Beer Gun
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:51 pm
by philbrasil
I just bought myself a beer gun. Still haven´t arrived...
I was just wondering what you guys think of it. Is it really worth? Never force carbonated before. I also don´t have a really good way to adjust the pressure up and down from my CO2 cilinder. The screw on there seens to be stuck. Any ideas on how to solve that?
By the way, the "Search" engine of this forum REALLY sucks....I can never found what I want......Somebody ought to fix that!
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:59 pm
by BrewTa2
A quick search turns up:
This
And This
You need to be able to control the pressure of your regulator.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:22 pm
by DannyW
A lot of people like them; I didn't care for it. I found pre-chilling everything to be more of a hassle than I wanted to deal with, and it doesn't work very well for highly carbonated styles like weizen or sodas.
Is the nut on the adjusting screw loose? If not, you might want to loosen that first. If the screw is well and truly stuck because it is cross threaded in the casing, then you are in for a bigger repair job - retapping the cover and getting a larger screw or replacing the cover.
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:24 am
by Sent From My iPhone
I like my BeerGun and haven't had any problems with it. I usually only bottle 6-12 beers from a keg and I find it quick and easy. I have beers that I bottled 6-7 months ago and they're still well carbonated and taste great.
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:04 am
by Dirk McLargeHuge
I like mine, too. However, if I need to do some bottling quickly, I use the McDole method and stick some sanitized tubing onto the spout of the cobra tap. If I'm doing more than 6 bottles, I use the beer gun.
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:30 am
by TiMX
I really like mine. I would buy a couple extra little rubber deals that stop the flow of beer. I lost one. It took a while to get a new one.
Tim
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:07 am
by Sven
I like mine a lot. Like most people I feel the hassle of completely disassembling the unit to clean it does not justify breaking it out for more than a 4-pack however.
I've had bottles of mine that were 2 years old that were still highly carbonated (a saison @ 2.8 volumes) and with no oxygen pickup.
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:20 am
by dresselbrew
So far mine seems easy to use. I will know more when I build up my beer collection. Right now I drink more than I brew.