JohnS12 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Just wondering if anybody has tried forced carbonation in bottles using soda systems sold for soft drink and if so what was the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squishy Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Haven't done it but thought long and hard about it........ Although i don't own a soda stream[pinched] [pinched] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS12 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Yeah i don't own one but think it maybe possible. Anybody got any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trusty1 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I haven't tried it, but have often wondered about it. you see those screw on connectors (that screw on to the bottle containing beer) that I assume connect to your gas (replacing the gas in tank plug on the keg), on plenty of the retailers websites. I don't quite see the advantage of it[unsure] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS12 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 The advantages I am looking for are clearer beer, set Alc. content as of the last reading, less scum in the bottles so easier to clean and maybe quicker turn around on the drinking. I maybe chasing a dream but always looking for better beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFrankel Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hey John before I got into home brewing I used to go to the local micro brewery. [ninja] It was forced carbonated so it is possible. I never got to see out the back but I assume what they did at bottling stage was run the gas through a cold keg and we'd pump it straight into a bottle. The good thing is that it was ready to drink during the bottling stage [lol] so you had to nominate a driver home [devil]I was clearer and drinkable straight away. The down side was that it had to be stored in the fridge after this and had a short life span compared to natural conditioned beer. It doesn't have to to mature either. Then again if you are going to go to this much trouble perhaps you should just go for a keg system [cool] no botles to clean then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS12 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Thanks Mark the short shelve life is not a problem and i have a driver(Wife)but do a lot of my drinking away from home family BBQs etc. so don't want to go to the keg stage. So what I am probaly looking for this the amount of CO2 to induce into the bottles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFrankel Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Cool ok then John, now you have me thinking... not always a good thing but it may be just as expensive if you are going to go down the road of getting a soda stream (unless you pick up one 2nd hand), I have heard mixed reviews on the tap-a-draft system but that may be the go instead of a soda stream [crying]. On completion of primary fermentation wack the beer into the tap a draft fire up a soda stream cartridge and bottle, cap and store in fridge until needed? You may need to do some investigation into them though as I said I have heard mixed reviews.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng12 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Correct me if im wrong but is tap a draft only holding less than 5-10 litres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS12 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Yeah I don't want to go mini kegs I want to try forced carb. in the bottle, any ideas more than welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveL Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I got a soda-stream as a xmas present and wondered the same, ie is it a fake mini-keg? main worry is the specific measure of how much it produces per press of the button? don't have an answer for that...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I find that force carbed bottles (filling the bottle with flat beer then forcing CO2 into it) never seem to get fizzy enough and produce a beer with massive bubbles in the foam that doesn't last. Can't recall the name of the equipment used - might have been fizz devil?? [devil] It worked well for bottles that were naturally conditioned but slightly undercarbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS12 Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 PB2 This is the worry big bubbles and no way of regulating the mount of gas. But have found on the Net a conection which runs from CO2 bottle to the soda stream outlet which I hope to use with a regulator, also found that in bottles you need 2.5 per cent gas to volume and need some aging for the gas. The cost is raising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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