AJC16

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Can I make a carbonator cap from a metal growler cap? I am asking so I can force carb my sweet cider and then put in my Tap a draft so I do not have to use so many co2 cartridges. I will be carbonating 6 litre PETs.

dataz722

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Would you be trying to carb it in the glass growler?

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AJC16

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6 litre plastic bottles

dataz722

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Why would you want to use a growler cap then? Do the 6 litre bottles take a normal 2 or 3 liter cap?

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JesseRC

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for the 12-15 buck a carbonator cap cost, it's just not worth it in my opinion..

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AJC16

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it would be a 3 liter bottle cap, I just do not know where to find them

spotter

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Check where the generic soda is, they often come in 3 liter bottles. Grocery store, walmart, dollar city, etc. Search the soda making forum, there's lots of info there on making your own for a 3 liter bottle.

BreWirfel

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I found stainless valve stems on ebay that have a double o-ring design with a nut so you can put them in just about anything. drill a 1/4 inch hole, feed it through, oring and nut on the other side and you have a valve stem you can hook up to your co2 tank .

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BrewSpook

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Go to advanced auto parts, for 4 or 5 bucks you can get 2 stainless truck tire valves. Drill a hole in the top and thread it through the top of the 6L bottle cap. I fixed my CO2 bottle with a quick change fitting and a tire chuck from lowes for less than 10 bucks and it works great. Also good on bottling day to fill up a 20oz and try some of the fizzy goods.

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AJC16

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Hey, guys I just followed these directions, I had to dremmel the cap to clean up the indented metal and it worked great, this will save me a whole bunch of co2 cartridges for my tap a draft system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJD0bv9kLAQ