Could something like this really work?

Could this work?

http://morebeer.com/product.html?product_id=18316

Could I take my little travel C02 charger thingy and dispense with nitro from a keg? It doesn't say the size of this thing in grams (EDIT: NM, it says they are 18 grams), but my C02 charger is 12 grams.

I'm just wondering if it would actually dispense like real nitro would.

I have no idea how well it would work, but our local military surplus store sells 12G nitro carts for a great deal cheaper per gram.

I think EdWort bought some of these for dispensing wine from a keg. You could PM him and see what he thinks of them.

Pabst Blue Robot said:

I have no idea how well it would work, but our local military surplus store sells 12G nitro carts for a great deal cheaper per gram.

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What would these be used for?

I might go check out a military store right by my house.

I found an online homebrewing store that sells 24 of them for 10 bucks. If I can't find them locally I will order some. I don't see why this wouldn't work to push the beer instead of C02. Not sure what the result would be, but I'd assume it would work similar to a widget.

So you would force carb it with CO2 and then push it with nitrogen? Seems like it should work, but for Guiness-esque head wouldn't you need a stout tap? I guess the application they have in mind is dispensing beverages that shouldn't be carbonated, but I don't see any reason not to try it.

Baron von BeeGee said:

So you would force carb it with CO2 and then push it with nitrogen? Seems like it should work, but for Guiness-esque head wouldn't you need a stout tap? I guess the application they have in mind is dispensing beverages that shouldn't be carbonated, but I don't see any reason not to try it.

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I doubt you'd need a stout tap either, because a can with a widget doesn't dispense through a stout faucet. I dunno...seems like the same concept to me.

I DO have a stout faucet though, so if it doesn't work I can use that.

I'll let oyu guys know.

The nitrogen is used to push the beer at higher pressure without over-carbing it. You can read about the common misconception about the widget here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showpost.php?p=126829&postcount=3 where Walker pwned me.

Stout faucets have a small orifice in them, like the widget, and thus make creamy head. You can get the same effect by shooting a jet of the stout into the glass with a syringe - it just looks like you're trying to date-rape yourself (okay, if you're into that sort of thing...)

So are you saying that pushing with that nitro cartridge won't work?

Dude said:

So are you saying that pushing with that nitro cartridge won't work?

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If the beer was already carbed and you were pushing it through a creamer faucet, it would.

Beer-gas is a mixture of nitro and CO2, so the CO2 carbs and the nitro ups the pressure for the creamer faucets. If you alternated CO2 cartridges and Nitro cartridges, it might work.

I think Nitrogen needs higher pressure regulators too, so you may need to by theirs...

Chairman Cheyco said:

If the beer was already carbed and you were pushing it through a creamer faucet, it would.

Beer-gas is a mixture of nitro and CO2, so the CO2 carbs and the nitro ups the pressure for the creamer faucets. If you alternated CO2 cartridges and Nitro cartridges, it might work.

I think Nitrogen needs higher pressure regulators too, so you may need to by theirs...

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Hmmmmm.....why'd you have to piss in my whiskey?

Dude said:

Hmmmmm.....why'd you have to piss in my whiskey?

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You'd probably drink that too, Mountain Dew Boy!!!



:rockin:

Yeah, maybe I'll switch to Dew and Crown...just for you.

Needs to be a rye whiskey for CC...they're funny that way.

Yes Pub gas systems run at a much higher pressure than a CO2 system and the bubbles of nitro are smaller then the CO2 bubbles.

Chairman Cheyco said:

.... have a small orifice in them, like the widget, and thus make creamy head...

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I'm nominating this for the "homebrewing terms that sound dirty but aren't" thread. Just substitute "widget" with "midget."