[gmac]

So what's the best options for packaging?  I'm using a tube at lower pressure on a picnic tap and filling to the top, removing the tube and capping.  There isn't always foam up to the mouth of the bottle.  I know there should be but I don't want to create a bunch of foam either and end up short filled. 
I don't have a beer gun, I've debated it.  Is it really worth it?

[euge]

They talk about it (beer gun) a bit in this show: http://thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/794

I'm not convinced it is necessary but others swear by this piece of equipment.

[thomasbarnes]

Our club did an activity that really reinforced this, at least to me.  Ingredients were bought in bulk and weighed out at a club meeting to make a beer.  The variables were the water, and the brewers equipement and technique.  The beers were then judged.  Would you think that there was almost a 20 point high from low to high?  There was.  Same recipe, ingredients were the same.

A few years ago, our HB club did the same thing, with just about the same results. Recipe is just a starting place, technique and ingredients count for a lot more.