Bottling a few out of my keg.

[Ernie Diamond]

I kegged my "Hogsplitter; King of Comus Imperial Stout" a few weeks ago and began force-carbonating it. A friend of mine wants a bottle as he designed the label (should have an example on the site soon). Should I add priming sugar to do a single bottle or can I just go straight from the keg through the picnic head?

Best and thanks.

 

[jdoiv]

If you have a racking cane, you can put a stopper along the cane and then shove the cane into the picnic tap. Place the cane into the bottle (freezing the bottle helps) then put the stopper into the top of the bottle. Turn your psi down to 1-5 psi and you now have a counter pressure filler. Open the tap and when the bottle stops filling, gently release the pressure from the stopper and fill some more until you are are the top of the bottle, cap and repeat.

 

[RoaringBrewer]

^ Related to the above post - do a search for Beergun and look for a post by Biermuncher (i think...) - he will have pics of exactly what jdoiv is describing and step-by-step instructions.

I think the post is, "we don't need no darn beergun" or something...

 

[derogg]

How long will beer bottled like this stay carbonated for? - Dirk

 

[Philip1993]

I gotta second the Biermuncher bottle filler. It works a heck of a lot better than my CP filler that has been recycled for parts.

 

[MriswitH]

When I did that, they all got drank within a month and were all still carbonated.

 

[RoaringBrewer]

Biermuncher claims he has had beer still carbed after 8 months using the racking cane/stopper bottle filler...

Most of the time you won't need to worry about that long... I wouldn't fill bottles of barleywine or olde ale or a belgian that needs aging this way ('d naturally carb those), but most normal beers should be fine and hold carbonation until drank 1 month, 2 months, or 3 months later usually...

 

[Philip1993]

If it's going flat as a result of the technique, it'll be flat the next morning. So, if it's carb'd a week later, it should be carb'd a year later. Given the total lack of foam, I'd say the CO2 dissolution is trivial using the BierMuncher method.

Also, I hereby officially dub it the "BierMuncher Bottle Filler"

 

[EdWort]

Also, I hereby officially dub it the "BierMuncher Bottle Filler"

I hereby officially dub the "BierMuncher Bottle Filler" as the BMBF for short.

 

[New2HomeBrew]

Anyone know where the Biermuncher thread is located? I'd like to review that thread!

 

[ate-star]

Anyone know where the Biermuncher thread is located? I'd like to review that thread!

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=24678