rocket_man
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Hi guys,
I have never kegged before and have no experience with pressurising other than bottling. I just managed to get my hands on 4 cheap 5L mini kegs (see picture below) with mini regulators for 16g threaded CO2 cartridges. The keg doesn't have ball lock disconnects. Instead of buying the cartridges, I'd like get a 2kg bottle of CO2 and hook it up to the mini kegs if possible. My questions would be:
- Could I get a 2-way or 4-way splitter and connect a bigger CO2 bottler to the mini regulators? If so, what kind of connectors would I need? Would I be able to adjust the pressure of each keg individually?
- If I can only connect a CO2 bottle to one of the legs, could I possibly force carb the kegs separately, set the regulator to 0 and disconnect the gas hose without losing pressure?
- Any other solutions/ideas of how to make the system work?
I have limited space and plan on eventually getting a hotel mini bar fridge that would fit two of the kegs, and drink those while I brew/condition the other two. In the meantime, I'll mostly rely on Winter to keep them cold.
Any tips are much welcome!
Cheers!
I have never kegged before and have no experience with pressurising other than bottling. I just managed to get my hands on 4 cheap 5L mini kegs (see picture below) with mini regulators for 16g threaded CO2 cartridges. The keg doesn't have ball lock disconnects. Instead of buying the cartridges, I'd like get a 2kg bottle of CO2 and hook it up to the mini kegs if possible. My questions would be:
- Could I get a 2-way or 4-way splitter and connect a bigger CO2 bottler to the mini regulators? If so, what kind of connectors would I need? Would I be able to adjust the pressure of each keg individually?
- If I can only connect a CO2 bottle to one of the legs, could I possibly force carb the kegs separately, set the regulator to 0 and disconnect the gas hose without losing pressure?
- Any other solutions/ideas of how to make the system work?
I have limited space and plan on eventually getting a hotel mini bar fridge that would fit two of the kegs, and drink those while I brew/condition the other two. In the meantime, I'll mostly rely on Winter to keep them cold.
Any tips are much welcome!
Cheers!