Calling all Blichmann BeerGun owners

[gnef]

well, the ten feet of tubing is to have more restriction. when i use my beergun, i try to keep as much of the tubing refrigerated, and fill as many bottles as quickly as possible. this is where it is nice to have a helper.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

A video of mine in action:

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[EdWort]

Well, yesterday I actually used my BBG to bottle 5 gallons of Kolsch for a neighbor (only after almost 2 years).

My neighbor brought over clean bottles which we sanitized and chilled. I then brought in the keg from the garage keezer and put a KEGLove on it to keep it chilled.

I must say I am very pleased at the performance of it. It made bottling 5 gallons of Kolsch a snap and the ability to purge the bottle with CO2 was too cool. I still use the BMBF for the occasional three bottle fill, but the BBG rocks when you have a bunch of bottles to fill. This is one way to make room in the keezer for fresh beer. Used about 2 psi to fill and after the first bottle, the rest had very little foam. Just enough to fill the neck and to cap on the foam.

I filled the bottle over a Rubbermaid Bus tray, so any spillage was contained.

If you lots of bottles to fill, the Blichmann Beer Gun gets two thumbs up from me.

 

[macabra11]

Get it here and you get every thing you need, including free shipping.

Looking into getting one of these, but the Brew City site is not there or something.????

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Try this link:

http://store.fastcommerce.com/BrewC...pping-ff808081178baa8501178bd40dca1167-p.html

 

[Brad]

So how long once the beer is put into a bottle with the beer gun will the beer stay fresh and carbed I see many people don't have problems with the carbonation level but what about beer drinkability? Will the beer stay fresh for a week? a month? a year or years?

 

[DKershner]

So how long once the beer is put into a bottle with the beer gun will the beer stay fresh and carbed I see many people don't have problems with the carbonation level but what about beer drinkability? Will the beer stay fresh for a week? a month? a year or years?

Old topic!

Same as any other vessel...dependent on gravity and ranging from 1yr-10yrs+.

 

[mwhc22]

just pulled the trigger on a blichman beergun. I'm entering 2 beers into a hombrew contest for my first time, but forgot to bottle some instead of kegging the whole batch.

now if i can just keep myself from drinking it all before it gets here

 

[oldschool]

For what it's worth, I bottled a 12 pack of Sweet Porter back in February using the old racking cane through a #2 stopper method and cracked one two weekends ago. Still perfectly carb'd.

I'll save my money for some Perlicks I've been eyeing for a month or so.

I used this trick a few times and it works perfectly! I don't even chill the bottles. I fill growlers for friends this way too.

 

[andrewdell19]

So I have a question, I just got one of these and I am a little ticked about it not coming with the Y or T that you need on the regulator. But why do you need a second gas line going from the co2 regulator to the keg? To keep it pressurized? But if the keg is pressurized already do you still need it?

 

[FuelshopMcgee]

So I have a question, I just got one of these and I am a little ticked about it not coming with the Y or T that you need on the regulator. But why do you need a second gas line going from the co2 regulator to the keg? To keep it pressurized? But if the keg is pressurized already do you still need it?

Because as your pushing the beer out you are relieving that pressure that was originally in the keg. W/out a constant supply of say 5psi to the keg you will be relying on the co2 pressure from the beer itself to be forced out and that just won't work for very long. You need to have the 2nd line hooked up to the gun obviously for purging the bottles w/ cO2.


Just bought one of these...Was very disapointed that it didn't come w/ the needed accessories. Why don't they just sell it as an all inclusive kit???

 

[Huskysibe]

Brewcity Supplies has the kit included, just follow the link on the previous page

 

[boostsr20]

Does the Beergun have threading for flare connections on it, or is some sort of adaptor needed?

Anyone know the answer to this? I use sankes so I don't want to pay for a kit that includes parts I don't need. Plus I have beer line/co2 line and random fittings around here.

 

[AdamWiz]

Just bought one of these...Was very disapointed that it didn't come w/ the needed accessories. Why don't they just sell it as an all inclusive kit???

I thought that it was pretty cheap of Blichmann to not include the needed accessories as well. But then I considered the fact that some people who already have plenty of spare fittings and whatnot would also buy it, and it wouldn't be fair to make them buy everything when all they need is the gun. This way, if you just need the gun you can buy just that, or if you need everything you can buy the accesory kit as well. Makes sense.

 

[AdamWiz]

Anyone know the answer to this? I use sankes so I don't want to pay for a kit that includes parts I don't need. Plus I have beer line/co2 line and random fittings around here.

The beergun does have flare connections.

 

[bigbeergeek]

I thought that it was pretty cheap of Blichmann to not include the needed accessories as well. But then I considered the fact that some people who already have plenty of spare fittings and whatnot would also buy it, and it wouldn't be fair to make them buy everything when all they need is the gun. This way, if you just need the gun you can buy just that, or if you need everything you can buy the accesory kit as well. Makes sense.

Plus, the accessories aren't needed. It's nice to purge a bottle with CO2, but commercial beers aren't and nearly all homebrewed beers aren't either. I have yet to buy the accessory kit.

 

[matalec1984]

So perhaps I'm having straight kegging issues, or maybe this is something common to the beer gun, but I am having head retention issues. I feel like I have tried everything. I have even had my beer sit at 30 PSI for a week and then bottled at 10 PSI using the beer gun. The beer remains carbonated, but I am losing almost all of my head retention unless I pour extremely hard.

Why is this happening. The head lasts nicely if I pour straight from the keg......Thoughts?

 

[smokinghole]

So I have a question. I'm about to use a beer gun for the first time. Why can't someone just combine the best of a counterpressure and the beer gun by putting a small drilled stopper on the beer gun shaft. Then you can put a very small bent needle through the stopper to provide an escape for the CO2 providing some back pressure. I'm about to pick up some new tubing for my beer line today and a small stopper to give this a try on an 14% imperial stout that never bottle conditioned.

 

[bigbeergeek]

It's unnecessary. The fine design of the beer gun minimizes carbonation loss due to sharp bends, trapped air and the like. You don't need to fill pressurized bottles with a well designed dispenser.

 

[bmwwd6]

What method is everyone finding the best to clean and sanitize the beer gun and lines? I don't have a spare keg to push sanitizer through. Just disassemble and soak?

 

[Revjlocal334]

BeerGunned an award winning saison in November. Competition in March. Plenty of 3volume carbination. Made a huge mess bottling first time. Still award winning results.

 

[smokinghole]

Ive been using my beer gun to bottle everything anymore. I primarily only bottle Belgian and sours anymore and not much force carbonated beer. However I still really like the beer gun fir the purge feature.