Counter Pressure Bottle Filler

If you've read my page about the Bottle Washer, you already know how much I enjoy bottling. Here's how I do it.

I was planning to make my own bottle filler, but this one caught my eye. It's better than the one I was thinking about. It has only one control. A single valve handle is used for both charging the bottle with CO2 and filling it with beer. The bottle pressure/beer fill rate is adjusted with the 'evacuation regulator' seen just below the valve.

Filling Procedure:

• Make sure everything that contacts the beer is sanitized and cold!
• Connect CO2 from regulator to both the keg and bottle filler
• Adjust CO2 regulator to ~15 psi.
• Connect keg liquid line to filler
• Place filler into a cold bottle (32 degrees) turn the valve towards the gas connection and purge bottle of air for a few seconds
• Now, turn valve towards beer connection and adjust the filler 'evacuation regulator' for a fill rate just fast enough to cause foam to reach the top of the bottle. This is after the filler is removed and your ready to cap. (Easier said than done.)
• Cap it, label it, drink it.

This filler (part # KGCPFIL) was purchased from HopTech.