CO2 ok for Stout??

[yello50]

Hello! I just bought a 1/6 barrel of Bare Knuckle Stout, but only have a CO2 setup...am I ok or do I have to bring it back? I realize Guinness and stouts are nitrogen beers, but this being an A-B beer threw me off. Please let me know because I'm ready to tap!

 

[compact007]

I use C02 for my home brew stouts and a regular faucet, its just not a creamy a head in my opinion otherwise should be fine.

 

[yello50]

I appreciate your response. Another beer enthusiast said I'll ruin the keg, so I'm 50/50...I googled the question and I cannot find anyone running Bare Knuckle on CO2...just scary. I can deal w/o the creamy head but I don't want a flat wasted keg.
ARRRRR!

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Just tap it. You won't get the creamy pour without nitro and a stout tap, but it WILL NOT ruin the beer.

 

[Funkenjaeger]

Beer is beer, there is nothing special about stout that makes it "incompatible" with CO2. Think about it, there are tons of commercial stouts available in bottles on the market, but only a select few of them (guinness, murphy's, et al) come bottled/canned with the nitrogen 'widget', the rest are bottled carbonated with CO2 just like every other beer.