Bottling Techniques

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Bearcat
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Bottling Techniques

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Hey Everybody,

I have a question on bottling. I have single malt about ready to bottle. I read that you don't want plastic touching your spirit at anypoint but was thinking how am I going to bottle going under this premise. Do I pull the bung and dump the barrel into one a my SS beer pots. The pot has a valve on the bottom with a ball valve. Find a find a copper / stainless compression fitting and small piece of tubing and flare it. Then into a coffee filtered funnel then the bottle?

Another stiller I know kinda scoffs at the idea of plastic being a no-no in such short contact... but I don't want to potentially add an off flavor to my 9 gallons of single malt that has been aging for 9 months now. Thought that it might be a good "first" topic for beginners like myself.

I have been told 3/8" soft copper to siphon as well (thanks Tater).

Just looking for options , concerns, discussion.

Thanks.
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