Beer gun vs counter pressure filler

[sharkguy05]

Riddle me this....which is better the beer gun or counter pressure filler? I love blichmann and the ease of the gun but aren't you technically lossing all of your carbonation since the bottle is not sealed?

[MNHazmat]

No. It takes time for all the gas to come out of suspension. When you pour a beer the C02 begins to come out of suspension and bubble out - this doesn't happen all at once, else we'd all be drinking flat beer. Performed properly a fill from a beer gun will have plenty of carbonation. The colder the better!

[Stinkfist]

yep the key is low pressure from the beer when bottling(just enough to get some foam to cap on foam) and cold beer bottles. I love my Beer gun!

[captain carrot]

+1 on the cold bottles. Foaming/Co2 release are minimized. I'll put mine in the freezer before bottling and put the bottle in one of those freezer mugs when filling.
Good Luck!
Oh yeah, I love my Beer Gun!

[BlueLoon]

beer gun has physics, plus Jamil covered it in a brewstrong I think it was

[sharkguy05]

I've come up with a cheap easy way for right now since, I had to fill for NHC. 6' tubing, picnic tap, #2 drilled bung and bottle filler. Filler fits perfectly in the picnic tap and bung slides right over the filler. Just insert fill, bleed pressure and cap on beer!!