Keg Set-Up

[New_to_Brew]

Howdy newfriends,

A work friend of mine makes a really awesome homebrew that i think would go down well at a party a friend of mine is having in a few weeks.
He has offered to sell me a keg of carbonated homebrew (50L) that i can just hook up to co2, set to 10psi and away i go.

Buying Co2 bottles seems a bit pricey for one party and have had no luck renting them here in perth without a keg to go with it. My friends bottle and reg is hooked up to his fridge and for one reason or another wont let me borrow them.

I've seen online a disposable co2 bottle (2L) with regulator and line that is fairly inexpensive and could be what im after but the gauge attached to the reg is l/min rather than psi.

Is there a way i can use this setup to serve from a keg? What flow rate would be best for a light(ish) ale?
Or does anyone have an inexpensive setup they can recommend?

Thanks,
N2B.

 

[squirt in the turns]

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Not an economical way to buy CO2 but that's a long term consideration. Probably the cheapest solution way to dispense 1 keg's worth of beer. Gas flow is not regulated so it will need a top-up squirts of gas throughout the party rather than being able to constantly supply the required 10 PSI. Go gentle when applying the gas as it's easy to overdo it with these things.

 

[sp0rk]

Just a tip, I believe your mate isn't selling you beer
He's taking donations to fund new brewery bling
(selling home brew is illegal and this site is publicly viewable)

 

[seamad]

Get your mate to give you a keg of beer and hire you out a gas bottle and regulator.

 

[leighaus]

Find a better friend

 

[mxd]

welcome aboard

 

[Dan Pratt]

How much does a donated 50l of beer cost a bloke?

 

[New_to_Brew]

Howdy friends,

Figured I would update you here.

Firstly i think i was drinking too much homebrew because my friend isnt selling it to me, he is donating it. for free. at no cost. in exchange for nothing. at all. promise.
Secondly, i managed to pick up a dirt cheap regulator, coupling and picnic hose on gumtree from a man whos failed dreams have become my optimistic reality..
I then bought a sodastream adaptop ($22~) online and two sodastream bottles from people who buy things because they think they will use them alot and then dont use them at all hence why i got two full bottles.

It was a good week.

Which leads me to my next question: will two full 60L sodastream (430~g) Co2 bottles at 10~psi serve a full 55L keg?
I read somewhere that one would dispense a whole 50L keg, but i have my doubts as i do not know how gas works and thus assume it is operated by magic.

 

[New_to_Brew]

How much does a donated 50l of beer cost a bloke?

No idea because i definately got it for free.
Hypothetically though if i were buying home brewed beer with australian currency in international waters or in a place where it would be legal, I think $2/litre sounds pretty fair if his homebrew is good and he lets you use his keg at no extra charge.

 

[MastersBrewery]

you'll do better than one keg per soda stream bottle

 

[sp0rk]

I dispensed a 19L corny keg with 1 almost empty sodastream cylinder, so I'm sure 1 full one would push out a 50L keg

 

[QldKev]

Howdy friends,

Figured I would update you here.

Firstly i think i was drinking too much homebrew because my friend isnt selling it to me, he is donating it. for free. at no cost. in exchange for nothing. at all. promise.
Secondly, i managed to pick up a dirt cheap regulator, coupling and picnic hose on gumtree from a man whos failed dreams have become my optimistic reality..
I then bought a sodastream adaptop ($22~) online and two sodastream bottles from people who buy things because they think they will use them alot and then dont use them at all hence why i got two full bottles.

It was a good week.

Which leads me to my next question: will two full 60L sodastream (430~g) Co2 bottles at 10~psi serve a full 55L keg?
I read somewhere that one would dispense a whole 50L keg, but i have my doubts as i do not know how gas works and thus assume it is operated by magic.

Is the keg ready carb'd? If so a 430g bottle of CO2 will dispense 4.3 x 50L kegs. Even if you need to carb and dispense, then it would be ok for over 1 x 50L keg (1.3 x 50L kegs, CO2 level based on 2.4 times carbonation aka medium level). There is a calculator on my website, qldkev.net.

 

[MastersBrewery]

I dispensed a 19L corny keg with 1 almost empty sodastream cylinder, so I'm sure 1 full one would push out a 50L keg

you got a leak or your losing too much gas when conecting, I have had similar issues recently as the have changed the valve set up, you get a washer between the adapter and the bottle. Or get one of the adjustable adapters.

MB

 

[sp0rk]

Oh, I mean the bottle was almost empty already because mrs sp0rk had been using it in the Sodastream
I pilfered it when it was almost empty and it still dispensed a full 19L corny