[COHO] Blichmann beer gun

[Tim Howe]

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:04:35 -0700
Mike T <miketaliercio at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

	Good points.  I'm convinced.  We need to get that gun on the rounds.

> 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. :-)

	You only say that because you haven't tried Captain Huggy Face IPA.
Remember that scene in Beerfest when they first try the beer they made from the
old recipe?  Yeah, it's like that.  I want to freeze it in the winter and skate
on it, and then melt it in the springtime and drink it...  I just tried to
replicate it yesterday; here's hoping I can do it again.  It was already
blowing off this morning at 63 degrees (stir plate yeast is powerful stuff).

--TimH