Cedar Rapids Brewing Society

Now that I have started kegging, I am looking for suggestions on how best to transport some of my beer. From the neighbor down the street to shipping to my sister in San Diego.


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I use growler or flip top bottles for sharing locally. Don't know about shipping it though

If you just put some beer into a bomber and cap it. Does that work?


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It should. I've done that before too. I usually stick a piece of beer line into the tap to bottom fill the bottles

I second that. Tube on the tap to bottom fill the bottle. Turn down the gas to a low psi and chilling the bottles helps too. If you want to spend money folks like Blichmann Beer Gun.

If I'm consuming it quick... I just fill the bomber or thermos off the tap directly. Won't store well though.

I always get too much head when I fill directly off the tap.

I filled y first 3 bottles last weekend to see how they hold carbonation over 1, 2 and 3 weeks since I am entering into this blonde comp this month. I was lazy and just used my growler filler off my faucets at really low psi so we will see. If this is a fail, I plan to make something out of a picnic tap and a racking cane if I still have one.

Cap on top of foam is what I hear stressed a lot.

I use racking cane picnic tap and plug works well low psi is good, don't fast fill makes beer angry and lots of foam

Don't want no angry beer!


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Wait - your sister lives in San Diego? I can't think of a single reason why she should need your homebrew (or anyone else's for that matter). That being said, I recommend a growler filler for those guys down the street.

The weird part is she also brews her own. With all those breweries.


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I will post a recommendation for the Blichmann Beer Gun. I really like mine.

Beer 1 after a week was pretty flat. It was drinkable, but flat. Need more practice or build one with a picnic tap

Bought a beer gun today, and used it to bottle my state fair entries. All I have to say about it is "wow" it took me about half as long to bottle, and I was able to blanket with CO2.I didn't have nearly as much foam loss as I did with my homemade CPF. In fact, most, if not all, of the foam was sanitizer.