MaxMayo
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Hello and thank you for all the advice I've found on your forum so far. I bought a starter kit from Northern Brewer which step by step has been very self explanatory until bottling day. The instructions called for using the auto-siphon to move the wort to the bottling bucket. The starter kit I purchased came with a siphon hose and a bottle filler...No auto siphon that I could identify. I've been conditioned to "adapt, improvise, and overcome," for better or worse. Since there was no auto siphon I transferred the wort to the bottling bucket using the spigot; slowly pouring it in along the side of the bottling bucket like you would pour a beer from bottle to glass. The bottle filler provided by Northern Brewer did not attach to the spigot of the bottling bucket very easily and I was not comfortable with the seal. I again used the spigot to transfer the bottling bucket beer directly into the bottles (following the instructions for the priming solution prior to this of course).
Did I make a royal mistake by transferring and bottling in this manner?
Should I buy other siphoning equipment besides the basic items that came with my kit, was I not using it correctly, or can I keep using the spigot to transfer and bottle my beer?
Sorry if this question has been asked in prior threads and I understand if you guys just link me to said thread.
Cheers and thanks again for all the useful information I've found here so far!
Max
Did I make a royal mistake by transferring and bottling in this manner?
Should I buy other siphoning equipment besides the basic items that came with my kit, was I not using it correctly, or can I keep using the spigot to transfer and bottle my beer?
Sorry if this question has been asked in prior threads and I understand if you guys just link me to said thread.
Cheers and thanks again for all the useful information I've found here so far!
Max