Carbonation pump

Yes, lots of people. Google cornelius keg.

Regardless of what wbarwell thinks, most soda fountains use a "premix," which is a flavor concentrate. The "flavor" (it's a concentrate) then gets pumped to a mixer that dumps water and CO2 into a solution with the "flavor" to create the soda you request from your soda fountain output. A cornelius keg set-up is very different than a soda fountain set-up, even though soda does get distributed to the place where the fountain is in cornelius kegs. So, unless you want to make a "beer concentrate" (which I'm fairly certain would drive the alcohol out of the mix) you ain't gonna use a carbonation pump like they use at a soda fountain.

Of course there are no beer premixes ala soda. Obviously. But if you want a beer on tap, or to carbonate beer in a keg rather than natural priming, or carbonate beer to bottle it without lees and dregs natural priming leaves in a bottle, one usually uses a corny keg and CO2 tank and regulator.

To the original poster, ignore the above nonsense about soft drinks.

Kegs are pretty standard way of handling home brew. Google: homebrew, cornelius keg, keg systems.

er ... it wasn't nonsense, it was accurate.

Yes, this is patently true. However, in a soda machine the kegs are used to carry non-carbonated concentrate. The only pressure is that needed to push the concentrate into the machine, where it is mixed with force carbonated water. This is NOT going to work for beer.

Beer needs to be carbonated in the keg, then dispensed. It can be force carbonated, or naturally carbonated and CO2 used to push it out ... either works.

steveb

Errrr. No.

People have been setting up kegged beer dispensors for ages. There are even a number of sites showing how to set it up permanently in a frigerator.

The bullshit about dispensing soft drinks was pointless, beside the point and irrelevant.

You can carbonate beer in a keg, or dispense it from a keg, or carbonate it in a keg and bottle it. This is what is important. Ignorant blather about soft drinks is simply irrelevant to kegging beer which can be done easily if you are willing to put out the $$$$ for the gear.

The OP was asking about dispensing homebrewed beer from a keg it looks like. No prob. Rack beer from the secondary to a keg hook up the CO2 carbonate in a fridge, dispense from a hose and nozzle when the beer has adequately carbonated to desired carbonation level.

Google: Homebrew beer, keg

What the OP did not want was an irrelevant and pointless lecture on soft drinks.

There are dozens of sites that tell how it is done and sells the kegs and accessories. Once one knows it can be done with cornelius kegs, its a matter of deciding if the cost is warranted for what you want to do. Many people keg beer, many homebrew suppliers sell the gear. That is what the OP wanted to know.

No shit, Sherlock. Rather than blather ignorantly about soft drinks, speak to the subject. Beer and cornelius kegs. Dispensing beer can be done. Cornelis keg systems is how its done in the homebrew world.

The OP asked specifically about dispensing beer with a soda fountain pump.

Which bit of *you can't read* are you struggluing with the most?

The only irrelevant and pointless contributor in this thread is you .... get over yourself already.

I'm done with you .... 3rd grade was long ago.

steveb

Thanks, steveb. I was gone for a few days. Watching this guy be a kickfuck is funny, though.

I am a kegger. I fully know about Cornelius kegs. Nowhere in a beer system is there a carbonation pump, like the OP asked. Gee, it's even in the title of the thread!!! SILLY ME!!!!

I said good day.

If anybody had brains enough to point OP to a homebrew supply website explaining kegs rather than pontificating on soft drink bullshit, at longwinded but irrelvant length,you'd have saved OP a lot of trouble.

Of course there ain't no "carbonation pump". There are CO2 bottles and regulators.

Of course having been a pontificating f****it, said f****it can't admit it and go on.

OP simply had an inkling about using a keg but didn't know the right terminology.

Dear Dork,

Thanks for the link to a homebrew supply store. It was very helpful.

Wow..can't we be civil to each other here?

wbarwell,

What the OP was referring to is a carbonation pump. This is the pump that sits behind soda fountains and mixes the incoming tap water with the CO2, creating carbonated water on-demand before it's mixed with the syrup. The pump creates a turbid environment which increases the surface area of the water and allows it to absorb CO2 at a much faster rate than just applying pressure and waiting. Think of it like force carbing your beer by shaking the piss out of the keg constantly while under pressure.

A similar setup could be used where the finished beer is put into the pump to be mixed with CO2 for carbonating the beer on-demand.

To answer the OP, I've never heard of it being done, and it would probably just add an unnecessary link in the chain of putting the beer in your glass. Add to that the necessity of having a pump for every beer that you want on tap simultaneousl,y and it's just a hassle. Also, foaming would probably be a huge issue. Think about when you use the soda fountain at your local restaurant, you can only fill the cup so much before having to wait for the foam to subside. Beer foam (head) doesn't go away as fast soda foam.

Or, were you referring to using it to pre-carbonate your beer before kegging and then dispensing as normal? Still would probably be a mess. Just force carb it the normal way.

You were dork enough you didn't know how to use google to answer your own stupid question?

LOL!

plonk

nutter

Is it really wrong to laugh at the mentally challenged? Even in this case?

hehe

Okay, enough already. Let's close this topic; everyone seems to agree a carbonation pump is not a great idea for beer and the homebrewer. Let's stop the flaming and get this group back to talking beer!