Hello!
I've just started getting my kegging equipment together. I've got all the pieces, I've stuck the collar on my freezer and got some CO2. I drink a few litres of Sparkling water a week so I bought a carbonation cap to carb my own from now on.
I carbed up the first bottle yesterday, I got an old coke bottle, washed it with water, filled it up with water and chilled in the fridge for a couple days. I had a taste of the water uncarbed. There was a little coke aftertaste but I wasn't too worried.
I tipped maybe a third and squeezed the air out and hit it with 45PSI until the bubbles stopped. I vented it and had a taste, overly it was pretty good but something in the back of my head could taste what I thought may be some off-taste plasticy?
My setup
- CO2 bottle I bought off a fire extinguisher place, he recommended this is for brewing and is food grade CO2
- Regulater - regulates
- Food grade Vinyl CO2 lines from the hardware store
- Gas ball lock
- Plastic carbonation cap
- old soda bottle
I was so excited to try the setup I didn't wash anything after purchase. I've just bought some sodium percarbonate yesterday which I'm expecting to show up today. Could the taste be from the CO2/CO2 Lines? The bottle I used? My carbing technique?
I'm thinking about sodium percarbonating everything before my next test run but I'd like to get my sparkling water polished before I move to a batch of beer. It'd kill me to ruin it at carbing stage if I can prevent it.
All help is welcomed.
Cheers,
I've just started getting my kegging equipment together. I've got all the pieces, I've stuck the collar on my freezer and got some CO2. I drink a few litres of Sparkling water a week so I bought a carbonation cap to carb my own from now on.
I carbed up the first bottle yesterday, I got an old coke bottle, washed it with water, filled it up with water and chilled in the fridge for a couple days. I had a taste of the water uncarbed. There was a little coke aftertaste but I wasn't too worried.
I tipped maybe a third and squeezed the air out and hit it with 45PSI until the bubbles stopped. I vented it and had a taste, overly it was pretty good but something in the back of my head could taste what I thought may be some off-taste plasticy?
My setup
- CO2 bottle I bought off a fire extinguisher place, he recommended this is for brewing and is food grade CO2
- Regulater - regulates
- Food grade Vinyl CO2 lines from the hardware store
- Gas ball lock
- Plastic carbonation cap
- old soda bottle
I was so excited to try the setup I didn't wash anything after purchase. I've just bought some sodium percarbonate yesterday which I'm expecting to show up today. Could the taste be from the CO2/CO2 Lines? The bottle I used? My carbing technique?
I'm thinking about sodium percarbonating everything before my next test run but I'd like to get my sparkling water polished before I move to a batch of beer. It'd kill me to ruin it at carbing stage if I can prevent it.
All help is welcomed.
Cheers,