stevenc_hmfc

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I have been reading the threads on here and see that you can keg bottled beer, would this be possible with a fizzy drink?

thanks

Fingers

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Yes.

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malkore

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yep, in fact I'm force carbing 4 gallons of rootbeer today

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stevenc_hmfc

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nice ! so do the kits for cola ect taste like the real thing?

dantodd

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I haven't tried the cola kits but the root beer syrups all have unique flavors. I usually keep Zatarain's on tap because my wife likes it best for rootbeer floats. I also keep diet coke on tap and it tastes very similar to the modern soda fountains. I buy the syrup in 5 gallon bag in box containers at Smart & Final. 3 qts. of syrup and 4 gallons plus a quart of water.

wehumble

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I just ordered my kegging equipment, and I planned on testing it by kegging some home made rootbeer. Do you have to change the keg o-rings when you go back to beer? I thought I read that the soda flavor gets into them.

dantodd

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root beer flavor is particularly bad, in addition to changing the o-rings you'll want to change the beer line. I keep a cobra tap and beer line set just for rootbeer.

malkore

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what psi do people force carb root beer at? I pre-carb'd 3 gallons of cold water for a few days, then put a gallon of cooled extract/sugar mixture into the keg.

its been close to 30psi for 2 days, and its just barely developing bubbles.

more psi, or just more patience?

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Primary: English Mild
On tap: Pale Ale, Lancelot's Wheat, English Brown Ale, Steam Beer, HoovNuts IPA
Bottled: MOAM, Braggot, Raspberry Melomel, Merlot, Apfelwein, Pyment, Sweet mead, Cabernet
Gal in 2009: 27, Gal in 2010: 34, Gal in 2011: 13, Gal in 2012: 10

dantodd

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more patience I think, I carb at 30 psi and it comes out nicely for me.

eriktlupus

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seems to me that when you added the soda mixture it would have off-gassed the co2 that you had pre carbed. also soda is usually served at 25-30 psi so to force carb it need more like 40-50 psi methinks( never done it not advocting it just seems that way to me>>>ie. double sevring psi for beer to force soooo)

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