Got myself a bottling bucket

[andysbrew]

Bought myself a bottling bucket from the Malt Miller complete with tap.

Do I need to put Vaseline on the seal and on the threads the same as you do on a PB?

New to bottling!

Also purchased bottling wand, rinser and bottle tree!

[Jim]

Unless you have a problem with leaks, I wouldn't put anything on the seals. A pressure barrel's different because of the gas pressure, but you won't have that in a bottling bucket.

A bottling bucket and stick are the way to do it though! Much easier than faffing around with syphons or jugs.

[andysbrew]

Thanks Jim

All I need to do now is get my lager kit on the go......

[kentmark]

One of the best purchases I've made for a while, much easier for batch priming the sugar and a lot simpler / quicker to fill bottles from. Less mess than a syphon tube as well.

I just made sure the nut on the valve was done up nicely finger tight, no problems with that. No pressure in a bottling barrel as you would have in a pressure barrel as you're bottling before the carbonation can kick in and take effect.

[widdersbel]

I made my own bottling bucket by fitting a bottling stick to a regular FV. The main thing to do is test it with plain water before filling it with your precious beer, to check for leaks! So glad I thought to do so the first time I used it - would have been very messy otherwise...