CO2 Gas Cylinder question

[Dean 2086]

Hi All

I have been brewing in bottles for quite a few years and have just move to kegging! so no more scrubbing of bottles , well I will retain some for various bits and pieces

I have just obtained a 10 kg food grade CO2 cilinder which has a bulid date of 2002. So needs inspecting / testing. It is also branded BOC - CIG. I am concerned as to ownership of the cylinder..

I would be pleased to have your kind advice.

Thanks

Dean

 

[wombil]

Lots of fire extinguisher places will fill them if you don't want to deal with BOC.

 

[barls]

If it's labeled as such. It belongs to them. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
If you bought it you have need had

 

[Brooa]

It could have been me wrote the original post. I was just told by the homebrew shop that they cannot touch my BOC bottle, so I lashed out for a swap n go bottle.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

 

[aussiebrewer]

Yeah BOC own it. I'd steer clear of fire extinguisher places for re fills. I know a lot of people use them. But fires don't really care if they are sprayed with food grade clean co2 so they often get dirty gas and as they are not selling food grade they are not regulated by the health department.

 

[siege]

I'd read elsewhere that all CO2 comes from the same sources (byproduct refineries etc) and is all 'food grade'.

Are you worried that the firies fittings are filthy or oily or something? Never heard of someone having dirty gas ruin their beer.