Friday, March 24, 2017

Ways Of Using Counter Pressure Filler

By Maria Thomas


Just like most of the brewing activities done from home, the first step is ensuring that all the bottles and equipment are cleaned and sanitized. If you are using the counter pressure filler for the bottles, then this can be easily sanitized by opening all the valves up and submerging the product into a sanitizer solution. Once you do this, you need to let it rest if the solution for a few minutes. Get the product out, and blow the sanitizer solution using carbon monoxide.

On the second step, make sure that you gather the caps. These caps are the ones that you are going to use and also have a capper nearby. A then move to the carbonated beer and put them under 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Finally, you can place the bottles on a tray to avoid any spillage.

Another tip that will help you to reduce the foam is putting the containers in the freezer after cleaning and sanitizing them. The cold environment from the bottles will contribute to lessening the amount of foam.

Before you connect anything, you need to make sure that all the three valves that are the gas, liquid, and beer are closed. When doing the connection start with the fluid, then the gas, and finally the keg and set the regulator to 10 Psi. If this is the first time you are using the pressure filler, you need to be patient that is because if you open the wrong valve, you might end up having a face full of beer. The process cannot be rushed, or you will end up having foam filled in a bottle.

Make sure that you disconnected the beer when it is connected to the carbon monoxide. Instead, you should pull the relief until the hissing sound is over. Then you will connect the filler in the bottle on its neck and continue the filling.

You should at this time open the gas slowly ensuring that the containers are filled to the same pressure level with the keg. When the hissing noise stops, it is an indication that the levels are close to each other. You now open the slight bulb slowly to allow oxygen to give way to the carbon dioxide. Leave the valve open for not more than ten seconds.

Close the bleed valve; this will allow the bottle being used to pressurize. Ensure that the gas valve closed. The next step is opening the liquid valve fully; at this point, no beer will flow since the keg, and the bottle has similar pressure. The next step is filing the beer slowly to avoid the foamy mess.

Still, when the bottle is filled make sure that you close the three valves and close the bottle using the cap. However, if as you cap you notice some foam, do not worry as this will be helpful in that it will help to oxidate the beer. When all the steps are done, and then feel free to repeat the whole procedure over again.




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