From growler to bottle?

[Huntervdg]

Is there a way to take a beer I buy in a growler and put it into bottles so it lasts longer?

 

[chickypad]

You're going to have a tough time I think. Unless you have a mini siphon I don't see how you would get the beer into the bottles without totally oxygenating it and losing a bunch of carbonation. Even then, I don't think siphoning carbonated beer is that easy even when cold. If you somehow managed it the beer would still have undergone 2 transfers so there's bound to be some loss of carbonation and oxygen exposure.

 

[porterpounder]

As stated, you may get some oxidation with the transfers, but you can try the carbonater cap and a plastic bottle so you can keep the beer under CO2. Of course you would already have to have the ability to keg beer.

 

[Stealthcruiser]

Just how long do you want a growler of beer to last?

Just curious.......

 

[smAllGrain]

May I suggest the Tapit Cap. Keeps my growlers carbed for atleast a month. It could last longer but have never been able to test that ;-)

Cheers

 

[Huntervdg]

The reason I wanted to find this out is because I'm really liking a pumpkin beer and it's only here for so long. So I was thinking about buying growlers of it and bottling myself so I can enjoy it for longer.

 

[Stealthcruiser]

I'm taking from your post, that ya' bottle exclusively?

Do you have a place to chill a Corny or Sanke keg, til you could beg or borrow, the equipment needed to maintain and dispense it?

 

[Huntervdg]

Yes I do have room for a corny keg. I have a deep freezer I can put them in. But I have never kegged before.

 

[Stealthcruiser]

I hadn't kegged either, until I started doing it.
Started brewing with a buddy years ago, who never bottled, and when I started, I never planned on bottling.

So, can you borrow the items needed to maintain and dispense it?

Where do ya' live?

Post it under your "handle" there.

 

[Huntervdg]

I live in Washington state. I don't know anyone that kegs so I would have to buy all the equipment. Is it very expensive to start from scratch?

 

[Stealthcruiser]

That depends on how good of a shopper you are, and how handy you are at D I Y projects, if you are "deadly" on Craigslist finds, etc.....

Just a WAG here, but since you have a freezer you can use, you could PROBABLY, come up with all you need to have a BASIC keg system, in the 200 dollar range.

I asked your location, 'cause I could make ya' a hell of a deal on a used pin lock keg IF, you were in my area.

'Cause I ain't emptying, and cleaning, and shipping one!