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giligson · 03-24-2009, 04:09 PM

I haven't done it in the heat of summer but in the spring and fall I can get away with putting the corny into an ice bath in a cooler for about 12 hrs before bottlling - I do have a carbonation stone in the gas line though - so I avoid having to shake the keg. In the winter time its a no brainer just set the psi and leave it alone for a few days. Then bottle.

aaastinkie · 03-26-2009, 11:51 AM

I bottled Champagne with this last week with 4.5 CO2 (25psi@35deg.) cut my pressure to 6psi and was foaming too much increased it to 10psi and it worked GREAT, 12 bottles of Champagne in the wine cellar!!

nathan · 03-26-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TerapinChef

Here Here. I couldn't agree with him more. We'll get those corny sales up yet...soon even the bottlers will be kegging. Anybody carb their beer outside of the fridge/keezer to do this? I know it takes a bit more, but I just keep running low on fridge space. Man I need somebody to help me drink about 4 cases of beer. Time for a party I guess...Good thing it's almost spring.

I have keg conditioned warm with priming sugar just like you would for bottling, only I poured the sugar into my keg instead of the bucket, racked in beer, sealed and set aside.

It works fine, but takes 2-3 weeks like bottles do.

joeunc · 04-01-2009, 06:11 PM

I just picked up my stopper and the racking cane at lunch today. The cane is about 2ft long and looks just the pic in the OP and has the curve at the top. Does it work ok if you keep the curve or do you need to cut the curve off and make it straight all the way. And
is the 2ft length ok.

thanks

SpanishCastleAle · 04-01-2009, 07:16 PM

I use a bottling wand with the valve removed and end cut at an angle. Either works fine.

joeunc · 04-01-2009, 08:02 PM

i know about the 45 degree cut at the end,,I was talking about , does the racking cane part need to be straight or can it keep the the curve at the top that it came with and still work fine

thanks

flyangler18 · 04-01-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by joeunc

i know about the 45 degree cut at the end,,I was talking about , does the racking cane part need to be straight or can it keep the the curve at the top that it came with and still work fine

thanks

I don't see how it could work with the curve. Probably better just to give it a cut.

**ShortSnoutBrewing** · 04-01-2009, 08:15 PM

Mine is curved and works just fine. What do you see as the issue Fly?

PS: If I'm to believe the pics in the original post it would look like BM's is as well.

flyangler18 · 04-01-2009, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Kilted Brewer

Mine is curved and works just fine. What do you see as the issue Fly?

More form factor and comfort than anything else.

**fastricky** · 04-01-2009, 10:54 PM

I'm going to give this a go too, love the innovation!

The part I'm not getting after reading all 34 pages so far is why not use a bottling wand rather than the siphon? Wouldn't that create less spillage? (But still use the rubber stopper of course to keep the foam at bay...)