Co2 gas cylinder

[BROADE]

Finally moving to a corny keg and my kegarator will soon be complete. As well as my apa. I notice these cylinders are different for different styles of drinks. I do normally brew. Lager, ipa, and ciders. Recommendations on which I should buy

 

[foxbat]

100% CO2 is what you need.

 

[BROADE]

Thanks. 100% don't come as an option under drinks section. Boc is probably 1 of only places I found that is near me.

 

[chillipickle]

Boc are normally quite expensive for gas round my area, they also rent the bottles out.

Have you had a look at adams gas, to see if you have a local supplier?

https://www.adamsgas.co.uk/product-category/co2-bottles/

 

[foxbat]

Thanks. 100% don't come as an option under drinks section. Boc is probably 1 of only places I found that is near me.

It's under the CO2 section but because of the national shortage BOC aren't taking on new customers at the moment. Same is unfortunately true for some other suppliers.

 

[BROADE]

Boc are normally quite expensive for gas round my area, they also rent the bottles out.

Have you had a look at adams gas, to see if you have a local supplier?

https://www.adamsgas.co.uk/product-category/co2-bottles/

Its about 1 hour round trip drive to local Adams. Is it worth it for this size.

 

[chillipickle]

I have a 6.35kg bottle, it normally costs £24 for a refill, i think it cost about £80 deposit for a full bottle.
If you have room for a 6.35kg bottle, it will last ages so an hrs trip isn't to bad.

 

[BROADE]

Thank you

 

[craigwrb]

I have a 6.35kg bottle, it normally costs £24 for a refill, i think it cost about £80 deposit for a full bottle.
If you have room for a 6.35kg bottle, it will last ages so an hrs trip isn't to bad.

think I paid 120 inc delivery for a 6.35kg one on eBay from Adam’s gas

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Make sure you use a supplier that doesn’t charge a monthly rental on the cylinder. I seem to remember that was the problem with BOC when I looked at them.
Personally I have found the AirLiquide agents are good if you’ve got one in your area that carries CO2 (there’s a list on their website)

 

[Graz]

All as above. The majority of us only use CO2 for our kegs, it's just simpler as it works for pretty much everything. The mixed gas cylinders need different regulators. Avoid BOC as they don't do rent free cylinders and the rental cost is significant. Google cellar / beer gas near me as you'll often find someone local who'll be supplying pubs and so on round the area and may well be able to sort you out with a cylinder. Also try: Hobbybrew | Quality Beers Deserve Quality Bubbles

Can't say I've used the above but seem to have quite a few agents around. I have used Adams gas which were good until my local supplier (a motor factors) stopped dealing with them.

 

[MickDundee]

Make sure you use a supplier that doesn’t charge a monthly rental on the cylinder. I seem to remember that was the problem with BOC when I looked at them.
Personally I have found the AirLiquide agents are good if you’ve got one in your area that carries CO2 (there’s a list on their website)

I found my local BOC dealer incredibly unhelpful, and my local AirLiquide stockist didn’t want to deal with me because I wasn’t a tradesman.

I ended up going with Hobbyweld as they were just about the only ones willing to deal with me who have a dealer nearby, and there’s another dealer about 45mins away (who are actually the ones is got my initial cylinder from).

 

[BROADE]

All done. I had gas at about 15psi. Left it all day. Can't find any leaks. Turned gas off over night and pressure has gone today when turned gas back on is this normal

 

[Bombers hoppy ending]

I signed up for a hobby brew cylinder 10 days ago. Very helpful. £70 initial payment + £29.94 for the gas. Had to drive 1.5hrs for it, but won’t need a refill for a couple of years.

 

[foxbat]

All done. I had gas at about 15psi. Left it all day. Can't find any leaks. Turned gas off over night and pressure has gone today when turned gas back on is this normal

Yes it's normal. That head pressure has been absorbed into your beer to carbonate it. Turn the gas back on and leave for a week or two.

 

[BROADE]

Yes it's normal. That head pressure has been absorbed into your beer to carbonate it. Turn the gas back on and leave for a week or two.

Leave it on all the time. I turned off gas just to make sure I didn't wake up to a empty cylinder

 

[foxbat]

Leave it on all the time. I turned off gas just to make sure I didn't wake up to a empty cylinder

If you're nervous about leaks then you can force-carbonate quicker by gassing up the keg to a higher pressure and rolling it around a bit to dissolve the CO2. I'll leave the explanation of the pressure needed and other details to others because I personally do the 'set and forget' method.

 

[BROADE]

The tap on fridge don't seem to pull a pint as good as the 1 on the keg. I have tried adjusting flow tap and no better. Beer line is only about 60-70cm