Hi folks, Steve here, a newbie brewer and first time poster from Sydney.
I was lucky enough to be gifted a kegging setup with 2 cornies and a privately owned 9kg air liquide co2 bottle and regulator recently and happily brewed up my first beer in fifteen odd years (ahh, the exploding ginger beer days with the old man), a red ale with belgian saison. I left it brewing for three weeks and kegged it on Christmas eve at which point realised the co2 bottle was sadly now empty as it hadn't been used for a few years. Not a good time to try and get a refill, so I've had a keg of ungassed beer sitting idly in the fridge which I am trying unsuccessfully to ignore until Tuesday when the shops open.
I've realised that the bottle is now out of date, so I'm assuming a simple refill is not an option yet? Who does 9kg refills near Sydney city?
A bit of searching suggests I can't just exchange it for an in date one without incurring rental charges? Is this correct?
It sounds like testing and retagging the bottle is quite expensive, but then so is $120 odd a year for rental bottles.
What would you folks suggest is the best option?
Also, I am tempted to get a sodastream bottle asap just to get this keg running, which would also come in handy for taking a keg to a party or camping or the likes. Although that's going to need an adaptor too, yes? Which I can't get straight away?
Fun and games. Thanks in advance for any advice. I've learnt a lot from this site from lurking in the last month already. Cheers.
I was lucky enough to be gifted a kegging setup with 2 cornies and a privately owned 9kg air liquide co2 bottle and regulator recently and happily brewed up my first beer in fifteen odd years (ahh, the exploding ginger beer days with the old man), a red ale with belgian saison. I left it brewing for three weeks and kegged it on Christmas eve at which point realised the co2 bottle was sadly now empty as it hadn't been used for a few years. Not a good time to try and get a refill, so I've had a keg of ungassed beer sitting idly in the fridge which I am trying unsuccessfully to ignore until Tuesday when the shops open.
I've realised that the bottle is now out of date, so I'm assuming a simple refill is not an option yet? Who does 9kg refills near Sydney city?
A bit of searching suggests I can't just exchange it for an in date one without incurring rental charges? Is this correct?
It sounds like testing and retagging the bottle is quite expensive, but then so is $120 odd a year for rental bottles.
What would you folks suggest is the best option?
Also, I am tempted to get a sodastream bottle asap just to get this keg running, which would also come in handy for taking a keg to a party or camping or the likes. Although that's going to need an adaptor too, yes? Which I can't get straight away?
Fun and games. Thanks in advance for any advice. I've learnt a lot from this site from lurking in the last month already. Cheers.
