Taking growler in luggage on a plane

[Corneykeg]

Has anyone done this? Was the pressure ok without blowing up the bottle? Did the beer taste ok later after warming up? Or should I bottle?

If I do bottle what needs to happen when I take it out of a keg to bottle? Add sugar? Or just bottle?

I want to bring a home brew to a friend I am visiting and was curious if this would work?

 

[blaster_54738]

I would bottle and then wrap in some paper towel and stick in a zip lock bag or vacuum seal if you can in case they bust open mid flight. No need to add sugar and if you don't have the equipment to bottle from a keg look here

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/we-no-need-no-stinking-beer-gun-24678/

 

[Corneykeg]

Why can't I just star San the bottle and pour directly into it from the tap?

 

[Yooper]

Why can't I just star San the bottle and pour directly into it from the tap?

Because pouring from the tap means that the co2 will come out of suspension, in the way of excessive foam, and the beer in the growler will be totally flat when you open it.

 

[brewskerdoo]

You should be fine pouring carbed beer, at low pressure, from tap to sanitized bottle. If it were me though, I'd fill a couple of bombers rather than a growler. Only because I feel like they'd stand up better to rough treatment by the baggage handlers.

 

[Hello]

You're checking the luggage, right?
I'd do bombers.

 

[Phunhog]

Actually why not just mail them and then you don't have to worry (much) about them. That way you can pack them securely and not be paranoid if they break and leak everywhere.

 

[Turner5]

Do Airlines allow that volume of anything?

 

[Yooper]

Do Airlines allow that volume of anything?

You can put a whole lot of anything you want in your checked bags, except for thngs like explosives, flammables, and compressed gasses.

 

[edecambra]

... Or BOMBers

 

[501irishred]

... Or BOMBers

As long as you don't think the ticket agent or TSA agent would like to hear "that" joke.......