BrewingBob
Active Member
My 5 gallon fermenting bin (plastic, standard model with airlock in lid) has a standard red tap installed low down on the side. It's this one in fact:
I've been faffing around with siphon tubes for a while and it seems like a pants way of doing things (I often spill or waste some, it's hard to start the flow without contamination from mouth) if instead I can just use the built-in tap.
Presumably to do so I'll have to sterilise it first which will be hard while the fermenter is full.
And presumably it'll be difficult to avoid oxygenation of the content if it drops from a great height as opposed to flowing smoothing from the end of a siphon tube.
Does anyone successfully use their fermenting bin tap for racking and bottling?
TY!
I've been faffing around with siphon tubes for a while and it seems like a pants way of doing things (I often spill or waste some, it's hard to start the flow without contamination from mouth) if instead I can just use the built-in tap.
Presumably to do so I'll have to sterilise it first which will be hard while the fermenter is full.
And presumably it'll be difficult to avoid oxygenation of the content if it drops from a great height as opposed to flowing smoothing from the end of a siphon tube.
Does anyone successfully use their fermenting bin tap for racking and bottling?
TY!