Barrels -emptying

[Cornbread]

Interesting. I'm just hearding 2-3 psi. I'm skeptical of that being enough to move any liquid. Glad 10 psi is on the upper end of blowing a barrel end out. Thanks!

[mikeyrb1]

We've use a bulldog for a few years and I usually shoot for somewhere in the 10-15psi range. Never blown sides out of the barrel, but I've popped the bulldog up to the ceiling once. I empty a barrel in about 20-30 minutes usually.

[Bainbridge]

Yep. Just be extra mindful of whether the gas is flowing, and whether it has anywhere to go. So for example, if we're emptying just one single barrel we'll jump it into kegs and carbonate in them, then break everything down into sixtels later on. (Our brite's too big to handle just 1-2bbls.) So if you shut the vent valve on the filling head, also shut off the co2 to the bulldog while you swap kegs so it doesn't keep pressurizing the barrel needlessly.

[aaron inkrott]

Bulldog....however if you want to splurge, the rackitteer.com is gaining popularity. We've racked well over a thousand barrels using the bulldog. We set CO2 to 10-12psi and barrels are emptied in less than 7 minutes.

[ChristianSA]

We are looking to empty our Bourbon Barrel Stout into our brite tank and are having difficulty using a siphon to do this. Does anyone have any advice , techniques, or specialized equipment to help us? Its taking 5-6 hours to empty a 53 gallon barrel and we are most likely oxidizing the beer. Any help would be appreciated.

These guys seems to know what they're doing :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLOiaUfnTGg

[ziggy13]

I was just about to purchase the Bulldog from GW Kent, then I found this thread. Now I don't know what to do. Thanks for all the great info guys. Anyone else have any input?

[mmussen]

Never used a bulldog. Loved the rack-it-teer when I had one. Fantastic piece of kit.

FYI - we used to attach ours to a pump - that way we'd push with CO2 just long enough to prime the pump then used the pump to get the beer into the brite tank faster. We'd do barrels in just a couple min each. Helps when you've got 100+ to move in a day.