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Offline thebrau

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CO2 tank for Tasting Event
« on: January 11, 2015, 01:22:35 pm »
I will be serving a keg of my homebrew at a local tasting event and was wondering if I would need to bring my Co2 tank? It is a 5 gallon corny keg with approx 3.5 Gallons of beer and has been forced carbonated. Any thoughts.
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Offline Stevie

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Re: CO2 tank for Tasting Event
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2015, 01:26:34 pm »
Yes, you will need co2. You could opt for a keg charger. I have one and like it. The trick is to only hit it with gas when the beer starts to flow slowly.

Offline thebrau

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Re: CO2 tank for Tasting Event
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2015, 01:41:34 pm »
Thanks! I have a keg charger but it makes a low hissing noise when I connect it to keg.
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Offline Frankenbrew

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Re: CO2 tank for Tasting Event
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2015, 02:08:05 pm »
Thanks! I have a keg charger but it makes a low hissing noise when I connect it to keg.

I find that mine sometimes leaks a little out of the knuckle between the trigger and the disconnect. If that's what it is you just have to tighten it by hand.
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Offline el_capitan

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Re: CO2 tank for Tasting Event
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2015, 05:26:18 pm »
One option would be to charge up an empty keg with CO2, and then use that to push the beer.  The problem I foresee with this method though is that you'd be starting off with a fairly high serving pressure and then slowly decreasing as the night goes on.  Maybe you'd get by with only 20 lb of pressure in the CO2 keg, but I really don't know how far the gas would go.  Might be a good time to pick up a keg charger after all. 

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Re: CO2 tank for Tasting Event
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2015, 10:56:34 am »
A little keg lube helps seal those high pressure connections.
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