Can I use a siphonless fermentor both as a primary fermentor and a bottling bucket?
So I’m trying to get all my equipment to start home brewing. I was hoping to use this http://www.williamsbrewing.com/SIPHONLESS_FERMENTOR_P143C66.cfm siphonless fermentor for the primary fermentation of ale. Then transfering it to a 5 gallon glass carboy for secondary fermentation. Then i was wondering if i could transfer it back to that same siphonless fermentor to use as a priming and bottling bucket.
I am worried about all the transfers making it easier to contaminate the brew and also since the spigot is “above the layer of yeast sediment” how much beer i would be wasting using it as a bottling bucket because i think that most of the yeast cake would be left behind in the first and second transfer. Thanks for the input.
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Nice tool. any bottling bucket wastes a little beer, but you just tip it up to get more out when bottling the last one.
Of course you would need to clean and sanitize before you pour the beer back in from the secondary. I would get two and forget the glass carboy. They are a pain to work with and there is nothing to see in the secondary. Using a secondary is always risky for contaminiation, but avoiding siphon hoses gives you a leg up in my opinion. They are impossible to clean. But make sure you can clean the spout on this really well.
You could probably just use this as a primary, forget the secondary, and be plenty happy. Once you get drunk and have your first cloudy beer, you stop worrying about it. Besides it clears in the bottle/keg.
It sounds do-able. I wouldn’t skip the secondary, though. Leave the wort in plastic for more than 2 wk and you are apt to have it pick up a slight plastic taste. Yes, yo will lose a small amount of beer, probably less than a bottle or two out of a 5-gallon batch. Live with it. You will have less sludge in your bottles. Just be very sure to sanitize thoroughly before each use.
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