One of the best / simplest videos I've seen on youtube to carbonate home-brew.

@GeeWhizRS

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you kind sir.

Brilliant! ..... thanks for uploading.

@GeeWhizRS

5 жыл бұрын

Ian Taylor Thanks Ian, good luck with your fizzing.

Thank you for sharing this video🙏🙏🙏

Cool! 👍

this is a brilliant video thanks - just carbonated my first rose, and the soda stream bottle is just for dispensing my beers now.... little tip i found useful - I have a tube on my pressure cap to the bottom of the bottle so the gas travels through the liquid. then shake as you have described. its useful as you can see that the liquid has absorbed all the gas when the big bubbles stop coming up from the bottom when the bottle is stood upright. My co2 reg doesnt make the noise yours does to tell me its done. thanks for the video

@GeeWhizRS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Craig. That's a great idea with the feed tube. 👍

v good

How would you create a keg of sparkling wine and tap it? Can you run it through a cold block or would the entire keg need to be chilled when tapping it?

@GeeWhizRS

5 жыл бұрын

Same way Paul. You'd need to ensure your keg could withstand the pressure though. I'd take the shelves out of the fridge and CO2 the wine when cold. Don't try and shake the keg, just pressurise it and leave it for a while. The CO2 will slowly be absorbed into the wine. You may need to repeat the process a few times until the pressure is static and stops being absorbed into the wine.

Soda stream pressurizes to the same psi - 15 psi is surface pressure. It's just a lot cheaper to use this because they charge like $30 per 60L refill.

@GeeWhizRS

4 жыл бұрын

The soda steam is loses pressure easily via the neck. Complete waste of time. The alternative offered here is far superior. I’ve stopped drinking it to be honest, drinking too much!

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Hi, can you use this set up for water? I currently use a Sodastream for but would like to try this for wine and water. Thanks in advance :)

@GeeWhizRS

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, yeah you can carbonate what you want. The colder the liquid the better it will absorb the CO2.

Hi, great video. I have a mobile van where i have 7 taps and 2 gas bottles, 1for beer the co2 and the other is argon for other drinks. I wanted to ask if i put white wine in a 9l keg and connect on the co2 will i be able to pour it on a tap and do i need to shake it time to time or only at the start? Thanks

@GeeWhizRS

3 жыл бұрын

If you add CO2 to the keg, it will gradually be absorbed into the wine without the need for shaking. Shaking just speeds up the process. You will need to keep the pressure stopped up though cause it will drop as the CO2 absorbs into the wine.

@lukadjuraskovic16

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks so much for a super fast reply and youd help and advice. What pressure shoud i put on it? Thanks again, regards from Montenegro

@GeeWhizRS

3 жыл бұрын

@@lukadjuraskovic16 I'm not sure what your keg is rated at pressure-wise. You could always start with a low pressure and if it's not sparkling enough add a bit more until you are happy. (Leaving it a while to gas up.) Try not to blow up your keg. :)

@lukadjuraskovic16

3 жыл бұрын

@@GeeWhizRS thanks so much, i will test it. Its a Cornelius keg so i dont expect problems. Good luck and thanks again!!!

@gadsonwoodall8981

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukadjuraskovic16 How was your champagne on tap? Curious as I am about to try the same. Cheers 🥂

where would we purchase the connections and bottle screw on caps? thank you

@GeeWhizRS

5 жыл бұрын

In the list of things you will need in the description, copy and paste those into an ebay search. i.e. 'Male 1/4" BSP to 6mm ID Hose Adaptor' You'll find it. 👍

Where did you buy the CO2 cylinder....great video 👍🏽

@GeeWhizRS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I rented that from BOC Gases. I’m not sure if you’re in the UK but they’re pretty decent to deal with. I don’t make wine anymore…. I was drinking too much. 😊

@spenggorgan704

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks will take a look at them.....too much never heard of it lol 😂👍🏽

@GeeWhizRS

3 жыл бұрын

@@spenggorgan704 Oh yeah, the wheels were falling off at one point. 😂

@spenggorgan704

3 жыл бұрын

Did u see the wheels....if so then you definitely didn’t have too much!

