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  • Dip tube for my bottling bucket

    I read this on HBT (someone linked an article a couple weeks back in this forum) about adding a dip tube to your bottling bucket. I tried it this weekend and it worked amazing. No more tipping the bucket while trying to fill those last 2-3 bottles. I just got a drilled stopper that fit in the back of my bottling spigot and cut the curved part of an old auto-siphon (I used a hacksaw to get a clean cut) and shoved it in the stopper and I was in business. 5 minutes of work for awesome results!
    I also attached the bottling wand right to the end of the spigot using a 1" piece of tube as a coupling.
    It actually made bottling enjoyable cause i could just sit in my chair and fill each bottle and place it on the table for capping.
    Those who still bottle I strongly suggest doing this. It makes your life so much easier!
    cafe linh chi
    Last edited by cafelinhchi; 01-12-2015, 02:02 AM.

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    I recall seeng that tip many years ago various places. But I never tried it. It seemed easier for me to just tip my bottling bucket up on my copy of "How to Brew" by John Palmer. I keg now, but I still use that book for tipping my carboys when I rack from them. Other than that, I have no use for that book.
    Malt is the soul of beer... and yeast gives it life..
    but the kiss of the hop is the vitality of that life!

    My three favorite beers: The one I just had, the one I'm drinking now and the next one I'll have.

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