Transfer to bottling bucket...help required

[bikesandbeer]

I'd like to be in a position to post answers, rather than a constant barrage of questions, so apologies for another one.

When I transfer from the FV to a bottling bucket, no matter how much I try, I always get little bubbles forming on the top of my beer. Is a little oxidisation normal / acceptable or am I doing something wrong?

I use a length of 12mm silicone tubing and always place the end at the bottom of the bucket, with the flow of liquid "softened" by pointing it at the side

 

[Bigcol49]

Hi @bikesandbeer
This is quite normal when transferring beer or wort - you're doing the right thing.
Once there is sufficient beer in the bottling bucket, allow the tube to sit beneath the surface - make sure the exterior of the tubing has been sanitised as well as the interior.
Sorry, Grandmother and suck eggs situation!

 

[Saisonator]

I prime the bottles, mostly with 1/2 teaspoon sugar.
So no bottling bucket.

 

[big yogi]

Hi mate, No need to apologies we are all still learning.
Just minimise any splashing when transfering your beer into the bottle, try not to leave too much head space.
I used to cut an angle on my tubing and put it at the bottom of the bottle and filled it to the top. when you take the tubing out you will have the perfect headspace.
Get yourself a bottle filler wand like https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-bottling-wand-with-tap/p/0441127
much easier to fill a bottle.

 

[Ghillie]

You're doing everything right. Enjoy your beer when it's ready!

 

[Graz]

I'd say it's probably not even oxygen just some of the CO2 that the beer has absorbed during fermentation getting released. I wouldn't worry about it.

No worries regarding the questions by the way, we were all new to this lark once and when I started out there was no Internet just my Dad to ring :)

 

[terrym]

The little bubbles you see surfacing when the liquid level drops as you siphon the beer out of your FV are CO2 bubbles, so nothing to worry about. And in my view, provided you take reasonable precautions not to splash your beer about when you transfer into the bottles, there is little likelihood of oxidation, so nothing to worry about there too.
You have to be really careless to induce oxidation into your beer, and the same goes for an infection.

 

[Cwrw666]

I prime the bottles, mostly with 1/2 teaspoon sugar.
So no bottling bucket.

Me too. Straight from the FV tap.
Who cares if there's slight differences in carbonation between each bottle?

 

[Ghillie]

Great point by @Graz

 

[Clint]

Asking questions is the law!