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Hi, brewers!

I just got my new Morebeer counter pressure bottle filler in the mail, and I was wondering if I need to slightly over-carbonate my beer before bottling? Should I, for example, carbonate a pale ale to 2.4 volumes in the keg, if I want the bottled beer to end up with, say, 2.3 volumes? Or should I just carbonate to the exact volume I want?

Gahr wrote:Hi, brewers!

I just got my new Morebeer counter pressure bottle filler in the mail, and I was wondering if I need to slightly over-carbonate my beer before bottling? Should I, for example, carbonate a pale ale to 2.4 volumes in the keg, if I want the bottled beer to end up with, say, 2.3 volumes? Or should I just carbonate to the exact volume I want?

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It's "jævla svensker", by the way!

I definitely will not post a video of me making an ass of myself using the filler for the first time...

The answer is yes, you should carb it up a little extra in the keg for a couple days before you counter pressure fill your bottles.

Keep the bottles cold. That helps prevent foaming.
Get somebody to help you. It's easer with 4 hand than just 2.
I always go fill like this with mine:

Be sure to have a hose connected to the bleeder output connector (the one on the leg of the "T", not the one on the hat of the "T"). Run this hose into a bucket. You'll need it, trust me.

Start with all 3 valves off (pretty obvious)
Open the bleeder valve a little bit.
Slowly open the gas side for about 10 or 15 seconds to purge CO2 out of the bottle.
Close the bleeder to allow pressure to build up in the bottle.
Open the beer side a tiny bit to allow beer to start to flow.
Slowly open the bleeder until you get beer slowly flowing into the bottle.
When you have filled it all the way up, close the bleeder and then close the beer.
Reopen the bleeder just a touch to allow pressure to equalize a bit.
Take the filler out.
Swirl the bottle a little to get some foam and cap it on the foam.

Repeat with the other 49 bottles.
The key to not making a mess is to take your time. Do it too fast and you have a mess.

Yeah, the beergun is probably a lot easier, but after using my CPBF for so long, it's second nature.

HTH-

Thanks a lot, BDawg!

How much is "a little extra"? 0.2 volumes?

Do you use the same length/thinkness hose as you do in the kegorator?

The first time I used mine I ended up spraying myself in the face a couple of times when I pulled the CPF filler from the pressurized bottle.