There's a few tricks to bottling. The easiest method is a bottling bucket with a spigot and a tube that goes all the way to the bottom of the bottle. Pull your bottles out of the idophor solution, shake them out, fill them up, and cap them off. 22 oz bottles are easiest since they cut the work in half. If all you have is a siphon and racking tube, it can still be done. Create a siphon you can turn off and on by making sure you loop your siphon tube down below the bottom of the bucket, then back up again to your bottle. Put the end of the siphon in your bottle. Now drop the bottle and siphon end below the level of the beer in the bucket. The bottle will start filling. The further down you move the bottle, the faster the flow. When full, raise the bottle and siphon end above the level of the beer. The flow will stop, but your siphon won't empty because of the loop that is still lower than the beer level in the bucket. The setup of the siphon tube looks like a letter "S" on it's side.
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