Filling a growler

[jonboygentry]

Hey everyone. Gonna fill a couple of growlers from a picnic tap. Any tips or suggestions to make this work? Cheers!!


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[nextgenxx]

1. Pre-chill your growlers to help prevent foaming.

2. If you have any extra clear tubing 8"-10" try and fit it over your party tap to make a growler hose.

3. Have a way to catch the overflow. Bucket/tray/etc.

 

[BigFloppy]

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[JonM]

1. Pre-chill your growlers to help prevent foaming.

2. If you have any extra clear tubing 8"-10" try and fit it over your party tap to make a growler hose.

3. Have a way to catch the overflow. Bucket/tray/etc.

This. And it might help to dial the pressure on the keg down a little bit too.

 

[jonboygentry]

Here is what I did: let some pressure out of the keg, set co2 to about 3psi filled the growlers with a bottle filler. Worked great and beer seemed perfect to me. Thanks for the input and gonna check out that link.


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[mcotter]

Just had to do this on Saturday because I've working on my kegerator top and don't have my faucets hooked up.

- Chill the growler in the freezer
- Dial the pressure back to 2-3 psi and purge the keg
- Hold the growler at a 45 degree angle over a bucket or bowl to catch the overflow
- Fill until it just starts to overflow and then cap immediately

 

[bobeer]

I haven't tried to chill the growlers before filling... I'll try that next time.

What I do is get 2 ft of tubing and I cram it up the faucet. Then I take a bucket and put the growler in there and put the tubing down to the bottom of the growler then open the faucet, watch it fill, and cap.