How many Cornys can I carb and serve with a 5lb CO2 tank?

[Beer-Baron]

Anyone?

Help appreciated!

 

[IrregularPulse]

4-5
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[Beer-Baron]

That stinks! lol

Thanks!

 

[wildwest450]

You can actually do as many as you want to. It just won't last as long with multiple kegs.

 

[IrregularPulse]

I thought he was asking how many kegs can he expect to carb and serve before running out. Not how many he can hook up to.
If the latter, you can hook up to as many as you want. You just won't get through carbing and serving all of them.

 

[Beer-Baron]

No you were right the first time. I was asking how many 5 gallon kegs I can carb and serve before running out of gas, not how many at the same time I can hook up to it.

So really only 4 or 5 eh? How come so many kegging setups only come with a 5lb tank? Do you all you guys really want to run out to get more gas all the time?

 

[IrregularPulse]

It takes me several months to go through 4-5 kegs. That's 20-25 gallons of beer.
200-250 beers.
If you want bigger just go 10lb. My 5're suits me well.

 

[Beer-Baron]

Cool.

Well thanks for the info! I already have a 5lb tank. I guess I'll just use it and see how it goes and then worry about going bigger later on!

 

[mosquitocontrol]

Yeah, I must have gone some place that overfills. My tank has about 1 lb left (just weighed), and I've served (primed to carb) at least 9.5 kegs with 5#. I guess it made it worth the high price of the fill.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Yeah, I must have gone some place that overfills. My tank has about 1 lb left (just weighed), and I've served (primed to carb) at least 9.5 kegs with 5#. I guess it made it worth the high price of the fill.

9.5 kegs!?

 

[Scimmia]

Yeah, I must have gone some place that overfills. My tank has about 1 lb left (just weighed), and I've served (primed to carb) at least 9.5 kegs with 5#. I guess it made it worth the high price of the fill.

Serving only is very different than carbing and serving like the OP asked about.

 

[Special Hops]

I got a 20 lbs tank and it seems to last forever.

 

[sparkyaber]

I have primed and served at least 5, as well as priming two more right now- must be pushing the limit.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Serving only is very different than carbing and serving like the OP asked about.

Didn't notice that part. Yes Serving alone will give you a lot more co2, but IMO using priming sugar is pointless when kegging. CO2 is faster by about 1-2 weeks and you avoid the sediment left behind from the carbonation. But each has their own preferences and no way is THE right way.

 

[mrfocus]

Didn't notice that part. Yes Serving alone will give you a lot more co2, but IMO using priming sugar is pointless when kegging. CO2 is faster by about 1-2 weeks and you avoid the sediment left behind from the carbonation. But each has their own preferences and no way is THE right way.

For the same quality of carbing, I don't think it can be done in less than a week by force priming, where as with priming sugar in the keg, 2 weeks of keg fermentation and 2 days in the fridge and it's nicely carbed.

As for the sediment, you only get it in the last pour, and typically, there isn't enough that it actually comes out of the line (the yeast sediment will just sit in your beer line).

I've personally always (at least 9 out of 10 times) added sugar (about half the amount you would usually add to bottles) since anyways, I have space for 4 kegs in my kegerator and 10 kegs, thus, I typically have between 2 and 6 kegs waiting in the rotation, thus might as well keg prime them during that period. Also, some great belgian breweries (Achouffe)

Description :
LA CHOUFFE is an unfiltered blonde beer, which is re-fermented in the bottle as well as in the keg. It is pleasantly fruity, spiced with coriander, and with a light hop taste.

I can't believe it's a price reason (they probably order so much CO2 that it's extra cheap) since thay anyways have to purge the kegs.