First batch almost ready to keg/bottle

[KCBigDog]

I want to bottle some too so I can give them to my friends. Is there any reason I can't bottle from the tap before the beer is carbonated and use a coopers drop for the sugar?

I was thinking just enough pressure to move liquid, like pushing cleaner through the keg.

Thoughts?

 

[SD-SLIM]

Coopers drops take a couple of weeks to carbonate a bottle, it would be quicker/cheaper to carbonate in a keg then transfer to a bottle. However if you want to bottle without waiting for the beer to carbonate from a keg, wouldnt it be easier to split your beer (1/2 to bottling bucket, 1/2 to keg)...I say this because it seems like an easier way to accurately manage the process.

 

[KCBigDog]

Coopers drops take a couple of weeks to carbonate a bottle, it would be quicker/cheaper to carbonate in a keg then transfer to a bottle. However if you want to bottle without waiting for the beer to carbonate from a keg, wouldnt it be easier to split your beer (1/2 to bottling bucket, 1/2 to keg)...I say this because it seems like an easier way to accurately manage the process.

I only want to bottle a sixer to save, so timing doens't really matter. I thought filling a few before the keg carbs would be easy.

 

[SD-SLIM]

I only want to bottle a sixer to save, so timing doens't really matter. I thought filling a few before the keg carbs would be easy.

Try it out and see if it works for you...I bought a beer gun for bottling just a few, but that's a $70 investment....so yes you can bottle from the tap, perhaps the beer in your beer lines won't be carbonated but other than that you should be ok.

 

[SD-SLIM]

Another option for you is the Bowie Bottler...it's $17 and connects to your keg faucet, the manufacture is on this site and I just ordered one (even though I have a beer gun).