RoaringBrewer
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Ah, good to hear... I'll try another sample later tonight maybe...
Dude, the night before I'm going to bottle, I usually set my PSI to around 18.Dude said:I'm having troubles with the beer being flat in the bottles. The 25 psi for 36 hours thing prevents this?
We're assuming you assembled and tested the BMBF?Brew-boy said:I prefer the beer gun, money well spent.
Brew-boy said:I prefer the beer gun, money well spent.
The stopper is your flow "regulator". It allows you to control the speed of the fill. Initially, I like to keep the stopper pretty tight and maintain a very slow fill until it's going and then slowly squeeze the stopper to allow venting and a faster flow.Dude said:I totally don't understand that statement, considering the results are equal and the price difference is about 70 dollars.
BTW....a question for the creator....is the stopper really necessary, considering it has to be vented during filling anyway? Do you really lose that much CO2 without the stopper in place?
Brew-boy said:I prefer the beer gun, money well spent.
I bottled 4 cases this way. I admit...I had a few duds but overall, I am happy with it.
I think the duds were from me rushing the process at times. I also, did not pre-chill the bottles....so - my fault.
-JMW
Get yourself a cobra tap and 6 feet of line and it will be nearly a flawless process. Racking canes fit perfectly into the cobra taps.I tried the BMBF technology for the first time several weeks ago. I put a 1/2" hose onto the end of my keezer faucet, put a rubber stopper around a racking tube and filled the bottles up on the floor. I spilled a lot of beer in between bottles and consistently having foam in the line.
Last weekend I tried a different approach. I cut 3-4" of line and 5-6" of racking tube. Stopper on racking tube, line on keezer faucet. This allowed me much more control over my fill. And when I beer was done, I could shut the faucet off, pull the tube out of the beer and the tube would drain to leave less headspace in the bottle.
Get yourself a cobra tap and 6 feet of line and it will be nearly a flawless process. Racking canes fit perfectly into the cobra taps.
Thanks for the tip. I may try that once I buy a cobra tap (portable draught beer is definitely in my future). But i'm very happy with this version of the BMBF {See pic above}
I think the problems you are experiencing are related to the length of your dip tube.
That's pretty harsh, making fun of the length of a guy's dip tube.
...I have also been reading all of your different "fill quantities". I fill all the way to the brim and cap on liquid. It's a little messy both to fill and once you open, but I have a 2xIPA that is 7 months old and is better than it was 2 months ago.. carbonated and all!
well thats my 2c
That's pretty harsh, making fun of the length of a guy's dip tube.
What does the stopper really do for you in this setup? I mean no matter what, you have to release all the pressure in order to cap it anyway so why use the stopper in the first place? Does it mainly reduce foaming? Seems the filler tube would do more to reduce foaming than the stopper.
School me.
Is there any reason to worry about beer bombs, even when leaving the capped bottles out of the fridge? I'm a newbie, and I'll soon be bottling much more than my fridge can hold. I just want to make sure that if I store them for some time (few months) out of the fridge, I need not worry about too much CO2 coming out of solution to cause too much pressure.
sorry if this has already been discussed but....
what if your picnic tap is hooked up to only 1 foot of line? how can I fill a bottle without getting all foam?
What does the stopper really do for you in this setup? I mean no matter what, you have to release all the pressure in order to cap it anyway so why use the stopper in the first place? Does it mainly reduce foaming? Seems the filler tube would do more to reduce foaming than the stopper.
To get dissolved CO2 to disassociate from the fluid (i.e. foam) you need a lower head pressure and a disturbance in the fluid (or time). By raising the head pressure, you eliminate one of the variables which reduces foaming. Think of it this way. Take an unopened two liter coke and shake it. How much foam is produced and how quickly is the gas re-dissolved into solution? Now, open that bottle up (i.e. reduce head pressure) and shake it. See the difference in foam?
When you bottle, the change from laminar flow (in the tube) to chaotic flow (in the bottle) encourages gas disassociation. Filling from the bottom reduces the change rate from laminar to chaotic, but does not eliminate it. Pressure bottling helps compensate for that. The BMBF introduces pressure by sealing the bottle and allowing fluid flow to reduce the headspace (and hence increase pressure).
All that said, try the BMBF with and without a stopper. I think you'll find that it's $0.69 well spent...
Try MicromaticToday I'm going out to price Co2 regulators at a welding supply shop. I want a nice one with a big knob to regulate the Co2. Those are easier to crank down and up and you don't have to worry about gaulding your regulator at a psi ya don't like. That is the only part of my BMBF I don't like playing with. Cranking down the pressure. If it were easier I'd bottle more often! (as of right now i only fill up my growlers to take beer to friends'. If I had a better regulator twards the end of a keg it would be much more likely that I would bottle up 10 or so to blow the old keg and toss in that new keg I want to try faster, lol!)
That is the only part of my BMBF I don't like playing with. Cranking down the pressure. If it were easier I'd bottle more often!
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