Cross-Dressing Primary Fermenter
After much contemplation about a desire to brew more than once batch at once, I stared longingly at my Bottling Bucket and cursed it for being a Bottling Bucket, not a Primary Fermenter. It then occured to me that the only thing keeping my Primary from becoming a Bottling Bucket (and vice versa) was an extra lid, airlock and spigot. But, could I use a bucket with a spigot in it as a Primary? After some research it seemed that I was not alone. I quick ordered up a lid, spigot and airlock and pulled out the cordless drill and the 1in boring bit. Now I have two bottling buckets that can be used as Primaries. Its actually highly useful. If I rack the beer from the spigot , it leaves the trub on the bottom of the bucket as the spigot is mounted about an inch from the bottom. Now that I had two primary fermenters, I, of course, needed another secondary fermenter. I picked up a 6.5 and a 5 gallon carboy for $40 from a former homebrewer here in town. He threw in 48 cap bottles for free so it was a pretty good deal. Now I have a dearth of brew equipment.
