Hi folks!
I'm trying to decide on my future CO2 setup for my home brewery. I have a bit of a supply issue with CO2 as I live in rural Canada and the only home brew shop close by (within a 3 hr round trip) does not supply CO2.
My options are:
1) Continue using the expensive soda stream bottles at $15/each for 410g of gas
2) pay for a commercial cylinder exchange service that costs about $80 per 20# fill, and $110/year for leasing the tank.
Option 2 seems really expensive relative to what I was expecting, especially if I stick with the hobby for years and years...
I'm wondering how much CO2 people go through brewing about twice per month. I'd like to be able to pressure transfer and force carb, purge fermenters after dry hops additions, and serve beer from a small keezer. I figure upgrading is worth it if I'll use more than ~9lbs of CO2/year. I suppose $200/yr isn't that bad at the end of the day. Just more than I was expecting to pay.
I'm trying to decide on my future CO2 setup for my home brewery. I have a bit of a supply issue with CO2 as I live in rural Canada and the only home brew shop close by (within a 3 hr round trip) does not supply CO2.
My options are:
1) Continue using the expensive soda stream bottles at $15/each for 410g of gas
2) pay for a commercial cylinder exchange service that costs about $80 per 20# fill, and $110/year for leasing the tank.
Option 2 seems really expensive relative to what I was expecting, especially if I stick with the hobby for years and years...
I'm wondering how much CO2 people go through brewing about twice per month. I'd like to be able to pressure transfer and force carb, purge fermenters after dry hops additions, and serve beer from a small keezer. I figure upgrading is worth it if I'll use more than ~9lbs of CO2/year. I suppose $200/yr isn't that bad at the end of the day. Just more than I was expecting to pay.