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6.5 gallon plastic fermenting bucket

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I made a bottling bucket recently (for only ~$10 total cost) and that's all I plan to use if for. I haven't used it yet after making it but look forward to bottling with it soon. I will put a ~4" piece of food-grade tubing between the spigot and a bottling wand. Should make bottling a lot easier/faster. :cool:
 
Whatshisface said:
So how do you bottle now?
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Same way I did before I got the spigot bucket - racking cane, hose, and bottle filler tip. Put the cane gently into the carboy, put the tip on the hose, fill the hose with water at the tap, carefully attach the full hose to the cane, put the tip into a clean spare bottle and let it go until I can tell the hose is full of wine and not water, start filling bottles.
 
Chevette Girl said:
Same way I did before I got the spigot bucket - racking cane, hose, and bottle filler tip. Put the cane gently into the carboy, put the tip on the hose, fill the hose with water at the tap, carefully attach the full hose to the cane, put the tip into a clean spare bottle and let it go until I can tell the hose is full of wine and not water, start filling bottles.
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Makes sense, I guess I have always used a bottling bucket for bottling and I have always used racking cane and auto siphons for racking. I have never gave this much thought but I really like the idea of not introducing oxygen and other nasty things to a finish mead. Eliminating the bottling bucket is a real good Idea, thanks.
 
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