FiveKaiBrewing
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I have to buy some but have a choice between 2.5 or 3 gallon. what would you pick?
I have both, depends on what you're using them for. If you travel with them, the 2.5's are smaller and fit in certain coolers better, plus a 5 gallon batch fills two of them nicely.
For me, I would buy the cheaper of the two.
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3 gallon one will carb 2.5 gallons of beer faster.
Head space has nothing to do with it. It's only surface area that matters and they are the same for 2-1/2 or 3 gallon kegs. The only time head space would effect it is if you disconnected the gas. Otherwise there is a constant pressure of CO2 on the given surface area.more headspace for co2 ? or more surface area for the co2 to interact with the beer
Ahhhhh. It's a measurement in square inches, not cubic inches. Volume has nothing to do with it. Only surface area.That pressure is measured in pounds per square inch. More gas volume = more square inches = more pressure on the beer forcing gas into solution faster.
Yes. If you lay your keg on its side, but . . . . who does this? Sound like a good way to get beer in your gas line.or if you lay the keg on its side the surface area increases fromn a 2.5 - 3 gallon keg ...
Yeah, it will take a little more gas to fill the difference in head space between a 2-1/2 gallon keg and a 3 gallon keg,3 gallon one will carb 2.5 gallons of beer faster.
I'd get the 3 gallon corny... A bit more capacity, means you can probably use it more. I do plan on using the 3 gallon size corny's when I get into kegging. That way, I can put most of the batch into the keg, and bottle the balance with ease.
I had bought 2.5 gallon ones and then found a good deal on 3 gallons so now i own both... I think if im not crazy i saw a video of some guy force carbing beer in a keg by preasuizing and then rolling the keg on its side and rolling it across the floor. i was like hmmm ....
I had bought 2.5 gallon ones and then found a good deal on 3 gallons so now i own both...
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