Beer Gun +

[Junket]

There was a neat article in the most recent Brew Your Own or Zymurgy where a guy mounted a ball lock poppet on the outside of his fridge as an outflow access point for CO2. I'm thinking of doing something similar myself to make the bottle gun even easier to set up. Right now, I need to move my 20lb CO2 out off the fridge and use a wrench to connect the beer gun. Takes about 15 seconds. Will take me about an hour or two to find the parts and build the ball lock gadget. Time savings will therefore be paid off after at least 240 - 480 bottling sessions. Will probably invest the time - isn't that what homebrewing is all about?

[Junket]

There was a neat article in the most recent Brew Your Own or Zymurgy where a guy mounted a ball lock poppet on the outside of his fridge as an outflow access point for CO2. I'm thinking of doing something similar myself to make the bottle gun even easier to set up. Right now, I need to move my 20lb CO2 out off the fridge and use a wrench to connect the beer gun. Takes about 15 seconds. Will take me about an hour or two to find the parts and build the ball lock gadget. Time savings will therefore be paid off after at least 240 - 480 bottling sessions. Will probably invest the time - isn't that what homebrewing is all about?

[SunkenBier]

There was a neat article in the most recent Brew Your Own or Zymurgy where a guy mounted a ball lock poppet on the outside of his fridge as an outflow access point for CO2. I'm thinking of doing something similar myself to make the bottle gun even easier to set up. Right now, I need to move my 20lb CO2 out off the fridge and use a wrench to connect the beer gun. Takes about 15 seconds. Will take me about an hour or two to find the parts and build the ball lock gadget. Time savings will therefore be paid off after at least 240 - 480 bottling sessions. Will probably invest the time - isn't that what homebrewing is all about?

I just have a manifold with 6 lines going to my kegs on tap and a 7th which has a line going for bottling. With that I can just turn the knob on the gas manifold to engage the gas for bottling.

[BigNastyBrew]

There was a neat article in the most recent Brew Your Own or Zymurgy where a guy mounted a ball lock poppet on the outside of his fridge as an outflow access point for CO2. I'm thinking of doing something similar myself to make the bottle gun even easier to set up. Right now, I need to move my 20lb CO2 out off the fridge and use a wrench to connect the beer gun. Takes about 15 seconds. Will take me about an hour or two to find the parts and build the ball lock gadget. Time savings will therefore be paid off after at least 240 - 480 bottling sessions. Will probably invest the time - isn't that what homebrewing is all about?

I just have a manifold with 6 lines going to my kegs on tap and a 7th which has a line going for bottling. With that I can just turn the knob on the gas manifold to engage the gas for bottling.

I bought a 2 way regulator with a wye adapter and have my CPF set up on that line.