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Am I missing something ...

Discussion in 'Bottling/Kegging' started by jakehale, Jul 18, 2011.

 

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    jakehale

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jul 18, 2011
    I've seen a few threads about beer guns and filling bottles/growler from a tap.

    I have bought my growlers from Gordon Beirch, and all they do is fill them up straight from the same tap they filled my beer glass from. I take them (growlers) home and drink them,,,, mostly in one day but sometimes have a carry over to the next. Beer is fine.

    what am i missing with filling them with beer guns and the sort???

    jake
     
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    tjsullivan1

    Member

    Posted Jul 18, 2011
    From what I know, the beer guns are actually for forcing beer into 12 or 22 oz bottles and capping them. They will force the Oxygen out and put CO2 in its place, allowing you to drink soon after without worrying about yeast sediment in the bottom of your bottles.
     
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    LVBen

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jul 18, 2011
    Yep. The whole point of the beer gun is to get as little oxygen into the beer as possible.
     
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    Yooper

    Ale's What Cures You! Staff Member  

    Posted Jul 18, 2011
    The beer gun is used to fill bottles and cap and keep carbonated. If you're serving the same day or next, using a tube and just filling from the tap is fine. If you're entering it into competitions or want to keep it carbed up for longer than a day or two, you'll need a beergun or counterpressure bottle filler.
     
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    jakehale

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jul 19, 2011
    Ahhh, got ya. So I could full a growler from my keg (plain and simple) and take to someone's house to drink.
     
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    Yooper

    Ale's What Cures You! Staff Member  

    Posted Jul 19, 2011
    Yes, just like they do at breweries. I use a tube to help reduce the foaming and then just cover it.

    You could also buy a "carbonator cap" and fill a 2L soda bottle from your tap and then put the carbonator cap on it and give it a blast of co2 from your system. That keeps the beer carbed lots longer, but a plastic soda bottle may not be as pretty as a growler!
     
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