For anybody bottling for competition or longer term aging/conditioning (not necessarily the target use case for this): your tap nozzle, and potentially beer lines are NOT sanitary unless you take precautions. Disassemble one after a year or two of use and you'll see what I mean. That said, I fill up a lot of growlers off my taps and this thing works great for that. It's never a bad idea to run a little BLC or starsan solution through the line first, and of course between kegs. Beer can also hang out on the inside of the tap after a pour, fruit flies and other bugs can meander in there. You don't necessarily taste this when you pour off a pint, because you drink it fast. Those little tap brushes help when taps are not in use. So if you don't plan on cracking those bottles in the next couple days, it's probably better to bottle off the keg.
Great review & compact product. Been looking for a quick solution for filling during small bottling runs from my 630ss, rather than some 3/8 silicone tube. Keep up the stellar work!
Nice review Tony. Nice little product. I have something similar I bought off HBT years ago and still works. I've only had to replace the gaskets on it once in the past 5 years I think I've owned it. The product you've reviewed looks to be more solid then the manual thing I have. I like the idea you can set the flow and really fine tune it. If it were possible to add pics to YT comments, I'd show you the thing I have. It's basically just a SS adapter that you shove into the Perlick 525 tap with a rubber bung and silicone hose attached to it. Very basic but gets the job done. Cheers!
Great video as always Tony! That does look like a great solution to bottling off of taps. Now I just need a kegerator to be able to bottle from (= Cheers!
Good review Tony. I think I saw that these are available in the UK from the malt miller. As with all these type of bottlers, when you pull the tube out the space it displaced is filled with ambient air so you’re still not going to get the shelf life of a commercially bottled beer but I guess a bit of oxidation is inevitable. It does seem expensive for what it is. Good work reviewing it though! Cheers.
Great video Tony, could you purchase another tap spout and leave it on the tapcooler permanently and then just screw the spout onto your tap when you need to use this, this may reduce the wear on the o-rings? just a thought.
Hi Craig! I guess one could do that, but it would need some cleaning and there are several tiny crevasses. I should of just used some keg lube. Cheers!
Nice one Tony! Looks a smart little bit of kit. I'd be thinking same as you on the o'rings. Doesn't look good after a couple of uses. Cheers buddy nice review! :)
Thanks Tom! Yeah, maybe I should have put a little keg lube on there and it would've been better. Oh well. All done and sent off to Canada now. Cheers!
What's the PSI on your primary regulator connected to the keg, and what's the PSI of the regulator attached to the Tapcooler device? I've tried a few different variations and cannot stop getting a big initial burst of foam when I pull on the tap
The initial burst of foam is best addressed by chilling/freezing your bottles. Or you can let it fill slower and the foam will subside. You need enough counterpressure (gas-in filler) to match what the filling beer produces, and still off-gas, which is less than your gas-in at the keg. I tend to set my keg pressure at 15 PSI and about 10 for the filler.
Niceprntscr.com/jllkvo < I use these taps and as soon as you block the outlet with the tap in open position, the liquid comes out at the section marked in red.
For anybody bottling for competition or longer term aging/conditioning (not necessarily the target use case for this): your tap nozzle, and potentially beer lines are NOT sanitary unless you take precautions. Disassemble one after a year or two of use and you'll see what I mean. That said, I fill up a lot of growlers off my taps and this thing works great for that.
It's never a bad idea to run a little BLC or starsan solution through the line first, and of course between kegs. Beer can also hang out on the inside of the tap after a pour, fruit flies and other bugs can meander in there. You don't necessarily taste this when you pour off a pint, because you drink it fast. Those little tap brushes help when taps are not in use.
So if you don't plan on cracking those bottles in the next couple days, it's probably better to bottle off the keg.
Great review & compact product. Been looking for a quick solution for filling during small bottling runs from my 630ss, rather than some 3/8 silicone tube. Keep up the stellar work!
Thanks, man, cheers!
Great review, looks like a awesome tool to bottle beer from a keg. Cheers and thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Glen! Cheers!
