Recently moved and had to sell my keezer. No way to keep the beer cold other than bottling it. Would love to bottle around 12 at a time from a 72F keg, with no counter pressure filler is it possible? what would make it work? Really long beer lines?
Is itt possible to bottle carbed beer from room temp keg
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Abhishek Dewan
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You can use beer gun, Google it. Or do it with a Poppet (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33004731194.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.49034c4d1iLEud) I bought from AliExpress which fits on soda bottles and lets you carb. Otherwise add a tablespoon of sugar and bottle it. It'll carb in less than a week.
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Even with a counter pressure filler (filler tube through a drilled stopper), at those temps you'll get a lot of foaming which is carbonation that's lost from the beer.
How long has that keg been sitting there at room temps? Is it still carbonated?
Do you still have a CO2 tank/regulator?
A (chest) freezer or refrigerator?
I used to sink a keg in an empty corner of my chest freezer. 6-8 hours later it was cold enough for serving, bottling, or transfer.
How long has that keg been sitting there at room temps? Is it still carbonated?
Do you still have a CO2 tank/regulator?
A (chest) freezer or refrigerator?
I used to sink a keg in an empty corner of my chest freezer. 6-8 hours later it was cold enough for serving, bottling, or transfer.
I have no kegged beer currently actually. I have co2 reg and lines and a bottle filler and drilled stopper. no freezer or fridge that a keg could fit in at all. I just want to avoid naturally carbing in bottles if possible, but if that's the only route I can do it. I was wondering if I could carb it up in keg. to a lower volume obviously. around 27 psi at room temp, and then put it in some bottles and stick in the fridge and have cold beer.
Ah, I see, it's not in a keg, yet!
Sure you could burst/force carbonate it in the keg. But at those temps and pressures, foaming will always be your nemesis when bottling, even with narrow and long lines.
20-39' (or so) of 4mm ID EVA Barrier line (with suitable push-fit couplers) may give you enough resistance to do the job at 72F:
https://www.williamsbrewing.com/532-EVABarrier-Beer-Tubing-39-foot-roll-P4680.aspx
I can tell you from experience, 30' of Ultra 235 line (5 mm ID) won't do it.
Put it in Mike Solty's line length calculator to see what temp/pressure/line length would work. You may need to tinker with line length to get it to fill right. It coils up, so 30' isn't that cumbersome.
On a side note, I wouldn't move if I couldn't brew, and keep my kegs and keezer. Bottles can take up a lot more space than a small 4 keg keezer, and it is a lot more work.
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