Using a diaphram pump with a canning line

[NHBrewer23]

Anyone out there ever use a diaphram pump to push beer from the brite to an inline canning line? Without a bowl or counter-pressure, I am afraid the pumping will cause the beer to flow into the empty cans too fast and cause foaming. Has anyone succesfully operated a canning line similar to Cask or Wild Goose with pumped beer?

[Ted Briggs]

http://www.gwkent.com/petite-screwpump.html

one option, not an endorsement.

[Beer Ambassador]

Using a diaphram pump with a canning line

For Wild Goose Canning lines, we do not use diaphragm pumps inline. As we use head pressure from the tank to push beer to through the fill heads, we do not want to turbulate the beer anymore than it needs to be. This gives us more control over the beer we are canning without foam becoming an issue with fills. Having our canning line within a set distance of the brite tank, cold beer, and correct carb levels all allow us to not use pumps. Please feel free to reach out directly with further questions.

Thank you,
Roger
r.walz@wgcanning.com