Not-So-Secret-Santa Christmas Swap

[Johnnyhitch1]

Might have to invest in some tubing and bottles. johnnyhitch1 when you are bottling straight from taps do you hit with any extra CO2 or just fill and cap?

Cap on foam. In essence foam contains co2 so there is no need to purge headspace (if any)

Why don't you walk through your process and share the details for those that are interested.

1. Make sure bottles are clean and free of debris, spray with sanitizer and swoosh for ~30 seconds then dump.

2. Close valves to tank (or remove QD from keg if you don't have a splitter) and bleed keg down to 1-3psi (start at 1 and once you get used to process you can raise the pressure)

3. Sanitize how ever many bottles worth of caps in a small dish.

4. I usually set up a ottoman with the top of a large pot as my "overflow catch"

5. Pop open the taps to dispense flat/stale beer in line on "overflow catch" (only about an oz or 2, there are calculators online to measure the amount of beer your lines how depending on length)

6.Hold bottle at a 45* angle to the tap and open the valve, at this point if you find you have a problem with foam you can do 1 of 2 things. Bleed more pressure out of the keg OR chill your bottles before filling.

7.Once you see the bottle 75% full start to level (straighten ) off, at this point when it hits the "neck" of the bottle its hard to prevent foam but technically you want a decent amount when the bottle is filled (ill explain this next) Push as much foam out of the bottle as possible and then CAP on the foam.

Reason of capping on foam is that foam is compromised of 75% co2 (prob just made that number up) and thus "purging" the headspace of the beer (if there is any left after filling.

Any questions shoot me a PM or ask here!
Hope this helped for anyone on the fence about joining this swap that doesn't bottle!

Cheers!

 

[Wolfhound180]

I would like to be in on this as well.

 

[sfgoat]

I would like to be in on this as well.

Just need a pm with your address to make you official.

 

[sloanfamilydsm]

I'm in. Sending a PM

 

[sfgoat]

Bumping this to keep it alive

 

[Keith_O]

Am I in? Have not seen the list updated in a while, figured you were just waiting to do it all at once... Lol


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[sfgoat]

Am I in? Have not seen the list updated in a while, figured you were just waiting to do it all at once... Lol


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Yeah you are number 11 on the list

 

[poptarts]

Bump cause I just brewed up a DIPA today

 

[bford]

Brewing tomorrow so I can get one more brew in....

 

[jakeasaur]

Sounds fun. I'm in

 

[poptarts]

bump

 

[mufflerbearing]

Can you make me #20 please?


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[sfgoat]

Can you make me #20 please?


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You got it.

 

[sfgoat]

Just a little over a week left to join in. I would really like the list to grow in that time. The more the better.

 

[poptarts]

Wow and I was under the impression that this was a home brewing website.

 

[LiquidFlame]

I'm in, PM sent.

 

[sfgoat]

I'm in, PM sent.

You got it.

 

[RussPDX]

Sounds great. I'm in.


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[sfgoat]

Sounds great. I'm in.


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Well we did have a 100 post minimum to join rule but in previous swaps we have allowed up to 3 people to join that didn't make the minimum. So for the sake of growing the list you are in unless anyone has any objections to bending the rules a little.

 

[coyote68]

Well we did have a 100 post minimum to join rule but in previous swaps we have allowed up to 3 people to join that didn't make the minimum. So for the sake of growing the list you are in unless anyone has any objections to bending the rules a little.

I say all rules are meant to be bent!

 

[BGBC]

I won't have anything new bottled by then, but I've got some stuff worth sending. Had to check my inventory, but I'm in! PM Sent

 

[jtd_419]

Well we did have a 100 post minimum to join rule but in previous swaps we have allowed up to 3 people to join that didn't make the minimum. So for the sake of growing the list you are in unless anyone has any objections to bending the rules a little.

Let em in, use the rules from the other swaps, no problemo

 

[sfgoat]

Let em in, use the rules from the other swaps, no problemo

Alright I'm removing the 100 post limit but still not going to allow anyone with negative iTrader feedback.

 

[BGBC]

Rules from other swaps meaning 3 exceptions to the post limit rule? Or unlimited exceptions? Just want to be clear.

 

[sfgoat]

I'm removing the post limits all together. I'll use some discretion of course. If they just joined and their first post is to join this swap, that will obviously be a no go.

 

[jtd_419]

Rules from other swaps meaning 3 exceptions to the post limit .rule? Or unlimited exceptions? Just want to be clear.

I was meaning exceptions ship first and nobody ships to exceptions until the package they sent landed, I've seen many different swaps on here and that's the way all of them handled it

 

[sfgoat]

I was meaning exceptions ship first and nobody ships to exceptions until the package they sent landed, I've seen many different swaps on here and that's the way all of them handled it

I like that but with the Dec 15th shipping deadline it may be well after Xmas that the other parties received theirs.

 

[jtd_419]

I like that but with the Dec 15th shipping deadline it may be well after Xmas that the other parties received theirs.

Definitely understandable

 

[sfgoat]

Definitely understandable

I'll just use some discretion when I add people to the list. If anyone falls through I'll be happy to pick up the slack and ship to multiple people.

 

[RussPDX]

Thanks for making an exception for me, and I have no problem shipping first. With the Nov. 28th cutoff if you get me an address quickly I will get my package out the door. I would appreciate some guidelines since this is the first swap I am participating in. I saw the 48oz min. What is typical? Bombers?, 12 oz's, just 48oz total or more like a six pack?

Lastly, I have about 4 different brews on tap right now that I can run to bottles for this (assuming nothing kicks in the next week), is it better to send a bigger selection or just the best stuff?

Thanks for any feedback, and Goat, thanks for putting this together. This type of thing is what makes the HB community so awesome.


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