In advance, SORRY IF THIS HAS BEEN ASKED but I am in no way searching this whole thread for the answer to my question. How do you guys rinse out/sanitize this design before use? Is it necessary to have an extra keg that I can fill with starsan solution to rinse out my bottle filler before use? Just finding the concept of bottling say a stout with this once then trying to bottle some ipa the following day or what have you, and being left with a contraption filled with stale stout and/or any nasty bacteria i dont want in my bottles.
Standard 3/8 racking cane? I'm fixing to do this as I'm going to keg my first here this week.
I cracked both picnic taps I had on my kegs trying this. Just picked up a new one, is there a way you guys are getting the racking cane in without cracking the plastic? I dont want to break another one trying.
Yes, I use the inserts when bottling.
Also, just jam a plastic bottling wand into your picnic tap. No need to use the rubber stopper, drilling holes, etc. Reduce your keg pressure to get a nice slow fill without excessive foaming, then cap on foam.
...Anyway, if BeirMuncher is still active on this board, I wanted to thank him personally for making my life easier and this hobby a bit more enjoyable.
CHEERS!!
what are the downsides to just attaching tubing to the dispensing faucet and placing the tube at the bottom of the bottles?
natewv said:Biermuncher (or any) beer gunners, what are your thoughts on going this route vs. a more standard racking 2 or so gallons to a bottling bucket, adding appropriate amounts of priming sugar, and bottling 'normally' then kegging the rest vs the beer gun process?
Nothing wrong with splitting up the batch and bottling some the old-fashioned way. It's just a bit more work is all. Plus, the beer gun is just flat-out cool and fun to use. It is also nice to not have to wait for bottle conditioning. I have settled in to a routine where I keg everything, drink off the tap for a while, then bottle the last bit with my beergun or BMBF to free up the keg when I need the space.Biermuncher (or any) beer gunners, what are your thoughts on going this route vs. a more standard racking 2 or so gallons to a bottling bucket, adding appropriate amounts of priming sugar, and bottling 'normally' then kegging the rest vs the beer gun process?
You sure can. You'd be amazed what a difference chilling the bottles will make (and the line that you attach to your tap - if that line is warm, it will foam up before it gets to the bottle. Any increase in temperature on the way to the bottle = foam). Also, turn the pressure way down to about 2-3 PSI. Like I said, sometimes I am lazy and just fill right from the tap, no tubing or anything. And as long as I chill the bottles and turn the pressure way down it works out OK.Question 2, my buddy gave me a device that attaches right to my non-perlick tap and has about a foot of beverage line attached to it. It always gets all foamed up when I try to bottle or fill a growler. I'm clearly missing the obvious steps of bleeding the keg of CO2 and of having the bottles colder. Can I have success just using this as opposed to getting a racking cane and stopper?
Nothing wrong with splitting up the batch and bottling some the old-fashioned way. It's just a bit more work is all. Plus, the beer gun is just flat-out cool and fun to use. It is also nice to not have to wait for bottle conditioning. I have settled in to a routine where I keg everything, drink off the tap for a while, then bottle the last bit with my beergun or BMBF to free up the keg when I need the space.
You sure can. You'd be amazed what a difference chilling the bottles will make (and the line that you attach to your tap - if that line is warm, it will foam up before it gets to the bottle. Any increase in temperature on the way to the bottle = foam). Also, turn the pressure way down to about 2-3 PSI. Like I said, sometimes I am lazy and just fill right from the tap, no tubing or anything. And as long as I chill the bottles and turn the pressure way down it works out OK.
It keeps the contents of the bottle under pressure while you're filling, thus further reducing foam. that's why you have to poke the side of the stopper to keep it going, because the pressure inside the bottle gets to where the beer will stop flowing. I have used my BMBF with and without a stopper, and it definitely foams less with the stopper. When I didn't use the stopper before, my fill level ended up a bit low once everything settled because of the extra foam.So then what is the advantage of the stopper using BM's method?
It keeps the contents of the bottle under pressure while you're filling, thus further reducing foam. that's why you have to poke the side of the stopper to keep it going, because the pressure inside the bottle gets to where the beer will stop flowing. I have used my BMBF with and without a stopper, and it definitely foams less with the stopper. When I didn't use the stopper before, my fill level ended up a bit low once everything settled because of the extra foam.
This may have been answered somewhere in the preceding 84 pages, but in case it hasn't: How do you cut the bevel in the tip of the racking cane? Hacksaw? Hot knife? Table saw? Dremel? What's the best way to get a clean cut?
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