Force carbing mini kegs in series

[Slipperypete]

I am planning on getting a few of the 8L oxebar bottles from Kegland to dispense my home brew as l like the versatility and being able to take a smaller bottle with me elsewhere. I plan to dispense them connected in series so i don’t need to keep switching the cap, but my question is would I be able to force carb them in series, or would I need to carb each one individually and hook them together later?

Any help is appreciated,

Scott

 

[day_trippr]

Welcome to the forums at HomebrewTalk

You can't practically serially-carbonate vessels without some form of circulation involved.
Carbonate the kegs separately, then link them together...

Cheers!

 

[mac_1103]

How many oxebar kegs do you want to carbonate at once? Do you have or would you be willing to buy a manifold with that many ports? 'Cause while you can't force carbonate in series very easily, you certainly can force carbonate in parallel.

 

[Slipperypete]

Welcome to the forums at HomebrewTalk

You can't practically serially-carbonate vessels without some form of circulation involved.
Carbonate the kegs separately, then link them together...

Cheers!

That’s sort of what I was thinking, thank you.

 

[Slipperypete]

How many oxebar kegs do you want to carbonate at once? Do you have or would you be willing to buy a manifold with that many ports? 'Cause while you can't force carbonate in series very easily, you certainly can force carbonate in parallel.

I was planning on getting 3, but I’ll likely just set up a 3 way line with QDs at the ends to attach to carbonation caps on the bottles.

 

[mac_1103]

I’ll likely just set up a 3 way line with QDs at the ends to attach to carbonation caps on the bottles.

Well, a three way splitter is a manifold. And I hope you mean the tapping heads, because standard carbonation caps don't fit.

 

[jerrylotto]

I put a little sanitizer in each leg and the direct fermentation gas in the liquid port of each and put the gas port to the next leg inline. The last one goes to a bubbler or blow off tube

 

[day_trippr]

Good for purging kegs (I do the same for pairs of kegs for each 10 gallon batch), not for carbonating beer...

Cheers!

 

[jerrylotto]

Good for purging kegs (I do the same for pairs of kegs for each 10 gallon batch), not for carbonating beer

Exactly

 

[Slipperypete]

Well, a three way splitter is a manifold. And I hope you mean the tapping heads, because standard carbonation caps don't fit.

I did see that they were a different size which is unfortunate.

 

[McMullan]

Just daisy chain the tapping heads. ‘Gas’ to ‘gas’. First in series has 2 ‘gas’ caps.

 

[mac_1103]

Just daisy chain the tapping heads. ‘Gas’ to ‘gas’. First in series has 2 ‘gas’ caps.

1) Kegco ball lock posts are universal. They come in different colors, but all have the same shape and fit both gas and liquid QDs.
2) The tapping head has a dip tube (of course). Unless you remove it you'll either bubble gas through the beer or push the beer out to the next minikeg. If you do remove it to carbonate you will have to open the minikeg to replace it.