Blichmann beer gun?

[PetenNewburg]

Blichmann beer gun?  Has anybody tried this?  I'm getting ready for an impromptu fishing trip so I need to fill Plastic bottles.  On another occasion I just made a weak bottling sugar mix, and filling from a keg.  While it did give decent carbonation, it was sweet tasting.  Any comments on the beer gun which is supposed to eliminate foaming when bottling from a keg??
Cheers!
Pete

[wvbrewer]

Get one of those Growlers from the store.  They say that as long as you drink it in 24 or 36 hours it will still be good.  I have not done this before.  Its a idea..

Good luck fishing

Dave

[PetenNewburg]

  I have plenty of growlers, aside from several purchased at microbreweries where I've taken home samples, I bought a case or two of "Mississippi Mud" and saved the 1 quart jugs!  It's a great black & tan, and the brown jugs make great growlers to send samples of MY brew home with friends!  If they want another sample, they need to bring the MUD JUG back!
  The idea behind the beer gun is to be able to fill bottles w/ CO2 before the beer, cutting down off flavours from oxygen and filling from the bottom of the bottle while preventing loss of carbonation much like a commercial brewery.  It hooks up to both beer keg & CO2 tank having two nozzles put into the beer bottle at the same time.  Pull the trigger for CO2 flush & push the tip to the bottom of the bottle to fill w/ beer.  Lift gun out when bottle is full & cap it!

Cheers!
Pete

[PetenNewburg]

  The Blichmann Beer Gun works great!!  CO2 & Keg presure is a bit touchy, but once it's adjusted it went very quickly!

  I think the best set up for the co2 would be a double regulators (with check valves) with beer side set around 4 - 7 psi and the co2 flush side set at 10 psi.  Having both come off one regulator the beer side drops psi every time you purge a bottle, which allows some carbonation to "come out" of the beer resulting in more foam/ beer loss. 

[PetenNewburg]

  Popped the first beer bottled with the beer gun, very nice cabonation!  With a little practice and better co2 regulators I think I can cut down on beer loss from foam.  The Double IPA will be the next test!

[wvbrewer]

I am thinking of giving up on making beer since it never hardly turns out the way I think it would, but I am still going to do that stout kit.  I will get new seal for those flipper bottles and see if that helps. 

[PetenNewburg]

  All part of the learning process my friend!  I have still not made a lager I am really happy with.  The Ales are coming along just fine!  I got carried away with the Irish Stouts, but they are both tasty!  I was at the Beer Store today, picked up some Yuengling and checked out the prices of some of the craft brews.  I could/ can not afford to buy $50 a case beer.  My IPA, Porter & Coffee Stout are every bit a good as the those high buck brews!  If you can do the wine, you'll figure out the beer!!