Transporting small amounts from keg?

[JoeRags]

So, just thinking here about my 4 cornelius kegs in the mail, and how I'll have so much fun filling all of them.

What if I want to bring just a few beers to a friends house? I see this thing on morebeer.com:

http://morebeer.com/product.html?product_id=18250

but I dont want to spend $12 on something I can make. What if I make an adaptor with a one way check valve to pressurize a 2-liter soda bottle? Could I fill it up with the tap, then close the bottle, and pressurize with co2? Is that all this product does?

Thanks

 

[david_42]

Many people attach bicycle tire valves on bottle caps and make an adapter for their CO2 bottle. I find it difficult to believe this is cheaper, but who knows?

Most of the time, I just fill chilled flip tops and accept the lower carb level.

 

[Hermish]

You should be okay filling a growler for a short period of time. That is how I get them filled at the small breweries, and they say that they are fine if you drink them within 24 hours.

 

[JoeRags]

You should be okay filling a growler for a short period of time. That is how I get them filled at the small breweries, and they say that they are fine if you drink them within 24 hours.

Ahh... yes. Didnt even think of that. I guess I drank too many of them growlers to remember...

I have a problem in that once I crack a growler, they go right down... and I never buy just one.

I cant wait to have my own beer to drink...

 

[disaffected]

There are also counter pressure fillers and the Blichmann beer gun. A more expensive route than any yet discussed in this thread, but you can bottle from your tap and preserve all the carbonation.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I have exactly what david_42 described. I use it to carbonate homemade soda, but it would certainly work with beer. The valve is a replacement valve stem with the guts removed (from NAPA).