THE COUNTERPRESSURE BOTTLER

picture of a piece of equipment use to add gas/pressurize to bottler beer, rather that bottler conditioning.

This is a useful tool for people who keg all the time, it is used for putting beer in a bottle from a keg without exposing it to atmospheric pressure. It works by pressurizing the bottle with the same pressure as is in the keg and then allowing the beer to flow into the bottle without foaming. The procedure is as follows:

Connect the beer line from the keg to the bottler.
Connect the gas so that the bottler has an un-restricted pipe to the keg, they must have the very same pressure..
Push the bottler onto a bottle.
Open the gas-in valve to pressurize the bottle.
Close the gas-in valve.
Open the beer-in valve.
Release the gas from the bottle slowly, this is done by partially opening the gas-out valve or by allowing the gas to escape at the seal..
When the bottle is full enough stop the release of gas.
TURN OFF THE BEER IN VALVE.
Take out the bottler and cap the bottle (this is the messy bit if you aren't careful).

I know it sounds a bit complicated but when you have done a few bottles its child's play. This one has 2 valves one of which is a 3 position 2 output type, the same affect can be achieved with 3 normal valves. I used 3/16 inch(4.5mm)outside diameter, stainless steel pipe. Two holes were drilled in a piece of stainless steel and the pipes were put through and welded in position, then I put a rubber bung over the two pipes it was necessary to glue the bung in place(I used 2 pack epoxy resin) to prevent gas leaks. If I were making it again I think it could be made without welding the pipes in place, in which case it would be a lot easier to make.

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