Brewmegoodbeer
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
I have done a fair share of research on different grades of co2 (which does exist) and I am becoming concerned. Every forum I read on here states to get your co2 for beer at paintball stores, welding shops, sporting good stores etc. without raising concern about the quality of the co2 that these places carry. Non-beverage grade co2 is not intended for consumption, as it is allowed to have impurities such as benzene, ammonia, and carbon monoxide. Brewers say "there is only a small chance and a small amount of these impurites, if any", but the fact is that it only takes a small amount of benzene for you to see negative health effects if you look up benzene consumption online. I was ignorant to co2 grades until the manager at Dick's sporting goods told me he could not sell me co2 for beer because it may contain harmful contaminants. I then did alot of research and he was right. I had some beer left over that I force carbed with the "anonymous" grade co2 and I got a massive headache just drinking one (side effect of benzene consumption). We should be advising people on this forum to only purchase beverage grade co2 instead of any grade you can get your hands on.
I have done a fair share of research on different grades of co2 (which does exist) and I am becoming concerned. Every forum I read on here states to get your co2 for beer at paintball stores, welding shops, sporting good stores etc. without raising concern about the quality of the co2 that these places carry. Non-beverage grade co2 is not intended for consumption, as it is allowed to have impurities such as benzene, ammonia, and carbon monoxide. Brewers say "there is only a small chance and a small amount of these impurites, if any", but the fact is that it only takes a small amount of benzene for you to see negative health effects if you look up benzene consumption online. I was ignorant to co2 grades until the manager at Dick's sporting goods told me he could not sell me co2 for beer because it may contain harmful contaminants. I then did alot of research and he was right. I had some beer left over that I force carbed with the "anonymous" grade co2 and I got a massive headache just drinking one (side effect of benzene consumption). We should be advising people on this forum to only purchase beverage grade co2 instead of any grade you can get your hands on.