Home Brew Comp ?

[Francis]

Yo! Have an imperial stout that is 1 week on cocoa nibs and vanilla(tastes awesome). About to brew a session IPA for Dry Docks home brew comp in March. Need to bottle a little bit of both soon.

I have 1 keg. How do you guys bottle part and keg the rest without oxidation issues?

I've seen the carb drops/pills. Do they work?

 

[microbusbrewery]

Use something like the counter pressure bottle filler from morebeer (http://www.morebeer.com/products/counter-pressure-bottle-filler.html?site_id=7) or the Blichmann Beergun (http://www.blichmannengineering.com/products/beergun). They let you purge with CO2 before filling. I'll also use the O2 absorbing caps.

 

[drksky]

I've used Fizz Drops with success. In fact, the last batch I did, I put everything into the keg, then used CO2 to bottle about half of it using a bottling wand stuffed into a picnic tap. Don't think I'll ever use a bottling bucket again, even for a batch that I completely bottle.