Okay you guys, after reading all the positive posts about cornies, when my king kegs give up the ghost (not for a while yet I hope!) I am thinking about replacing them with cornies, you have all talked me into it!
I have seen the various gas systems available, as I already use a widget system with my king kegs I will probably start with this.
Has anyone else used these to force carbonate cornies, if so how many kegs can I expect it to carbonate with a full cylinder before I empty it?
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shish
it also depends on what temps you store and serve from your cornies.
I store/serve lager from mine at room temps (20C+) because i run it through a flash (pub style) chiller so i have to carbonate at 48 psi to get enough CO2 into it.
Because you have to maintain that pressure to the end you use more CO2 this is on TOP of what you have to get into the beer to carbonate it in the first place!
so, 1 keg with 19 litres of lager will need 125 litres of CO2
which is why my Midget Widget only gassed up one keg!
The colder you can store your keg, the less CO2 you'll need
I store/serve lager from mine at room temps (20C+) because i run it through a flash (pub style) chiller so i have to carbonate at 48 psi to get enough CO2 into it.
Because you have to maintain that pressure to the end you use more CO2 this is on TOP of what you have to get into the beer to carbonate it in the first place!
so, 1 keg with 19 litres of lager will need 125 litres of CO2
which is why my Midget Widget only gassed up one keg!
The colder you can store your keg, the less CO2 you'll need
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shish