Mick 9 Report post Posted April 2 Hi all A newbie to this, my better half bought me a beerdroid (still on it's way) for my birthday and for now will be bottling my brews. I do not need any PET bottles just the bottling valve and connector but it appears you can only get them all in one pack. Has anyone used a normal bottling valve from a home brew shop and adapted it for the beerdroid tap? Apologies if this has been covered before. Cheers Mick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barrelboy 449 Report post Posted April 2 33 minutes ago, Mick said: Hi all A newbie to this, my better half bought me a beerdroid (still on it's way) for my birthday and for now will be bottling my brews. I do not need any PET bottles just the bottling valve and connector but it appears you can only get them all in one pack. Has anyone used a normal bottling valve from a home brew shop and adapted it for the beerdroid tap? Apologies if this has been covered before. Cheers Mick Hi Mick, Mark here and welcome. I don’t think they do fit. However I believe you can get it to work with a short piece of tube that will fit over the droid tap and the filler rod will fit inside the tube. Or ask at local brew shop if one near you. Waiting for the droid is painful but worth it. If you haven’t already down load the manual and read up before it arrives. cheers and feel free to ask any questions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mick 9 Report post Posted April 2 Cheers thanks mate much appreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Courtney 529 Report post Posted April 2 3 hours ago, Mick said: Hi all A newbie to this, my better half bought me a beerdroid (still on it's way) for my birthday and for now will be bottling my brews. I do not need any PET bottles just the bottling valve and connector but it appears you can only get them all in one pack. Has anyone used a normal bottling valve from a home brew shop and adapted it for the beerdroid tap? Apologies if this has been covered before. Cheers Mick Hi Mick, I used the bottling valve once and haven't again from that point. If you really have to have one, I can post you my one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barrelboy 449 Report post Posted April 2 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Rob Courtney said: Hi Mick, I used the bottling valve once and haven't again from that point. If you really have to have one, I can post you my one Do you just pour directly into the bottle or just use some sanitised tubing? Edited April 2 by Barrelboy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Courtney 529 Report post Posted April 2 Just now, Barrelboy said: Do you just pour directly into the bottle or just use some sanitised tubing? direct Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Percy 14 Report post Posted April 21 Direct to bottle here. just tilt the bottle and pull the tap half way. A little tip if using the PET bottles. Fill to about 1.5cm from top, then squeeze the bottle untill liquid at very top and put lid on. This will remove any oxygen in the bottle, and the secondary fermentation will produce carbon dioxide that will pressurize and expand the bottle back to normal. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barrelboy 449 Report post Posted April 21 43 minutes ago, Percy said: Direct to bottle here. just tilt the bottle and pull the tap half way. A little tip if using the PET bottles. Fill to about 1.5cm from top, then squeeze the bottle untill liquid at very top and put lid on. This will remove any oxygen in the bottle, and the secondary fermentation will produce carbon dioxide that will pressurize and expand the bottle back to normal. Good tip. Did you see post after your post on the stone and Wood? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Courtney 529 Report post Posted April 21 5 hours ago, Percy said: Direct to bottle here. just tilt the bottle and pull the tap half way. A little tip if using the PET bottles. Fill to about 1.5cm from top, then squeeze the bottle untill liquid at very top and put lid on. This will remove any oxygen in the bottle, and the secondary fermentation will produce carbon dioxide that will pressurize and expand the bottle back to normal. That's an excellent tip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
