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[odie]

That process really requires two things:

1) Perlick or Intertap forward sealing faucet with the tapered nozzle
2) A wall mounted or equivalent faucet

1 is needed so that you get the nice tapered top to seal your bottle on
2 is needed because most kegerators don't have a tall enough tower to leave room to fill a bottle (especially if it's a bomber).

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[Smellyglove]

Key word: your experience

I bottle off the tap, nothing added and win awards (including IPAs). Now perhaps the beers would be judged even more favorably, but you really can’t speak in absolutes.

Well yes, my experience and my references. They might both not reflect any other situation than mine though. And it all depends on what kind of competition. I sort of mentioned that, but in other words. Have you won IPA in comps with over 50 entrants in the same class? I used IPA as an example because they are the most fragile when it comes to 02.

 

[isomerization]

Well yes, my experience and my references. They might both not reflect any other situation than mine though. And it all depends on what kind of competition. I sort of mentioned that, but in other words. Have you won IPA in comps with over 50 entrants in the same class? I used IPA as an example because they are the most fragile when it comes to 02.

No golds in IPA, but solid scores (multiple different beer with 35+) by BJCP judges.

I think a lot of it is yeast strain specific though.

 

[jjw5015]

Has anybody used this yet?

 

[RainyDayBrewer]

I bottle fill using a simple growler filler, ship to competitions and win medals. Maybe I am doing something wrong.

I wonder if the key would be to bottle before aging/conditioning for too long so that there is at least a little viable yeast left to clean up any oxygen or byproducts while sitting in the bottle. Part of the joy is working with a living product.

Imagine what beer was like before refined and pressurized CO2 was a thing...

 

[bracconiere]

Imagine what beer was like before refined and pressurized CO2 was a thing...

like my homebrew.... lol

 

[JohnSand]

Has anybody used this yet?

There is some discussion of it on another thread:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/bottling-from-the-tap.669365/page-2
It looks pretty interesting, and may deserve it's own thread.

 

[JohnSand]

I've been using the OP's method and getting better at it. Practice has given me better judgement and control venting the gas.

 

[JohnSand]

Has anybody used this yet?

I got one for Christmas and tried it out today with limited success. Part of the problem is that I'm filling from a tower, without sufficient room to pull the beer off the rigid fill tube. I filled the second bottle by the OP method quicker and neater. I'll keep thinking about the new hardware.

 

[jonny24]

I use almost the same system, modified from I think? Biermuncher posting years ago in the "we need no stinking beer gun" thread.

I have a straight rigid tube about 3/8", and a 1/2" piece of vinyl that slips over that, and also slips over the end of my Intertap taps. And a stopper on the tube like in other setups. I do it straight of my taps at the bar. No picnic tap, no messing with pressure settings, works great. Beer usually has just enough foam to cap on but not waste much. I did cider for the first time today, and the lack of foam meant just capping on airspace, but it's getting drank tonight and won't matter.

I've also had beer in there for up to three weeks and din't notice anything objectionable. It might have changed in the three weeks between the keg finishing and me drinking it, but I didn't notice it, and if it did it wasn't in a bad way.