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3 Ways to Bottle off a Carbonated Keg

Flora Brewing

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Here's the 3 methods I use to fill bottles from my kegs. I do this for competitions, sending people home with beer, and to age homebrews! Equipment links in description

BTW the upload decided it didn't want to include the last 15 seconds of the video but you only miss me thanking you for watching so I'm leaving it as is :)

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20 Comments

@scottwithrow7791 5 years ago

I do the same thing to fill my growlers. If you have the time throwing one in your fridge for a few hours first reduces foam a lot too.

@ThomasLeskin 5 years ago

I don't own a beer gun so I like to do it the cheap beer gun way with a picnic tap, bottling wand and a rubber #2 stopper. Hasn't failed me

@qbranch88 5 years ago

My wife and I were talking about this EXACT topic last night. Now I want to keg even more because I know I can take it with me on the go when I want. Awesome video, good info!

@DimpieDeBruyn 5 years ago

Pull the tube from the tap after filling the growler and then pull the tube out the growler .... less mess and easier than having to tilt the growler and mess beer out the top trying to get it out from under the tube 👍

@Tense 4 years ago

This video is perfect. It provides all the answered I was looking for and was funny to boot.

@kevinclingan5630 1 year ago

thank you for making this video, happy brewing!

@eternaldrive 5 years ago

Carbonation caps with beer line attached are another good way to go. The plastic ones are cheapish. They also allow you to dump some extra pressure in at the end to increase the carbonation back up.

@DJHomeBrewing 3 years ago

Great idea I’ll have to try this.

@dalejoy193 5 years ago

If you put a pinch of sugar in the growler the yeast will eat it along with any oxygen. Love your vids, Fist bump .

@UNSUBI 5 years ago

You can get an intertap ball lock connector for your beer gun.

@RaffaeleAngiolini 11 months ago

The last you have used it seems to be the one able to transfer beer under pressure (even not too high) into the bottle, this will avoid loss of CO2 during the transfer.

@danacollins9208 5 years ago

Thanks for demoing the counter pressure filler. Been thinking of going that route and really like seeing it in action.

@moorejl57 5 years ago

Great coverage of bottling from a keg. That counterpressure filler looks really nice!

@shannontaijeron7658 5 years ago

I usually turn the springs around in my keg tap so the handle just pops back when I let go. I know it's more work sometimes but the effort to not have to stop it is worth it imo.

@JoesemAckbar 5 years ago

I have a growler filler with tubing on it for my taps.. but I bought flow control taps, and if I dial the flow way down I can just fill bottles straight off the tap by tilting the bottle at an angle to let the beer run down the side of the bottle. Usually I can get a bottle filled pretty much right to the top, and better than the first two attempts in this video. A lot of people seem to have a beef with flow control taps, but I'm happy with mine. I also run 15' of 3/16 tubing on all my beer lines. Slower pours, but less head.

@JoeyBeanssss 5 years ago

respect the grind!

@djsomers100 5 years ago

Another great video. If you were brewing with good Pacific Northwet water, you would have it totally nailed.

@oscard.6362 5 years ago

Great Video, thanks.
Question on the counter pressure filler. I know you plug the co2 line to the filler to carbonate the beer going into the bottles. But has the beer coming from the keg been previously carbonated as well?

Thanks 🍻

@dmarquez24 5 years ago

Great tips! I need a beer gun lol I always make a mess trying to bottle to share with friends or they end of getting less beer if I don't feel like cleaning 🤷‍♂️

@murraypollett793 5 years ago

Whack the growler in the freezer with the lid open for about 10 minutes first, cuts the frothing down a heap, I fill my growlers all the time straight from the tap without a hose but mind you I'm drinking them within the hour.