[COHO] Blichmann beer gun

[brett thomas]

My IPA is going to kick your IPA's ass.  I didn't think they knew what hops 
were on the East Coast.

BT


>From: Mike T <miketaliercio at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Central Oregon Homebrewers <coho at lists.bendtel.net>
>To: Central Oregon Homebrewers <coho at lists.bendtel.net>
>Subject: Re: [COHO] Blichmann beer gun
>Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:04:35 -0700
>
>
>Don't do it! In one, or more, of my drunken bottle filling experiences I 
>decided to press the purge button after the bottle was filled. Unless, you 
>like a face full of beer and a good chuckle, it's not worth it. It's 
>tempting to do, but you have to show some restraint. ;)
>Purging the bottle before filling is a good idea because if you don't, the 
>beer will be in contact with air (oxygen) during the filling process.
>I know you guys would prefer to bring your kegs to the brew session for 
>bottling. It's convenient to do so, but there are some issues that come up. 
>Yes, there was some logic to the bottling runs that Brett and I made :) :) 
>Tim- you have a small amount of beer left in your keg along with some 
>sediment. When you move the keg, the sediment will get stirred up and end 
>up in the bottle. I guess that would be okay if it was a hefe. Another 
>thing is that the kegs will warm up when taken out of your kegerators. 
>Higher temps means CO2 coming out of solution, which means more foam in the 
>bottle and reduced carbonation in the beer. Same thing happens with warm 
>bottles, so it helps if they're the same temp, or colder, as the beer when 
>filling.
>One more thing. If you're filling these bottles so that you can enter them 
>in the IPA category, don't bother. Mine will be there next week. :-)
>BTW, I hate you guys for having so much fun.
>-Mike> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:12:03 -0700> From: 
>ryan_gibson77 at webformixair.com> To: coho at lists.bendtel.net> Subject: Re: 
>[COHO] Blichmann beer gun> > Beer Gun People...> > ...in my experience 
>doing this the hard way (with a tube and tap)> pre-purging the bottles with 
>CO2 is virtually pointless, since when you> fill the beer to the top of the 
>neck, and then extract the gun, the liquid> level drops, sucking air back 
>into the neck. It makes more sense to me to> just fill the bottles, then 
>purge the neck...what do you guys think?> > -Ryan (:> > > > > Geoff,> > 
>Sounds like a good plan... however this Saturday is starting day for my> > 
>annual summer part-time job (working in the nursery)...so Saturdays are> > 
>pretty much consumed for me until around the end of September.> >> > I 
>could probably drop off my keg, capper, sanitized bottles and caps at> > 
>the CLUB brew location around 9:30am since I don't start work until> > 
>10:00am on Saturday.> >> > Perhaps you all could bottle up a six-pack for 
>me? In return you could> > have a few samples out of the keg (translation: 
>please return my empty> > keg).> >> > Gary> >> >> >> > -----Original 
>Message-----> > From: coho-bounces at lists.bendtel.net> > 
>[mailto:coho-bounces at lists.bendtel.net] On Behalf Of Tom Brohamer> > Sent: 
>Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:04 PM> > To: 'Central Oregon Homebrewers'> > 
>Subject: Re: [COHO] Blichmann beer gun> >> > So, when and where is the this 
>month's group brew?> >> > Regards,> > Tom> >> > Tom Brohamer> > 
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>coho-bounces at lists.bendtel.net> > [mailto:coho-bounces at lists.bendtel.net] 
>On Behalf Of geoffrey marlowe> > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:12 PM> > 
>To: Central Oregon Homebrewers> > Subject: Re: [COHO] Blichmann beer gun> 
> >> >> >> > Gary, and the rest of the club,> >> > Brian has his own beer 
>gun (and I don't mind volunteering it!), so we> > can use that at the Group 
>Brew this weekend. I will bring my CO2 tank,> > so we should be fine with 
>on that front. The beer gun requires 2 co2> > tanks, one to purge the 
>bottle of O2 and one to push the beer from the> > keg. I am sure you can 
>rig it up with splitters and pressure regulators> > or some such thing, but 
>having 2 tanks makes it much easier.> >> > As far as the pressure and 
>carbonation, I have no idea. I figure as long> > as it is properly 
>carbonated when it hits my glass, its fine for the> > bottle, but I don't 
>know for sure. If someone could bring a capper, that> > would be great. 
>Brian and I went on a bit of a brewing spree while the> > Cat was away 
>(Sorry Erin, I couldn't resist!), and also did some> > bottling. However, 
>our cappers seem to be a bit challenged, so if anyone> > could bring some 
>caps, proper bottles and a capper, we would be a bit> > more confident in 
>the bottle/cap seal.> >> > Geoff> > ________________________________> >> 
>From: garywirt at bendbroadband.com> >> To: coho at lists.bendtel.net> >> Date: 
>Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:37:46 -0700> >> Subject: [COHO] Blichmann beer gun> >>> 
> >>> >> I would like to use the club beer gun to bottle up a six pack or so 
>of> >> >> one of my winning ( J ) competition brews.> >>> >>> >>> >> Can 
>bring the keg with a few sanitized bottles, caps & capper to> >> someone’s 
>house…or The Brew Shop or wherever….> >>> >>> >>> >> I also have CO², but 
>probably not the correct plumbing arrangement for> >> >> the gun.> >>> >>> 
> >>> >> The keg has been under about 9 psi of CO² for several days and 
>seems> >> to be nicely carbonated. Is any additional pressure required 
>prior to> >> >> bottling?> >>> >>> >>> >> Thanks,> >>> >> Gary> >>> >>> >>> 
> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -----Original Message-----> >> From: 
>coho-bounces at lists.bendtel.net> >> [mailto:coho-bounces at lists.bendtel.net] 
>On Behalf Of brett thomas> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00 PM> >> 
>To: COHO> >> Subject: [COHO] Blichmann beer gun for competition bottling> 
> >>> >>> >>> >> Please give a shout out if you're in need of the club's 
>Blichmann beer> >> >> gun for bottling some brews for the upcoming Spring 
>Fling competition.> >> >> Evan and I will be on beer gun duty during the 
>next few weeks. All we> >> >> ask of you is that if you use the beer gun 
>for bottling, that you join> >> >> us in helping others to get their beers 
>bottled as well. The process> >> is incredibly easy, and doesn't take any 
>time at all with the right> >> equipment (which we have).> >>> >>> >>> >> 
>Thanks,> >>> >>> >>> >> BT> >> > 
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