On Feb 19, 9:00 am, "basskisser" <atl_m...@yahoo.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> On Feb 15, 4:46 pm, Barry <d...@spam.me> wrote:
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> > Hi All,[/color]
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> > I recently got a starter brewing kit and my first brew is bubbling away
> > nicely. In a couple of days I have to bottle it. My question is: I got a
> > siphoning tube with the kit but the fermenting barrel also has a tap at
> > the bottom; which should I use for tranferring the beer to bottles (and
> > why?).[/color]
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> > Also, if siphoning, what is the technique? do you ensure the bottom of
> > the siphoning tube is just under the top of the beer in the barrel or
> > near the bottom?[/color]
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> > TIA for any advice.[/color]
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> > Barry.[/color]
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> Near the bottom, but out of the trub. Get an auto-siphon. It's a great
> thing:[url]http://www.northernbrewer.com/siphon.html[/url][/color]

I think this may come down to how you are going to add the priming
sugar. If you intend to use the individual tabs per bottle, you can
probably get away with bottling right out of your primary, but if you
intend to boil up some sugar you should transfer your beer to a
bottling bucket and add the priming sugar when the bucket is about 2"
full, being careful as not to splash too much. I would also suggest
getting a bottle filler "wand' (if one did not come w/your kit) that
can attach to the end of the spigot using some tubing. It makes
bottling really easy and a lot cleaner.
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