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Date: 10 Aug 2006 21:34:40
From: Dave Smith
Subject: beer gun?
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A friend of mine just purchased a beer gun and I am deeply envious! I'd
like to get one but the $100 pricetag makes me hesitant. I'm wondering
what the opinions are here of the beer guns available, or perhaps you
made your own?
Dave
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Date: 11 Aug 2006 08:36:37
From: The Artist Formerly Known as Kap'n Salty
Subject: Re: beer gun?
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Dave Smith wrote:
> A friend of mine just purchased a beer gun and I am deeply envious! I'd
> like to get one but the $100 pricetag makes me hesitant. I'm wondering
> what the opinions are here of the beer guns available, or perhaps you
> made your own?
>
> Dave
I have one -- I love it. I think it was less than $100 (should go for
around 75), though. You could probably make your own if you were
sufficiently motivated.
The beer gun minimizes foaming by simply pushing the beer through a long
length of 3/16th bev line. Also quite nice is the ability to purge the
bottle with Co2 with the same hand you're filling with.
I've done quite a few bottles with these, including some that have been
allowed to age for a while and not seen any problems -- highly reccomended.
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Date: 11 Aug 2006 08:40:22
From: The Artist Formerly Known as Kap'n Salty
Subject: Re: beer gun?
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The Artist Formerly Known as Kap'n Salty wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> A friend of mine just purchased a beer gun and I am deeply envious!
>> I'd like to get one but the $100 pricetag makes me hesitant. I'm
>> wondering what the opinions are here of the beer guns available, or
>> perhaps you made your own?
>>
Actually, Austin Homebrew has it for 70. They charge 5.99 flat rate
shipping, so the whole thing should cost you only 76. Could be better
deals elsewhere -- dunno.
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Date: 11 Aug 2006 19:04:31
From: rjwhite6
Subject: Re: beer gun?
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On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:34:40 -0700, Dave Smith <dave@nowhere.com >
wrote:
>A friend of mine just purchased a beer gun and I am deeply envious! I'd
>like to get one but the $100 pricetag makes me hesitant. I'm wondering
>what the opinions are here of the beer guns available, or perhaps you
>made your own?
>
>Dave
I used a counter pressure bottler for a few years.
Now I prefer to use the Blickman Beer Gun.
I have the accessory kit.
It does take longer in my experience to bottle the same number of
bottles with the BG vs using the CPB because the pressure must be
lower than when using the CPB.
But there is less mess for me and less
must-work-valves-in-proper-order.
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Date: 11 Aug 2006 14:20:22
From: Steven
Subject: Re: beer gun?
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The gun was actually 70.00, but I opted to also get the accessory kit
so I was certain I'd get the "proper" accoutrements. I still ended up
modifying one of my 4-block stations to accomodate 3/16" line, as the
rest of my gas line is 5/16". But, since I can turn this line off at
will, via a valve, I can adjust pressures as needed for either filling
with the beer gun, or pushing beer from the kegs for serving.
I'll be hooking it up tonight, the Grolsch bottles are already
sanitized and chilling, ready to be filled!
Steven
Dave Smith wrote:
> A friend of mine just purchased a beer gun and I am deeply envious! I'd
> like to get one but the $100 pricetag makes me hesitant. I'm wondering
> what the opinions are here of the beer guns available, or perhaps you
> made your own?
>
> Dave
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