Bottling from taps - Perlick owners

[stevea1210]

I received mine in the mail yesterday. It looks great and threaded on perfectly. I didn't bottle anything yet, so I can't give it a full review at this time.

 

[masonsjax]

I was always curious about what problems a beer gun or BMBF is trying to solve. I couldn't figure out why you wouldn't just dial the pressure down to 3lbs or so and fill a bottle. So that would foam too much? Or is there something else I'm missing? Last week I filled an empty glass vodka bottle with apfelwein to bring on a trip, right from the faucet, screwed the cap on with no probems.

 

[Rhizome]

This looks awesome. I've been staring at the threads on my Perlick spout thinking "there has to be a way to thread something onto that so I can fill growlers". I just ordered one and hope this solves my "bottling from the keg" woes.

 

[RogerMcAllen]

... apfelwein to bring on a trip...

Apfelwein has no head, and you consumed it soon after.

I recently did the dip tube thing suggested earlier and it was amazing.

 

[Rhizome]

Update: I got this in the mail and used the "hose connected to racking tube with rubber stopper" arrangement so you effectively end up filling under counterpressure. Works like a charm! I'm filling into growlers with minimal foam, no noticable loss of carbonation and using normal serving pressure of 10 psi.

 

[Stuntman]

In practice, I haven't found a noticeable difference in carbonation, even after 4 months storage at room temp. The porter I bottled in April still had a big, creamy head on it when poured from the bottles.

-Joe[/QUOTE]

Joe did you bottle from a priming sugar carbonated keg that was never chilled? To be able to store at room temp without going flat?

 

[nostalgia]

No, I bottled from a cold keg that had already been force carbonated.

-Joe

 

[Scut_Monkey]

I've filled roughly half a keg's worth of bottles buy slipping a Grolsch style gasket onto my sanitized Perlick nozzle.

1. Bleed excess gas from the keg.
2. Set your gas to just enough PSI to dispense.
3 Push a bottle up onto the Perlick until it seals with the Grolsch gasket.
4. Turn on the tap and tilt the bottle ever so slightly to one side to let gas escape while the bottle fills.
5. You can straighten the bottle at any time throughout the filling process to slow or stop the flow of beer.

I've liked this process so far since the control of beer is easily within reach, you don't need any additional plumbing, and my drip tray can catch any excess foam or drips.

I don't have any kegging experience yet but what does everyone else think about this? Seems reasoanble to me and much easier when it comes to sanitation and working without hoses.

 

[Stuntman]

No, I bottled from a cold keg that had already been force carbonated.

-Joe

That is so cool, I don't want to bottle a bunch, maybe gifts would be the most at one time. Mostly I would bottle to finish off a keg.

I ordered it a day ago, and with in 24 hours it is already on it's way. The LHBS only had #3 stopper, I think it will work, it barely goes into bottle.

 

[nostalgia]

#3 works, but a #2 is better. The #3 made one hell of a mess when I tried it.

-Joe

 

[Stuntman]

Next order I make, I will definitely get a few #2 stoppers.

Thanks

 

[Stuntman]

Scut Monkey, Just My Own Opinion....

Hey, let me tell you, "I aint no expert."

I have started All Grain Brewing. I learned that putting dry ice into buckets, and bags of grain, kills all bugs and larvae. The CO2 is heavy and fills container to the point it kills all unwanted crawlies. So filling from the bottom of a bottle, pushing all oxygen out the top sounds good to me. I think that Nostalgia has it going on.
My Opinion Only.

On a side note, I like the idea of the same tube down in every bottle to get the same head space in all the bottles, all are uniform.

 

[ODP]

Man! Makes me wish I had gone with the 425's instead of the 525's in the last Perlick group buy! Doh! Oh well....live and learn, eh?

 

[SevenFields]

Im tracking this thread to order one, once I get my kegerator up and running.
Sounds like a must have!

 

[Stuntman]

Mike is going to make some money off me!
The rig worked great, I haven't tried any of the bottled beer yet. I went to bottle a few more so that I would have three different flavors of this wheat I am working to give away as gifts...."Where is my flipping rig?" I looked and looked, finally comming to the conclusion that after bottling six that first night, I set the rig on some paper that was in the recycling bin...Doohhh!

Maybe the Recycling man knew what it was and is using it now.

 

[Whut]

Nostalgia, thanks for the post. Just ordered one for my perlick(s).

