Is this practical, does anyone do it?
My current setup has been to ferment in a bucket with a tap, and bottle straight from that when the beer's ready, using a bottle filling stick.
I want to switch to using a bucket without a tap for primary for a couple of reasons. So I'll need to either bottle straight from this using an auto syphon or similar, or transfer to a bottling bucket with or without a tap.
Is it practical to bottle from an auto syphon? Or should I just get a bucket with a tap to use as a bottling bucket?
i wouldn't bother bottling straight from primary with an autosyphon.
autosyphon from primary to a tapped bottling bucket. You can bulk prime then too.
I use my auto siphon from the bottling bucket with a bottling wand attached to the end. Works nicely and easier with the nice long tubing from the siphon to go from bottle to bottle.
I've always bottled straight from FV using one of these (https://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/simple-syphon-p-88.html) - rigid tube with sediment trap, attach to regular soft tubing, and a spring loaded bottle filler on the other end.
Thanks.
Think I'll use a bottling bucket and auto syphon to transfer to it.
Any tips on avoiding picking up the yeast cake / sediment when transferring with an auto syphon?
Any advantage to the larger auto syphon, or is the regular one quick enough with a standard 20l batch?
Tie a hop bag around the bottom of the siphon and it'll filter out the trub for you.