Beer Forum

Came home on Friday to find a "sixth" barrel (5.16gal) of the ProAm beer I brewed with New Belgium had been delivered to the house. Niiiiiiiice!
The folks at NB are the best.

This is the same keg you would get from a beer store that uses a hand pump and picnic tap. I no nothing from kegging but I want to bottle up some of this beer for friends and co-workers. I plan on doing therigid plasctic tube into the picnic tap spout approach to fill and then "cap on foam".

- Will this work? (The bottles will be distributed right away)
- What temp should the beer be for bottling (I will chill the bottles)

Cheers

Yes, it'll work just fine. That's how many folks bottle.
Get it as close to freezing as you can get it, to minimize foaming.

HTH-

also use a longer tube than normal from the keg to the picnic tap will help. 12 feet is good. This helps the pressure drop gradually. Use the lowest pressure that you can to push it out of the keg and keep it cold like bdawg said and you should be fine.

Bottle it all in one sitting if you are pushing it out with an air pump. Any beer left in the keg will go stale fairly quickly once you push air in there.

Thanks all.

Thanks DannyW. Great catch