Keg Force Carb With Carbonation Stone

[Cosh]

I'd be interested to see how the carbonation stone system is going as well.

Another option would be a carbonation lid that Craftbrewer sells http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=876.

Has anyone used this type of system before?

 

[MarkBastard]

I'd be interested to see how the carbonation stone system is going as well.

Another option would be a carbonation lid that Craftbrewer sells http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=876.

Has anyone used this type of system before?

That's why I'm asking, very tempted to get that lid (or attempt to make my own similar thing)

 

[newguy]

That's why I'm asking, very tempted to get that lid (or attempt to make my own similar thing)

I force carbonate a couple of different ways, which depends mainly on how energetic I'm feeling.

Method 1: Carbonate at serving pressure. Hook up gas to flat chilled beer in keg. Invert keg. Rock the hell out of keg. I rock it for 5 minutes - it does a reasonable job of carbonating the beer.

Method 2: Hook up gas to flat chilled beer in keg and leave it for a week. Much less work than method 1, but requires patience.

Method 3: Hook up gas to flat chilled beer in keg, but dial up regulator to 40 psi (276 kPa). No shaking, just leave the gas connected for approx 12 hours. Disconnect gas & dispense 1-2 pints (until pressure in keg drops), then hook up gas at normal serving pressure. Quickly becoming my favourite method.

I don't own a carbonation stone - this is all done just by hooking up the gas to the gas in post of the keg.

 

[MarkBastard]

BUMP! Still wanna know this information. I hate force carbing, I want to carb at serving pressure as quick as possible without having to put any effort in!

 

[Doc]

I have a carbonation stone that I attached the gas tube on one of my kegs on a length of pvc tubing so that it was about two thirds down the length of the keg.
I made sure the carb stone was properly santised etc before putting it in the keg.
I would then chill the keg and connect up the gas. You can hear the gas coming through the carb stone into the beer.
The beer absorbed the gas nice and quick.
I also gassed a couple of kegs with the pressure at 100kpa and just waited for equilibrium. I don't recall exactly how long it took, but it was something around a couple of hours from memory.

The only downside to my method was I had the carbonation stone on the Gas In post. Therefore when you wanted to hit it with a little gas to pour beer it would take more than normal to get some head pressure to get the beer to pour as the gas would just go into solution.

I'd recommend you try my method first to see if it gives you want you want in terms of carbonation times etc, and if it does, then go for a modified corny lid so that you don't have the issue with serving, and so you can change the lid to whatever keg you are carbonating easily.

Beers,
Doc

 

[Doc]

Thought I'd bump this.

doc are you still using the stone?

I want to step away from force carbing for various reasons, I want to be able to carb quickly with minimal effort at serving pressure only.

How long do you think it would take to carbonate to desired level using one of these stones at serving pressure?

Also what sanitation issues do you have if any?

Nope, not using the stone anymore for force carb.
The reason is because I had it connected to the gas post. So it is a pain to remove once the keg is carbonated. A modified lid is a much better alternative, and you don't have the issue with serving as per my previous post.

Looking at an hour or so to gently bring a chilled keg up to serving carbonation pressure.

Beers,
Doc

 

[pixelkeg]

Hi, I see this thread has been inactive for a while, but I hope someone can still help me out a little.

I'm trying to just carbonate water to make seltzer water. I bought a 5 lb co2 tank, regulator, cornelius keg. First time I tried it it didn't work too well. So I bought a fridge, and tried it in the fridge, still wasn't happy with results.

Finally I was doing more research, and thought it might be a good idea to buy a carbonation stone. So I got one and a 1/4" tube (about 2 feet long) I attached the stone to the tube, but can't figure out how do I attach the tube to the bottom of the gas in post? It just doesn't seem to fit.


Can anyone here give me some instructions for attaching the stone to the keg somehow?