Is it possible to remove the stainless steel nipple off the pet bottle and quickly replace it with a regular pet bottle cap so i can move one and bottle multiple bottles? thank you in advance...

@GeeWhizRS

5 жыл бұрын

No I wouldn't recommend that. When you take the cap off after pressurising, the CO2 in the ullage will leave the bottle and be replaced with air. Thats going to make your wine go off unless you drink it straight away and it'll lose a lot of its carbonation. What I did is to buy about 3 of those stainless carbonation caps, then I always have a few pressurised. Just leave the cap on and leave it in the fridge until you are ready to drink it then swap to a standard cap once opened. When my wine has finished, I bottle it flat into 2 litre plastic bottles with no air in, brim it. Then when you want to pressurise it, you can either pour into another bottle or pour some out of your 2 litre bottle and pressurise that if you're feeling especially thirsty :) You need to have somewhere for the CO2 to go when you pressurise it, and squeeze the air out as shown in the video. In summary, I would pressurise only what you plan to drink and then remove the stainless cap only when you are ready to drink it. If you want to pressurise a few bottles, buy some more carbonation caps.

@semperidem2577

4 жыл бұрын

@@GeeWhizRS CO2 is heavier than air, so once you've pressurised the bottle if you remove the Carbonation Cap and replace it with a regular pet cap you should be ok. Air will only enter the bottle once you start to drink/pour from the bottle. Even then, the CO2 escaping from the wine in the form of bubbles will, because it's heavier, stay at the bottom of your ullage space creating a barrier between the wine and the air in the ullage space. Well that's the theory anyway. I just got a couple of carb caps so will try and practice what I preach. Cheers EDIT: Obviously, just like in regular carbonated drinks, as you drink more from the bottle, CO2 escapes from the liquid and it slowly becomes flat. Wine will be no different... Just an excuse to drink it all in one sitting. But further to what I said above... If you do the carbonation process and immediately swap out the carbonation cap for a pet one, as long as the bottle remains unused/unopen it should stay fine and carbonated until ready to drink.

@GeeWhizRS

4 жыл бұрын

​@@semperidem2577 By all means try it. I would suggest though that if you remove the carbonation cap to swap for a regular cap you will definitely introduce air to the wine; so you will want to drink it within a day or so before it oxidises; and it will. You can hear how much CO2 you lose from the bottle at 6:30 in the video. You will lose a lot of pressure swapping the caps and the carbonation will reduce as the CO2 in the liquid is liberated to repressurise the ullage. Have a think about what happens when you open a pop/soda bottle the first time.... lots of pressure escapes and you have a nice fizzy drink. The day after when you come back to the bottle, you will never get the same level of fizz as when you first opened the bottle.

Beverage grade isn't the same as food grade?

@GeeWhizRS

6 ай бұрын

Yep

40 psi gives a good sparkling drink

@GeeWhizRS

4 жыл бұрын

Certainly does! Cheers.

1/2 liter at a time? How about a mini keg? Like 5 liters?

@GeeWhizRS

Жыл бұрын

That was 750ml in a litre bottle… aka a bottle. 😄 I also did 2 litre bottles, but you can fill into whatever size you want. I stopped making it because I was drinking too much 🙄

@Grandpa_RLP

Жыл бұрын

@@GeeWhizRS I don't drink at all but enjoy making wine for family and friends. Looking to make some sparkling wines by force carbonation.

@GeeWhizRS

Жыл бұрын

@@Grandpa_RLP Go for it. If you (or your friends) like fizzy wine, gassing up even a cheap wine gets you a great result. It’s easy to do and you get more bang for your buck as it seems to wake up the taste. 👌