Keg King's Bottle Filler Beer Gun

[Black n Tan]

I am speaking of the Blichmann version.

 

[Topher]

KK for me.

The explanations above make a lot of sense too. Thanks guys.

 

[mitch_au83]

Look at this on eBay:

Brand New Stainless Steel Counter Pressure Beer Bottle Filler Home Brew CO2

http://ebay.to/1wMn6fT
What do you guy think of these ones?

 

[Crouch]

Look at this on eBay:

Brand New Stainless Steel Counter Pressure Beer Bottle Filler Home Brew CO2

http://ebay.to/1wMn6fT
What do you guy think of these ones?

Personally I'd prefer something like this:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SS-Counter-Pressure-Bottle-Filler-Home-Brewing-Beer-Wine-Mead-Cider-Bottles-Caps-/131337013552?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e944bc930

It has a proper blow off valve and not so many connections ... if I can find a supplier in Australia, I'll be grabbing a few of those

 

[fraser_john]

Personally I'd prefer something like this:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SS-Counter-Pressure-Bottle-Filler-Home-Brewing-Beer-Wine-Mead-Cider-Bottles-Caps-/131337013552?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e944bc930

It has a proper blow off valve and not so many connections ... if I can find a supplier in Australia, I'll be grabbing a few of those

I have similar to both of these and are a total PIA to use and to clean.

Far easier/cleaner/better to just make 4 litres of extra beer and bottle some at the same time as kegging the finished product.

 

[Black n Tan]

Like FJ, I a have both the Blichmann beer gun and a morebeer CPBF. The CPBF is a PITA and I always walk away after using it covered in a veneer of beer and like he says is a little more complicated to sanitise, mainly due to foam making its way through the relief valve. I actually find it foams more than the Blichmann despite being under pressure. However is does maintain the carbonation better, which seems a little counterintuitive with the foaming issue. I recently used the blichmann to bottle a few lagers from the keg for Vicbrew. Both beers came back with comments about diacetyl. Now I am confident that the lager in my kegs has no diacetyl so I imagine that the bottling has introduced some oxygen. It does poin to a fermentation issue i.e.. I have diacetyl precursor in my beer, but interesting nonetheless. A forced diacetyl test will now be introduced before kegging.

 

[pk.sax]

I have the kk one.
Used to bottle the swap beer, only off comment was low Carb. That was likely my Carb level.rather.than the gun.
I noticed the gun leaked co2 from the top where the brass valve wraps around the.steel tube. Only when you press the trigger though. I've wrapped some gas Teflon tape there and reassembled to make it a snug-er fit. Works fine.
don't drop the gas predsure in.the keg too much or the above mentioned co2 coming out of solution in the tube happens. Hence why I had the beer carved low-ish in the first place. Use a longer beer tube to balance if higher Carb but don't drop keg pressure massively for bottling.