucket.

 

[unionrdr]

The spigots that came on both my FV's are up just high enough that the compacted trub won't come out the spigot when racking.

 

[DrunkleJon]

I highly reccomend that when cleaning/sanitizing the bucket you disassemble the spigot assembly and make sure that it and its parts are very clean and sanitized as well. lots of spaces for little nasties to hide.

Also, be careful not to trip over the spigot when it is fermenting and get beer spilled all over everything.

 

[unionrdr]

I soak & brush the spigots & clean the mounting hole as well. And make yourself a fermenter stand,life will be easier. I use an old,large printer stand for FV stand & storage of all the other stuff.

 

[carsonwarstler]

I highly reccomend that when cleaning/sanitizing the bucket you disassemble the spigot assembly and make sure that it and its parts are very clean and sanitized as well. lots of spaces for little nasties to hide.

Also, be careful not to trip over the spigot when it is fermenting and get beer spilled all over everything.

Haha I second this. Been there and there's nothing worse.

It wouldn't hurt to own a siphon. I don't get a whole lot of sludge from mine but, as personal preference, I go into a secondary before I bottle/keg so I don't worry about it too much.