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Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« on: May 26, 2012, 08:44:39 pm »
I just want to share picture of my counter pressure keg filler.
It took a days of thinking but finally it is here:



The hardest part was to connect Beer thread to TC connector.
Little bit of tubing did the trick.
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Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2012, 08:27:11 am »
Trying to figure out why you would need this?

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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2012, 11:18:24 am »
Trying to figure out why you would need this?
Same here.  Is it to get carbonated beer from the bright tank to the keg or from a keg to another keg?
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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2012, 01:37:39 pm »
Trying to figure out why you would need this?
Same here.  Is it to get carbonated beer from the bright tank to the keg or from a keg to another keg?
It started with filtering carbonated beer from bright tank to keg. 
Right now it is carbonated beer from bright tank (no filtering) to keg.
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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2012, 01:51:04 pm »
Still not sure how it is any different thn a standard keg filler, except you have a pressure gauge attached.

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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2012, 06:48:31 pm »
Still not sure how it is any different thn a standard keg filler, except you have a pressure gauge attached.
Keg coupler is standard keg filler.
Pressure is relieved from the keg thru sample port on the other side of Tee.
I fill the keg by the lb instead when it is foaming.
It is more precise to my opinion.

Do you have any hidden treasures how do you do your process?
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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2012, 07:35:08 am »
I currently just use two of these coming off a dual line.  Seems like it is basically the same thing as what you have there but less bulky.

http://breweryparts.com/index.php/equipment-and-supplies/beer-kegs-amp-kegging-equipment/keg-coupler-amp-filling-head/manual-keg-filler.html

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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2012, 07:52:28 am »
The hardest part was to connect Beer thread to TC connector.
Little bit of tubing did the trick.

St. Pats sells a beer thread (male and female) to TC fitting.   

As always, I recommend googling about the company before doing business with them.

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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2012, 08:01:04 am »
The hardest part was to connect Beer thread to TC connector.
Little bit of tubing did the trick.

St. Pats sells a beer thread (male and female) to TC fitting.   

As always, I recommend googling about the company before doing business with them.

Funny thing is,mi have used them several times under caution but never had a problem with them, even when returning items from my own sizing screw up.

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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2012, 07:26:12 pm »
The hardest part was to connect Beer thread to TC connector.
Little bit of tubing did the trick.

St. Pats sells a beer thread (male and female) to TC fitting.   

As always, I recommend googling about the company before doing business with them.
Thank you for letting me know.
I have found it.
I am aware of St Pats reputation.
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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2012, 07:27:38 pm »
I currently just use two of these coming off a dual line.  Seems like it is basically the same thing as what you have there but less bulky.

http://breweryparts.com/index.php/equipment-and-supplies/beer-kegs-amp-kegging-equipment/keg-coupler-amp-filling-head/manual-keg-filler.html
I have seen those but was not sure how much counter pressure you can get with it.
Good to know it works.
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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2012, 08:02:15 am »
Funny thing is,mi have used them several times under caution but never had a problem with them, even when returning items from my own sizing screw up.

Same here.
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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2012, 08:45:05 am »
The hardest part was to connect Beer thread to TC connector.
Little bit of tubing did the trick.

St. Pats sells a beer thread (male and female) to TC fitting.   

As always, I recommend googling about the company before doing business with them.

Funny thing is,mi have used them several times under caution but never had a problem with them, even when returning items from my own sizing screw up.

I've never had a problem with them either, but whenever I say they have a product I always include some kind of disclaimer or else threads always seem to turn into warnings about dealing with them.

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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2012, 09:37:48 am »
I'm sure Mike Dixon remembers the days of rcb and St. Pat's.  A number of us were called "Taliban" by the owner because we took issue with their business practices.  I was even banned from buying there, in spite of the fact that I had never bought anything from them!
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Re: Counter Pressure Keg Filler
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2012, 08:26:22 am »
I currently just use two of these coming off a dual line.  Seems like it is basically the same thing as what you have there but less bulky.

http://breweryparts.com/index.php/equipment-and-supplies/beer-kegs-amp-kegging-equipment/keg-coupler-amp-filling-head/manual-keg-filler.html

Do you purge the kegs before filling? If so - do you have to buy a tap with a bleed-off or can you rig one up?
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