Counter Pressure filler is easy if you make a rig up to mount the filler on that slides up & down.

One suggestion... For the counter pressure filler, have an Erlenmeyer flask with starsan nearby. Makes a great place to set the filler while you cap.

Thank you! You've confirmed my suspicions that The Last Straw is terrible and flawed. I've tried 2 or 3 batches now and couldn't get it to work and scoured the internet for help. I'll be trying one of your other recommendations!

Use a red kegland plastic liquid post on a pet bottle - purge with gas then attach liquid jumper cable and crack lid slowly

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I just got a counter pressure filler like the one you have. I am looking to get a quick disconnect for CO2 on the side of the keezer to make it easier.  Thanks for posting the video.  Always learning something.

I’ve gotten great results with the Blichmann beer gun, but it can be a pita to set up for a few bottles. So if I’m bottling a lot of beer, like a 1/2 or whole keg, I’ll use the beer gun.  A couple of bottles,  the tap cooler.  But if I’m packaging some beer to take to a party or somewhere, a simple hose over the faucet to a 32 or 64 oz growler wins.

I've been wanting to try something besides the blichmann beer gun. Very helpful! Thanks!

I use the Pegas EcoJet. In my view it's the best reasonably priced option out there.

Man hating on the last straw! When I was looking to buy a filler, I was between the last straw and the tap cooler, ended up going with the last straw and really like it!

Growler fillets are great(I’ve got the intertap filler - both- and intertap taps) if you’re going to drink the beer by the end of the day - growler filler - is perfect! Longer than a day - keep the oxygen off the beer or it becomes stale tasting (cardboard).

i connect a spring loaded bottle filler to a party tap . The only problem 2 much Foam

Y ou have missed the best one by far off your list ! the boel itap, each of the ones you have shown you need to hold the bottles, or move the stopper up or down or hold the stopper in tighter some how while the pressure pushes its way out, spraying beer everywhere, you can knock bottles over , they are long and clumsy, where do you lay it down to keep it sanitary between bottles ? etc etc,          i hang any size of bottle from a 330ml glass to a 3 litre pet bottle off the itap by the quarter turn bottle locking mechanism, and it holds it there itself, i purge, pull the beer style tap, open the valve and i could literally walk away and do something else until the pressure stops it as it fills up, if im doing a cider in a 2 litre or 3 litre bottle i can remove one from the itap and cap it while the next one is filling up by itself, you cant do that with any of these ones in the video, then again its Russian made so maybe thats why it doesnt catch on in the USA.  The guys at itap are also willing to improve their designs, i was using some reclaimed glass bottles of diff neck sizes and one type was just a couple thousands too big to go in the metal one for the glass bottles, i took a couple thoughsands off the metal (made no difference to the rest and other kinds) and mentioned it to them, next thing they are asking  me to send exact dimensions to the thousanth, photos of the bottle types, exact sizes of the necks etc which i gladly did for them, i dont know if they made the adjustments but i would bet they did as they were very interested to hear this from me and passed it to the design guys within a couple of hours, in a few years beer guns of these kinds  will be a museum piece

you may already know about this one?  if not, it may solve your problem with bottling by yourself. I just ordered and received mine yesterday. can't wait to try it. Boel ItapX counter pressure bottle filler.

I haven't used it yet but I bought the iTap by a company called Boel. It mounts to your keggerator or keezer just like any faucet and you just lock a bottle in place, press a button to purge and pull the tap.

They all break the seal and let out co2 ffs when you go to put the lid on. Even commercial canning operations use "The Last Straw" method for filling cans before seaming shut with the lid. I found the "The Last Straw" gun the best so far and I have a few bottlers. It's a Blichmann and it's fast and one get perfect carbonation. One just have to know what you're doing. These days I'm doing 21 litres all at once straight form the fermenter into 330ml small bottles. Takes about 20 minutes to 30 minutes. Cheers.

HAHA "It's a cool system if you want to run around and look like you're shooting people with lasers"

Hi, Thanks for the video. I am interested in the connections you use to connect CO2 to the hoses. It looks like you have some threaded type connectors, maybe even quick disconnects. Can you tell me where to find those? I am still having to heat up hose to put on the barbed fittings and have to cut them off when removing, not efficient at all.
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Loved the video, I just wished you could use a better mic (like a clip lapel mic)

Hey man:) did you think about building a stand for your counter pressure filler. If the filler would be static you0d only be handling the bottles which would probably be easier and you wouldn't need a helper