Carboy C02 question

[BeerBrewerTrain]

I have a reinforced carboy the glass is thicker then normal carboys i was thinking after 10-14days fermantation i would remove the airlock make a custom corklock "same thing as airlock with a bleederhose into water" and very slowly at c02 to carbonate the beer, need advice on this ? I need to do some search on how much pressure the carboy can withstand before its compromised structurely.

 

[popsicleian]

I would not try that, even if the carboy is thicker than usual. I'm not sure I understand what the "corklock" is, but I think you're asking for trouble if you try to reach carbonation pressures in a carboy. Best case, you'll blow the top off, worse case you'll blow up your carboy.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

I've heard of people using CO2 to move beer from carboy to keg/bucket but why carbonate in the carboy? Just curious.

 

[magno]

Is this in an attempt to carbonate before bottling/ kegging? If so, I don't think it will work as intended. For one thing, the beer needs to be cold - below fermentation temperature, in order to properly absorb the carbonation. Also, it seems that the cork stopper would eventually blow out under pressure, well before the carboy would rupture.

Am I missing something?

EDIT: Wow, three "no" responses in the space of two minutes. I think we have a consensus.

 

[BeerBrewerTrain]

I dont have a keg where i can conduction and carbonate the beer, why im asking here my make question is if i can carbonate the beer under low c02 pressure in a increased amount of time well getting the same results

 

[Konadog]

Even if you could (I wouldn't) carb in a carboy, I don't think you could get the pressure high enough to carbonate your beer.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

What good would carbonating it do though? Wouldn't you still need to package it somehow? Even if you could get it done in a carboy (which probably isn't a good idea anyway) you'd knock a lot of the CO2 out when it gets moved.

 

[BeerBrewerTrain]

Also thought about for own consumation making like a force air c02 tank for like mini batchs of drinkible beer within hrs has this been done before ?