[The Beerery]

Yeah, I was more curious if the thing is even equipped to purge at all. Don't get me wrong, not looking to buy one. I'll take my Beer Gun any day.

It's only a seamer. It does not fill the cans. It's very similar to the crowler machines that cost $3000+.

We have a mobile canner that comes through, sets up at a brewery, and will can 5 gal. of homebrew for $25.  For $1500, you could can 60 batches....

How much for them to come by and can 1 or 2? Or a six pack? In Louisiana?

I'll be the guy Do you have DO readings to confirm that?

Nope. I do not. But then again, I don't have DO readings for bottles either to compare it to. I'm also not packaging anything to let it sit for more than a week or two. I only package to share with friends or enter competitions.

With my "methods" best I was able to to is .44ppm DO, which does not meet the .015ppm maximum.

Methods of what? Canning? Bottling?

Bottling with a beergun.

[toby]

Bottling with a beergun.

Ah, well, when I make a future 'extravagant' purchase again, it's likely to be a DO meter. The real question is that is there a method available at the homebrew scale that will allow that low of a pickup from packaging in the first place.

[denny]

Bottling with a beergun.

Ah, well, when I make a future 'extravagant' purchase again, it's likely to be a DO meter. The real question is that is there a method available at the homebrew scale that will allow that low of a pickup from packaging in the first place.

Why not just use your tastebuds?

[toby]

Bottling with a beergun.

Ah, well, when I make a future 'extravagant' purchase again, it's likely to be a DO meter. The real question is that is there a method available at the homebrew scale that will allow that low of a pickup from packaging in the first place.

Why not just use your tastebuds?

lol those work fine for the purposes that I package. But I also like gadgets that help me improve my skills and process. It's part of the fun of it for me.

[The Beerery]

Bottling with a beergun.

Ah, well, when I make a future 'extravagant' purchase again, it's likely to be a DO meter. The real question is that is there a method available at the homebrew scale that will allow that low of a pickup from packaging in the first place.

A counter pressure bottle filler, with an added valve hooked up to a vacuum pump. Do a triple cycle of vacuum/purge with co2. Then cap on foam.

[huntb]

Hey guys, I'm one of the engineers for Oktober. If you have any questions feel free to ask! We will be designing a new seamer that should be more economical for home brewers but don't currently have a release date for it.

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Likely out of my price range, but just curious - how efficient at preventing O2 ingress?

Just as good as bottles. Our seams are just as good as the pro canning lines. I routinely carb my beer in cans (canditioning) and have even tested using 2x and 3x the amount of priming sugar

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[huntb]

The beauty of canning is that you can fill to the very top of the can and when you put the end on it will actually squeeze out a small amount of beer. This allows for virtually zero head space. If anyone would like pictures of anything let me know!

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[Stevie]

Zero head space and beer on you or the counter when you go to open it later. I stopped buying beer from a few breweries because they couldn't get their can volumes right.

[flars]

Some brew pubs have begun offering the option to can 32 ounces of their beer in place of the traditional glass growler fill.  Useful for taking your favorite beer where glass containers are not allowed.

[huntb]

Zero head space and beer on you or the counter when you go to open it later. I stopped buying beer from a few breweries because they couldn't get their can volumes right.

Well the nice thing about canning your own beer is that you can choose how much to fill the can. I definitely recommend purging with CO2 when filling from a keg though if you plan on storing the cans for long periods of time.

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[Kraft Farm Brewing]

I purchased one of these about 2 months ago. I love it. No more cleaning and saving bottles which is a big time saver. I found a local supplier and was able to pick up 1166 cans (3 rows on a pallets) for about $240. I could have gotten the price down if I went for a whole pallet but I thought 3900 cans would be overkill. I bought some home depot moving boxes and packed the cans into 6 of those. Im set for months and don't have to clean a single bottle