I've found that the old stopper and a racking cane trick for filling growlers and bottles under pressure works great for me. I get pretty much zero foam and the beer going into the container is carbonated perfectly.
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I bought an adapter that fits inside my perlick faucets to make this process even smoother. I have filled many growlers, bombers, and 12 oz bottles with this process. However, these are always consumed within a short period of time. I'm usually just giving something to a friend or taking something to a party.
When I want to bottle something for a competition, I drag out the beer gun because I'm worried about the sanitation of the inside of the faucet.
I have a habit of spraying star san inside the faucet after every pouring session and plugging the faucet with a plug that has been sitting in star san.
I'd rather not have to drag the beer gun out just to fill a few bottles of a beer that turned out great to save for a competition. The competition may be weeks or months out ahead.
Would I be crazy to think I could use the faucet/stopper/cane method to fill beers for a competition that might be 6 months away?
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/we-no-need-no-stinking-beer-gun-24678/
I bought an adapter that fits inside my perlick faucets to make this process even smoother. I have filled many growlers, bombers, and 12 oz bottles with this process. However, these are always consumed within a short period of time. I'm usually just giving something to a friend or taking something to a party.
When I want to bottle something for a competition, I drag out the beer gun because I'm worried about the sanitation of the inside of the faucet.
I have a habit of spraying star san inside the faucet after every pouring session and plugging the faucet with a plug that has been sitting in star san.
I'd rather not have to drag the beer gun out just to fill a few bottles of a beer that turned out great to save for a competition. The competition may be weeks or months out ahead.
Would I be crazy to think I could use the faucet/stopper/cane method to fill beers for a competition that might be 6 months away?