Lost rubber tip to beergun - solutions?

[Gravity]

Hi

I woke up early to bottle some beer

Spent the better part of the morning cleaning and sanitizing all my equipment/bottles

I go to assemble my Blichman beer gun, and the rubber stopper was missing - looked for the spare I bought, then I remembered I was already using the the spare

Anyway, are there any workarounds to this? I'd be quite annoyed if I couldn't bottle today

I'll keep looking for the damn thing

I imagine I can cut a piece of a grommet and stick it in there - however that would be out of desperation

Thoughts?

 

[hafmpty]

My LHBS has them in stock. However you can buy replacements too of course. http://shop.greatfermentations.com/product/replacement-tip-beergun/blichmann-replacement-parts

It’s just oddly shaped enough that a DIY solution might be tough.

 

[Gravity]

My LHBS has them in stock. However you can buy replacements too of course. http://shop.greatfermentations.com/product/replacement-tip-beergun/blichmann-replacement-parts

It’s just oddly shaped enough that a DIY solution might be tough.

Yea - no kidding.

I didn't find it, however I figured out a work around solution - it wasn't easy

It involved a small suction cup and teflon tape. It wasn't pretty, but i managed to bottle

You'd he surprised how a $2 piece of equipment can cause nightmares

Blichman needs to re-engineer that thing - its a silly design to an otherwise good product

 

[jmcquesten]

The blichman beergun is just not a great design. Even when you get it to work, it's not the best solution to bottling from a keg. Those rubber stoppers are a pain, but I guess the 2nd version had a slightly different stopper setup (probably due to complaints). I have a beergun collecting dust that I probably won't use again because I actually built something that works better (for me).

 

[Gravity]

The blichman beergun is just not a great design. Even when you get it to work, it's not the best solution to bottling from a keg. Those rubber stoppers are a pain, but I guess the 2nd version had a slightly different stopper setup (probably due to complaints). I have a beergun collecting dust that I probably won't use again because I actually built something that works better (for me).

I'd be interested in your setup

 

[jmcquesten]

I'd be interested in your setup

So here's a couple pictures of the bottle filler I made. It works very well (might not be the prettiest), and addresses the problems that most have while bottling.

 

[Gravity]

So here's a couple pictures of the bottle filler I made. It works very well (might not be the prettiest), and addresses the problems that most have while bottling. View attachment 604010View attachment 604011

 

[jmcquesten]

So it's a counterpressure filler that has a co2 purge line. There are 2 button valves, one for co2 in and the other to release the pressure in the bottle when filling. The beer-in is just a picnic tap wedged onto the stainless tube, similar to the common "no stinking beergun" method. The best part about the setup is the piece I had machined that inserts into the perlick 630 taps for bottling straight from the tap, which eliminates connecting directly to the keg (disturbing keg could cloud the beer), and also takes advantage of my long line lengths going to the taps. I can fill bottles with almost zero foam or beer loss, at any carbonation level. I don't purge the keg or lower the pressure or freeze the bottles or settle for undercarbonated beer.