Force cabonating and then bottling...possible ?

[callback79]

Hi, I try to find informations to know if we can start force carb our beer in a keg, wait a few days and then bottling once ready ? It will be great to use the remaining 4l of a 23l batch this way, giving the benefit of "mobility" of bottles without the obligtion of waiting several weeks for the sugar to carb the beer. Sorry if it has been post before, I tried the search option for the mobile app and found nothing.

 

[Veedo]

Yup. Google beer gun or bowie bottler.

 

[mojo_wire]

That's what the Beer Gun is for, but it's not a very inexpensive piece of equipment.

Otherwise, you can fill bottles/growlers normally but better drink them within a day or 2.

 

[Yooper]

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

I've done that more than a few times, and now I have a Blichmann Beer Gun. Both work well for bottling carbonated beer from a keg.

It takes more than "a few days" to get the carb level right, plus the beer must be cold when you do it. So it's important to have all of the kegging gear (co2 tank, regulator, hoses, keg) plus the kegerator or fridge for the kegs.

 

[divi2323]

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

I've done that more than a few times, and now I have a Blichmann Beer Gun. Both work well for bottling carbonated beer from a keg.

I second this method. I've bottled a few cases like this and I've got it down to where I don't even need the rubber stopper anymore. Chill your bottles, fill them to the top, pill out the filler AMD it.leaves the perfect head space every time.

One note is that it goes much better with two people. One to fill and one to cap. That way the cap goes on while its still foaming just a hair.

 

[psubrewer]

I second this method. I've bottled a few cases like this and I've got it down to where I don't even need the rubber stopper anymore.

I also do it without the stopper, i find that i dial back my regulator and have sufficiently long lines there is no foaming during the fill step. Foaming is the major contributor to co2 falling out of solution during the bottling process. Oxygen is another enemy which can be minimized by leaving a very small amount of headspace and capping on foam.

 

[callback79]

Ok, thanks for the replies, I was hoping it was possible to only use a regular syphon and then fill some ezCap bottles. That would have been a very nice thing.

 

[Yooper]

Ok, thanks for the replies, I was hoping it was possible to only use a regular syphon and then fill some ezCap bottles. That would have been a very nice thing.

It would have been- but it won't work unfortunately.

Carbonated beer will lose the carbonation if siphoned, due to the excessive foaming.

 

[divi2323]

I also do it without the stopper, i find that i dial back my regulator and have sufficiently long lines there is no foaming during the fill step. Foaming is the major contributor to co2 falling out of solution during the bottling process. Oxygen is another enemy which can be minimized by leaving a very small amount of headspace and capping on foam.

Good point. Yes you really need to dial back your regulator pressure. I turn mins way down to 0, then with one hand I squeeze the trigger to fill and with the other hand tune the pressure up just until it starts to flow. It's usually 1-2 psi. Anything faster and you yet too much foam. The trick here is to go slow and not make the foam gods angry. Slow and steady.

 

[D_Nyholm]

Well, a racking cane will fit tightly into a party tap, then you can use a stopper like the bowie bottler on the racking cane to pressurized the bottles and burp them as you fill. I've filled many bottles this way.

 

[carlisle_bob]

Hi

Keg to faucet, faucet to tube, tube to bottom of growler, fill right up to the top with foam coming out, fill again, close growler, growler to fridge.

They should keep for a week or more done like that.

Bob

 

[crushingblackdoom]

Hi

Keg to faucet, faucet to tube, tube to bottom of growler, fill right up to the top with foam coming out, fill again, close growler, growler to fridge.

They should keep for a week or more done like that.

Bob

Bob- you are The s. h. i. t.