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Well it rather depends upon what you're planning to make and if any solids are involved.

My country wines might start in the bucket for the first 3-7 days according to recipe (occasionally longer) but my juice wines are in DJ / carboy from day 1.

If your brew starts in a bucket or a translucent larger fermenter like the Young's ones, after straining or first racking it does need to end up in a transparent vessel for the reasons you mention. A single fermenting solution isn't usually an option, even if you are using a Better Bottle from the start you will need a second or an array of DJs or 5 litre PETs when it comes to racking and clearing.

I have never used any sort of larger blow-off pipe or water filled bottles. You may need to keep an eye on the airlock for the first few days and keep topping up the water which is blown out, but with all that CO2 belching out, no nasties would want or be able to get in.

Whoa! hang on, I've just noticed ths thread is under âbeer brewingâ, please clarify.
If beer, use a lidded bucket and ignore everything I just wrote.

<blockquote data-quote="Moley" data-source="post: 50882" data-attributes="member: 308">Well it rather depends upon what you&#039;re planning to make and if any solids are involved.My country wines might start in the bucket for the first 3-7 days according to recipe (occasionally longer) but my juice wines are in DJ / carboy from day 1.If your brew starts in a bucket or a translucent larger fermenter like the Young&#039;s ones, after straining or first racking it does need to end up in a transparent vessel for the reasons you mention. A single fermenting solution isn&#039;t usually an option, even if you are using a Better Bottle from the start you will need a second or an array of DJs or 5 litre PETs when it comes to racking and clearing.I have never used any sort of larger blow-off pipe or water filled bottles. You may need to keep an eye on the airlock for the first few days and keep topping up the water which is blown out, but with all that CO2 belching out, no nasties would want or be able to get in.Whoa! hang on, I&#039;ve just noticed ths thread is under âbeer brewingâ, please clarify.If beer, use a lidded bucket and ignore everything I just wrote.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Moley, post: 50882, member: 308"] Well it rather depends upon what you're planning to make and if any solids are involved. My country wines might start in the bucket for the first 3-7 days according to recipe (occasionally longer) but my juice wines are in DJ / carboy from day 1. If your brew starts in a bucket or a translucent larger fermenter like the Young's ones, after straining or first racking it does need to end up in a transparent vessel for the reasons you mention. A single fermenting solution isn't usually an option, even if you are using a Better Bottle from the start you will need a second or an array of DJs or 5 litre PETs when it comes to racking and clearing. I have never used any sort of larger blow-off pipe or water filled bottles. You may need to keep an eye on the airlock for the first few days and keep topping up the water which is blown out, but with all that CO[size=7]2[/size] belching out, no nasties would want or be able to get in. Whoa! hang on, I've just noticed ths thread is under âbeer brewingâ, please clarify. If beer, use a lidded bucket and ignore everything I just wrote. [/QUOTE]

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