Forced carbonation at bottling

[Drifter]

I recently went with a buddy to a place where he brewed beer 3 weeks ago. We were there to bottle. Insert tube into bottle hit CO2 button for 5 sec. then fill bottle and cap. Just wondering where this equipment could be purchased.

 

[Bobby_M]

That is just purging the bottle with CO2 to displace oxygen. It's not going to carbonate the beer at all, not even a little bit. The carbonation in that scenario comes from priming sugar. I also don't think purging each bottle is necessary. Most of the air is purged from filling.

 

[conpewter]

That sounds like a counter-pressure filler actually. I don't know of a way to force carbonate a beer in a bottle in 5 seconds.

So I would imagine this beer was carbonated in a keg first and then put into the bottles with additional Co2 to drive out any oxygen in the bottle.

 

[Bobby_M]

Hmm, 3 weeks from pitching to carbonated in the bottle? Sounds delicious. ;-)

 

[conpewter]

Hmm, 3 weeks from pitching to carbonated in the bottle? Sounds delicious. ;-)

If you mean bottle conditioned... I agree. If counter-pressure filled... I think 3 weeks can be just fine. I just keged a porter I brewed 3 weeks ago (Left it in primary).