Hi all. I have a small kegerator set up that just about houses 2 corny kegs. Because I have dogs in the house and a small garden, I don't want a co2 tank in the house for safety reasons.
I do however have access to basically unlimited co2 and a full tank in the garage. At the moment I blast the kegs with gas to 20 psi then just pour at high speed and let it settle (doesn't cost me anything). I'm wondering if anyone has used a co2 refill adapter to move co2 from a large canister to a small one so I can add top pressure to my kegs and keep serving without lugging my tank into the living room
Cheers!
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Yes I use the one from CO2 super market.
The donor tank needs a dip tube or be upside down. The soda bottles need to be frozen.
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The donor tank needs a dip tube or be upside down. The soda bottles need to be frozen.
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Jocky
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Someone at my homebrew club is playing around with various ideas for avoiding lugging co2 cylinders around and shared this idea (note that I can't vouch for this as I've not tried it myself, but it sounded like an option for you to try):
If you get a carbonator cap you can pressurise a PET fizzy drinks bottle up to 3 bar/45 PSI and then use that as your keg gas source.
A 2 litre bottle will push out 5+ litres, but the pressure drops as you go, so I don't know if you could leave it connected or if it's just good for a session.
If you get a carbonator cap you can pressurise a PET fizzy drinks bottle up to 3 bar/45 PSI and then use that as your keg gas source.
A 2 litre bottle will push out 5+ litres, but the pressure drops as you go, so I don't know if you could leave it connected or if it's just good for a session.
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I’ve read about people using something like these that will fill smaller tanks
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Sporting-Goo ... B00OAWW1OM
Originally for paint ball or home soda carbonation.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Sporting-Goo ... B00OAWW1OM
Originally for paint ball or home soda carbonation.
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Damn. Great idea but ridiculous price for a small connector!
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Robwalkeragain wrote:Damn. Great idea but ridiculous price for a small connector!
They can be got much cheaper e.g. https://www.kegland.com.au/sodastream-c ... valve.html , I know it's in Australia but it has a quite useful video and they do have resellers here, although I am not sure if they carry this particular item.
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That's actually quite a genius idea, I would be interested to see how this works out in practice. Could be great with 6/9/11L corny kegs or the similar mini kegs.Jocky wrote:Someone at my homebrew club is playing around with various ideas for avoiding lugging co2 cylinders around and shared this idea (note that I can't vouch for this as I've not tried it myself, but it sounded like an option for you to try):
If you get a carbonator cap you can pressurise a PET fizzy drinks bottle up to 3 bar/45 PSI and then use that as your keg gas source.
A 2 litre bottle will push out 5+ litres, but the pressure drops as you go, so I don't know if you could leave it connected or if it's just good for a session.
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That's precisely what they are looking at it for.
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I like the pet bottle idea.
Im going to give that a try with my 9l corny.
Im going to give that a try with my 9l corny.
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Re: Co2 refill adapter
Would recommend going to supplier to bars. We bought a large bottle for £40 and refill is £5 a time
Sodastreams are far to costly
Sodastreams are far to costly