Nice review Tony. Nice little product. I have something similar I bought off HBT years ago and still works. I've only had to replace the gaskets on it once in the past 5 years I think I've owned it. The product you've reviewed looks to be more solid then the manual thing I have. I like the idea you can set the flow and really fine tune it. If it were possible to add pics to YT comments, I'd show you the thing I have. It's basically just a SS adapter that you shove into the Perlick 525 tap with a rubber bung and silicone hose attached to it. Very basic but gets the job done. Cheers!
Upload pics to photos.google.com/ and then link to the picture. :-) Cheers!
looks good tony and easy to use when having a tap/ keezer i dont use co2 i have filler pen strait from fermenter into bottel
Yeah man, it's all good! Cheers!
Great video as always Tony! That does look like a great solution to bottling off of taps. Now I just need a kegerator to be able to bottle from (= Cheers!
Thanks man. Yeah, always something to build or create. Cheers!
Looks exactly what I need. I think I’ll message them and see if they’ll ship to the UK. Thanks for sharing Tony👍
Some folks in the comments have pointed out that the Malt Miller has it. www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/counter-pressure-bottle-filler/ Cheers!
Tony Yates 😀😀👍
Rob at MaltMiller has them now
Great review! This is now available from the maltmiller uk 🇬🇧
THanks Ian, Yeah, a few people have mentioned that. :-) Appreciate it though! Cheers!
Good review Tony. I think I saw that these are available in the UK from the malt miller. As with all these type of bottlers, when you pull the tube out the space it displaced is filled with ambient air so you’re still not going to get the shelf life of a commercially bottled beer but I guess a bit of oxidation is inevitable. It does seem expensive for what it is. Good work reviewing it though! Cheers.
www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/counter-pressure-bottle-filler/
Thanks for the Review Tony I really appreciate your input.. I cant wait to try it myself. it looks like the perfect product for my setup.
Thanks Coling. Hopeful it arrives to you quickly. Cheers!
Great video Tony, could you purchase another tap spout and leave it on the tapcooler permanently and then just screw the spout onto your tap when you need to use this, this may reduce the wear on the o-rings? just a thought.
Hi Craig! I guess one could do that, but it would need some cleaning and there are several tiny crevasses. I should of just used some keg lube. Cheers!
Very good review!
Thanks, appreciate it. Cheers!
Nice one Tony! Looks a smart little bit of kit. I'd be thinking same as you on the o'rings. Doesn't look good after a couple of uses. Cheers buddy nice review! :)
Thanks Tom! Yeah, maybe I should have put a little keg lube on there and it would've been better. Oh well. All done and sent off to Canada now. Cheers!
Your thoughts are correct about the lube. In general O-ring should never be installed or used dry.
Thanks for the review I just purchased on of these.
What size orings does it use?
The Tapcooler can use with Nukatap?
Hi Tony, rob from the maltmiller which is in england and sell all over Europe has it.
Thanks! A few people have mentioned that. :-) Appreciate it though! Cheers!
What's the PSI on your primary regulator connected to the keg, and what's the PSI of the regulator attached to the Tapcooler device? I've tried a few different variations and cannot stop getting a big initial burst of foam when I pull on the tap
The initial burst of foam is best addressed by chilling/freezing your bottles. Or you can let it fill slower and the foam will subside. You need enough counterpressure (gas-in filler) to match what the filling beer produces, and still off-gas, which is less than your gas-in at the keg. I tend to set my keg pressure at 15 PSI and about 10 for the filler.
make a intertrap attachment version would solve the o-ring problem. Also rather have ball lock connection for gas.
That would be interesting. Not so much for the supplier and inventory, but yeah, I get your point. Cheers!
But all the pressure is lost when you remove the filler and go to cap it. Why not just fill the head space with co2 and cap?
Niceprntscr.com/jllkvo < I use these taps and as soon as you block the outlet with the tap in open position, the liquid comes out at the section marked in red.
Dimpie - JIGSAW I think that why they say these should only be used in forward sealing taps.
There is no substitute for Bottle conditioning.
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