DaGbyte

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I am getting ready to jump into kegging and have some questions. A fruiend told me that a 5# co2 tank won't be enough to force carb (to 30 psi) a corny keg and then pressurize it for serving. Is that accurate?

Anyone have a rough guideline of how many kegs a 5# or 10# tank will last for force carbonating?

Any thoughts are appreciated.


Mahalo,
-DaG

albannach

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Your fruiend is wrong.

I can force carb, clean lines, and serve 4 kegs before my 5 lb. tank empties.

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BrothersBrewing

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thats crap...i use a 5# er and im sure lots of other people do too..

i can carb and serve around 4 to 5 kegs on one 5#er

Arkador

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a 5# tank is enough to forcecarbonate and serve 5-7 kegs of beer

other variables come into play such as carbonation level, and amount of CO2 used in purging, and pushing cleaner through your lines, but not by much.

a conservative measurement is 1# of CO2 to carb and serve 1x 5gal corny keg.

malkore

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some guys even get 8 corny kegs carb'd and served before the CO2 tank is dry.

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