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#1 Corbin

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:20 AM

I will be bottling my next few batches of beer and will have my 3g keg free. I was thinking of having that keg be used for carbonated water. I like a soda in the morning but rarely finish it. I just like the carbonation. I keep limes and lemons on hand so figured I could get a glass of water and squeeze a lime in it for flavor instead of drinking soda. Any idea what PSI I shoud carbonate water at?

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:24 AM

do you want cold or warm pressures?

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:25 AM

You want to use RO water or at least something with low hardness. Try to carbonate hard water and it will get cloudy and maybe even drop a precipitate if it's really hard.Consult your favorite carbonation table and go to about 4 volumes.

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:26 AM

I usually go 4-5 volumes for really fizzy water, which is ~30psi pumped into something from the fridge.

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:33 AM

do you want cold or warm pressures?

Didn't think about that. I guess cold.

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:35 AM

I run RO in mine and kind of prefer it at 15PSI. Lower carbonation than soda.

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:38 AM

Didn't think about that. I guess cold.

Are you going to store it warm?

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:39 AM

I run RO in mine and kind of prefer it at 15PSI. Lower carbonation than soda.

I will use my filtered water from the fridge and see how that goes. Don't want to actually buy RO water. If this doesn't work I will. Water is much cheaper than soda, I just hate paying for water. St. louis has very good tap water for drinking.

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:39 AM

Are you going to store it warm?

or carbonate it warm.

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:39 AM

Are you going to store it warm?

I can do it either way. I have a spare beer fridge with room.

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:40 AM

or carbonate it warm.

He might try to drink it cold though.

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:41 AM

I can do it either way. I have a spare beer fridge with room.

What do you mean?You're going to add more beer to the beer fridge?

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:42 AM

I have a Sodastream unit which I carbonate water with all the time. I hardly ever make soda with it.

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 09:55 AM

What do you mean?You're going to add more beer to the beer fridge?

I was referring to his question about storing warm or cold. My beer fridge, which has beer in it, has room also for my 3g keg if I keep it in there.

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 10:04 AM

I was referring to his question about storing warm or cold. My beer fridge, which has beer in it, has room also for my 3g keg if I keep it in there.

But not if you put water in the 3g keg. Then there's not enough room.

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 10:13 AM

dang it, what's RO stand for

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 10:16 AM

dang it, what's RO stand for

reverse osmosis?

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 10:17 AM

dang it, what's RO stand for

Really Old. It's water that's aged for improved flavor.

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Posted 04 January 2013 - 10:19 AM

Really Old. It's water that's aged for improved flavor.

:rolf: I will be barrel aging this first of course.


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