Easiest setup with a Beergun?

butterpants · Mar 31, 2014

Currently have a CO2 kegging system in my fridge with a dual body regulator and 2 kegs of beer set at different pressures all off a single small gas tank. Thinking of picking up a Beergun. Right now I'm splitting batches by kegging 4 gal and bottling 1 (refermenting.... tried a cheap counterpressure filler and was not super impressed... found it hard to keep clean).

Given my setup would it be easy to connect the gas lines of a Beergun with minimal line surgery or should I just buy another simple regulator + gas bottle and dedicate it to beergun activity? My plan is to keg everything and bottle the entire 5 gallon batches(unless its style requires bottle carbing).

Thoughts?

Aonghus · Mar 31, 2014

I use a dual regulator with a manifold splitter off of one of the lines. That way I keep one of the lines setup just for the beer gun. I then have a quick detach fitting and keep that one line turned off till I need to bottle. That way the beer gun is not in the way.

butterpants · Mar 31, 2014

I'd like to keep both regulator bodies active.... weather force carbing or set at serving pressure and keg hooked up to a tap (ill do tastings incrementally while on tap and then bottle when a sweet spot is hit).

chickypad · Mar 31, 2014

That's what Aonghus meant, both are active but the second one is connected to a wye - so 3 lines total (or more if you have a bigger manifold). Or you can do something like below (idea courtesy of Golddiggie). You just need this part and an extra gas post. I've got a bunch of lines on a manifold so I just pop one off a keg for the beergun when I need it.

dstranger99 · Mar 31, 2014

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/we-no-need-no-stinking-beer-gun-24678/

butterpants · Mar 31, 2014

chickypad said:
That's what Aonghus meant, both are active but the second one is connected to a wye - so 3 lines total (or more if you have a bigger manifold). Or you can do something like below (idea courtesy of Golddiggie). You just need this part and an extra gas post. I've got a bunch of lines on a manifold so I just pop one off a keg for the beergun when I need it.

Excellent, thank you for the picture. I know exactly what you're talking about now.