Finally broke down and ordered my new weapon…the bottle filler.
Looking forward to giving it a go.
You’re gonna freaking love it. I posted yesterday that I had an open spot on one of my manifolds and dedicated it to the CO2 line to the gun. Great idea. Makes the process much smoother. By the way, my LHBS has a great video tutorial on using it - really helped me :
yeah Northern brewer had video also I watched. going to use it for wine, mead, and beer. i bought a distributor just for this so i don’t have to screw around.
Nice, Ken. It’s tempting to get one of those for sure. I’d probably opt for that one over the Blingmann.
I’m new to kegging and want one. Can someone clue me in as to what I need. Right now all I have is a regulator with a single “out” port or whatever its called.
Blichmann sells an accessory kit (~$20-25) for the beer gun that has all the hardware you need, except for a wye splitter or manifold. You’ll need a splitter or manifold to use for the CO2 connection to the gun. I already had a spare port in one of my manifolds that I dedicated to the beer gun.
Thanks Jon.Do you have a recommendation re: splitter vs manifold as far as overall usefulness?
The splitter is cheaper ($12ish). But if you plan to expand your number of taps and need a manifold for it, you can kill 2 birds with one stone and get one with an extra port. Both work fine.
Manifold it is then.
List for $99 with everything included and NB had 20% off single item sale (except blichmann of course) so I opted for this one.
Wait a minute, I thought the last straw was not Blichman.
It’s not, sorry. I didn’t know you were specifically looking at the last straw gun, thought just a bottle filler in general. Sounds like the last straw has its stuff included, Blichmann you buy the kit for.
yep- they come out the same price .
pete- 20% off midwest supplies right now for $100 spent. they have last straw.
Yes, I’m ordering stuff tonight. I have a $200 GC so I can get $250 worth of stuff without paying a dime.
oh man was that fun. i just bottled 5 cases of wine quick and painless with the last straw… and what the heck was i thinking before getting this :o
Same thing I thought after getting my Beer Gun. I bottled a couple bottles and wondered why I waited so damn long.
i’m very pleased. definitely get you hook up of choice to run co2 to keg and gun at same time-made it very easy to set at 5psi and let it rip.
One thing I noticed - 5 psi works fine for cider (or wine), but for beer you might well get too much foam and lose more carb. I think 3-4 psi is perfect for beer. Less foam in the bottle = less carb loss.
makes sense with carbonated liquid to lower pressure-good tip.