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I take a 12 inch piece of regular hose and stick it in the end of my cobra tap, then carefully fill up the pre-chilled bottles.  Works great the odd time I do it.

I’ve done this. I added a drilled rubber stopper the same size as a typical bottle’s neck (your local homebrew shop will have them, for making starter in bombers, etc). I put the stopper at about the height to allow the hose to reach the bottom of the bottle. press the stopper into the mouth of the bottle well, and turn on the tap full blast. Hold on to the stopper well. The beer will stop flowing as soon as the pressure in the bottle = pressure in the keg. The gently relax your grip a little to allow the air in the bottle to slowly escape. The bottle will slowly fill with much less foaming. Kind of the really cheap man’s counter pressure filler. Prechilling the bottles is always a good idea, too. Set it up once and leave the stopper on the hose for life. Enjoy, mark

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I jam a bottle filler into a cobra tap, then fill pre-chilled bottles… Works OK for once-in-a-while bottling. Mark – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m planning on getting a corneilus keg and then had the thought "how bout if I want to bottle a 6pack from the keg??" Would it be as simple attaching a valve and filler hose to the keg with force carbonated beer? Mabey use a bottling wand to help prevent foaming?? Thanks, Scott

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I’m planning on getting a corneilus keg and then had the thought "how bout if I want to bottle a 6pack from the keg??" Would it be as simple attaching a valve and filler hose to the keg with force carbonated beer? Mabey use a bottling wand to help prevent foaming?? Thanks, Scott

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I take a 12 inch piece of regular hose and stick it in the end of my cobra tap, then carefully fill up the pre-chilled bottles.  Works great the odd time I do it. cheers, -Alan — Small Business Solutions 613-765-6843 (ESN 395) Nortel Networks   All opinions expressed are my own. The attachment you cannot read is my Entrust signature – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m planning on getting a corneilus keg and then had the thought "how bout if I want to bottle a 6pack from the keg??" Would it be as simple attaching a valve and filler hose to the keg with force carbonated beer? Mabey use a bottling wand to help prevent foaming?? Thanks, Scott

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