Use a Fizzics to save flat homebrew

SteveH aka shetc · Nov 27, 2018

Saw this Fizzics CO2 injector for bottled and canned beer today. Do you think it would be useful for bottled homebrew that didn't carb for some reason?

TechFanMD · Nov 27, 2018

No. This relies on the beers carbonation to work. It applies ultrasonics to get the bubbles moving in a way to simulate a nitro pour. If anything this will reduce carbonation on your pour.

SteveH aka shetc · Nov 27, 2018

TechFanMD said:
No. This relies on the beers carbonation to work. It applies ultrasonics to get the bubbles moving in a way to simulate a nitro pour. If anything this will reduce carbonation on your pour.

Lol

Maverick986 · Nov 28, 2018

TechFanMD said:
No. This relies on the beers carbonation to work. It applies ultrasonics to get the bubbles moving in a way to simulate a nitro pour. If anything this will reduce carbonation on your pour.

+1. My brother brought one over at Thanksgiving he got as a gift to try out. I have my first batch that is under carbed, when pouring it looked more carbed, but had the same taste/mouth feel. We also tried it on some cheaper beers, which I'd did change the taste of, which some identified as off/or watered down slightly, really it was just flatter drinking.

SteveH aka shetc · Nov 28, 2018

Maverick986 said:
+1. My brother brought one over at Thanksgiving he got as a gift to try out. I have my first batch that is under carbed, when pouring it looked more carbed, but had the same taste/mouth feel. We also tried it on some cheaper beers, which I'd did change the taste of, which some identified as off/or watered down slightly, really it was just flatter drinking.

Ok, I'll not ask for one for xmas, thanks. I opened the thing up and it holds a CO2 cartridge (we used call them whippits).

Maverick986 · Nov 28, 2018

The one we used did not have any sort of CO2 cartridge, and I didn't know they had a version using them, I thought they all used sonic waves. I think I may have seen some other brand that used CO2 cartridges to work more like a keg, possibly with mini kegs? It's been a while since I've seen it, and can't recall where it was now.