 

[nostalgia]

Glad you guys are liking these. I just used mine to fill two growlers and a 1L soda bottle

-Joe

 

[bendavanza]

Could that guy make nozzles made for restrictor plates and flow straightners? Then we could have instant Stout faucets...
-Ben

 

[Stuntman]

Glad you guys are liking these. I just used mine to fill two growlers and a 1L soda bottle

-Joe

Well after I got the replacement parts, I got my caps and capper out of the closet.... dang there that rig is! Well now I have two back ups.

Joe I do mine a little different than you do, as far as bottle washing and all. But I sure had them cranking out. I filled a case of bottles, emptying my two kegs for a new batch, in no time!

 

[underwaterdan]

Ordered. Stuntmantoo how did you do yours?

 

[conpewter]

Has anyone else tried bottling with the stopper? I have just been setting the keg on a lower pressure after bleeding the pressure and simply filling bottles, I don't get much foam and I don't have to deal with the stopper.

 

[underwaterdan]

Is anyone filling grolsch style bottles for this? I assume it is still #2 stoppers correct? Is there anything I need to do different using these bottles?

 

[Stuntman]

Ordered. Stuntmantoo how did you do yours?

I sanitize bottles, then put them all in fresh water in my sanitized bucket, have the caps in sanitizer. Have a table set up by spouts, spouts all cleaned and sanitized, bucket-o-bottles on floor.

Hold one bottle and instead of using finger to press the side of stopper (after ten bottles my finger started telling me to switch up) I just slightly raise number two stopper until I hear the air comming out of bottle. When beer gets close to top, I grab a cap out of sanitizer, grab bottle from bucket, rinsing the cap at same time, bring the two to the pan with closely filled bottle, and do the switcharoo.

I am sure that Nostalgia is doing it faster than he shows on video, since it was for demonstration.

 

[Stuntman]

Has anyone else tried bottling with the stopper? I have just been setting the keg on a lower pressure after bleeding the pressure and simply filling bottles, I don't get much foam and I don't have to deal with the stopper.

I found that the way I do it, the stopper stops the flow so that I can work my other bottle and cap and all. I am grabbing the bottle with my left hand, and using my pointer and thumb to grab stopper, it regulates the flow so that I have time to shut spout, or whatever I need. I am sure there is always a better way, but I was pretty proud of myself.

The bubbles have CO2 in them, which will lay flat on top of beer (since CO2 is heavier than air). Even if you get a little Oxygen in the bottle, if bottle sits upright, I would think that it would store for a long time. I definitely got some to experiment with. Last night I drank four bottles, while moving my beer to newly cleaned kegs...All little less fizzy, but very good. They were put in refrigerator as soon as bottled, the day before.

Great post Nostagia, thanks again.

Update:
The ones that I gave away sat for about a month, unrefridgerated, today one guy had tried one, he said it was unbelievable (his first taste of Home Brew).

 

[masonsjax]

I've filled roughly half a keg's worth of bottles buy slipping a Grolsch style gasket onto my sanitized Perlick nozzle.

1. Bleed excess gas from the keg.
2. Set your gas to just enough PSI to dispense.
3 Push a bottle up onto the Perlick until it seals with the Grolsch gasket.
4. Turn on the tap and tilt the bottle ever so slightly to one side to let gas escape while the bottle fills.
5. You can straighten the bottle at any time throughout the filling process to slow or stop the flow of beer.

I've liked this process so far since the control of beer is easily within reach, you don't need any additional plumbing, and my drip tray can catch any excess foam or drips.

I have been filling bottles using this technique. The only difference is that instead of a Grolsch gasket, I use a drilled #3 stopper, and slip it on over my Perlick faucet, for a nice snug fit. It's simple and works very well, thanks to novafire for the idea.

 

[mordantly]

looks like single point cnc threading... hmm. what is the id, anyone?

 

[underwaterdan]

What size tubing do I need for this, and I am going to buy a new racking cane just to use for this, but I see there are two sizes, 3/8 and 1/2 which I assume is the I/D of the tubing I need, so I don't want to mis order. Thanks for any help.

 

[nostalgia]

3/8". I believe most racking canes are 5/16" ID, making the tubing you need to go over them 3/8".

-Joe

 

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[BigWhitey_FrostBox]

I just ordered mine, and Mike replied within about a minute with shipping info.!

I've been using the BMBF for a while, but I hate dragging my kegs out of the fridge to use it (I have a similar fridge set up to the pics the OP posted). This should make things much easier