NO2 for carbonation

[Willie3]

Has anyone successfully used an NO2 infusion while draughting your brew?

I know that NO2 escapes rapidy in liquid but infusining it during the pour would work - sort of like the widget from guiness- no?

- WW

 

[david_42]

Nitric oxide (NO2) is extremely reactive. I've never heard of it being used with beer. Beer gas is a combination of N2 and CO2.

 

[sirsloop]

Guiness uses "beer gas" as described above... N2 and C02 mixture.

 

[AHammer16]

n2o is nitrious oxide. laughing gas. not for beer it will give it a wierd sweet carbed flavor. plus i a not sure if the n2o will react with the beer(oxidise).

Im having a really bad spelling day

 

[user 4295]

You cannot carbonate with anything but carbon dioxide. Beer gas is needed in order for the pressure to be high enough to push a stout through a stout faucet with out over carbonating it.

John

 

[psymn]

Here a gas primer:

N2 = nitrogen, main componentin air

N20 = Nitrous oxide, main component in hippie jam band festival

NO2 = Nitrogen Dioxide, main component in air pollution and extremely toxic if inhaled (turn to nitric acid in lungs)

The only one of these that works with beer is N2(nitrogen), but it does not dissolve in beer, although the N2O is ok if your having beer at a hippie jam band festival.

Matt

 

[D*Bo]

Thanks, I thought it was the N2O that made the cars go vroom or hippies go yeahaaa!, not NO2