Steve-h71
Active Member
Hi All
Ok so I am a newbie and looking for a cheap way to force carbonate my beer and ciders. I really dont like the sedement at the bottom of my bottles, its a waste of beer...
Today I had a bit of an idea after looking at the tap-a-draft, why not use a bicycle co2 pump, my idea is to use 2L drinks bottles, I had a quick scout about the net and it says the standard 2L bottles can take 80 psi plus, so the 15-20 psi it would take to carbonate my beer/cider would be no problem. I thought you could simply bond a car tyre valve to the bottle cap. I also thought that you could put one of the braided hoses that come on traditional type bike/car pumps with the pressure dial so you know how much co2 you are putting into the bottle....
This is the sort of pump I have seen, it uses the threaded bulbs and you press the button to release co2, so your not wasting the gas like you do in a pressure barel once full.
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/products/ ... _large.jpg
So, as I said I am a newbie to hombrew and I thought this would be a great solution to the old problem of clean carbonated beer. So has this idea been raised before and if not do you think this is a good solution.
Ok so I am a newbie and looking for a cheap way to force carbonate my beer and ciders. I really dont like the sedement at the bottom of my bottles, its a waste of beer...
Today I had a bit of an idea after looking at the tap-a-draft, why not use a bicycle co2 pump, my idea is to use 2L drinks bottles, I had a quick scout about the net and it says the standard 2L bottles can take 80 psi plus, so the 15-20 psi it would take to carbonate my beer/cider would be no problem. I thought you could simply bond a car tyre valve to the bottle cap. I also thought that you could put one of the braided hoses that come on traditional type bike/car pumps with the pressure dial so you know how much co2 you are putting into the bottle....
This is the sort of pump I have seen, it uses the threaded bulbs and you press the button to release co2, so your not wasting the gas like you do in a pressure barel once full.
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/products/ ... _large.jpg
So, as I said I am a newbie to hombrew and I thought this would be a great solution to the old problem of clean carbonated beer. So has this idea been raised before and if not do you think this is a good solution.