Boel iTap X Review

Review of the ultimate beer bottleling device: The iTap X.
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro & Outline
1:15 - Unboxing
3:42 - Shopping list
4:48 - The "old" way
6:42 - The mount
7:57 - Preparations
11:34 - Bottleling
18:16 - Cleaning
19:52 - Outtro

[@staj37]

Hi. Could I have the dimensions of the stand you made? I have an itap on order and would like to build something similar in preparation for it's arrival

[@staj37]

Great video by the way

[@BernhardSchlegel]

Let me get back to you tomorrow:)

[@staj37]

​@@BernhardSchlegel - thanks very much. I just watched the video again and you said you have a CAD file for it? That would be very handy if you have a DXF or DWG file I could have?

[@BernhardSchlegel]

@@staj37 I'll add it to the blog post on the BierBot Bricks Blog :)

[@thomasalexandersen7473]

Is it important that the pressure going to the iTap is slightly higher than to the keg?

[@BernhardSchlegel]

I'd say "no" for two reasons: A) Because if you leave it like that, no beer will flow from Keg to iTap (and thus bottle) - because it can't move towards higher pressure. B) you open up the "exhaust" of the iTapX anyways to fill the bottle. This will drop the pressure. And maybe C) it would require two pressure reducers attached to two different CO2 bottles (unless you have a Y-Adaptor) - which is very unpractical.
Hope I didn't say that in the video?!

[@africantwin173]

Do you got a AliExpress link of the Led strip and Bluetooth controller.

[@BernhardSchlegel]

Unfortunately not, ordered it on a lokal LED store. But any "waterproof aluminium LED stripe" should do :)

[@annikath2510]

Like it

[@BrewmackerHomeBrew]

Thanks a lot for the video. I never saw a system with glass bottles.
I bought the Pegas system 6 years ago and still use it today. Pegas you can use only with plastic bottles. But it is very very good.
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Never used it for long term bottling. I used it more for, “I am going to a party, fill some bottles and go…!”
I am also using a Pygmy 25 now instead of my Keezer, which can process 25 liters an hour. My system is 50 liters. 2 hours bottling plus all the cleaning?
Definitely worth considering though!
Thanks again!