CO2 help

[fisherlandon]

I have a two barrel brewery and I am force carbonating my batches. My CO2 delivery guy comes every other week, how much CO2 will be need to operate four taps and still carbonnate 5 barrels weekly

[blueskybrwr]

We pour 6-8 beers for growler fills and carb 4-6 bbl/week and we get a 20 and 50 lb tank every 8-10 weeks. We have a 20 lb tank as that we use in the cold room for carbing. We need to switch the 50 lb that we use for pouring with the 20 lb tank and we could go longer. We have a 10 lb tank as back up and for festivals.
Cheers
Bill

[Thirsty_Monk]

I have a two barrel brewery and I am force carbonating my batches. My CO2 delivery guy comes every other week, how much CO2 will be need to operate four taps and still carbonnate 5 barrels weekly

I would recommend that you look for bulk CO2 supplier.
You would rent a bottle for reasonable price.
Price for CO2 is much cheaper then in 50 lb bottles.

[blueskybrwr]

I would recommend that you look for bulk CO2 supplier.
You would rent a bottle for reasonable price.
Price for CO2 is much cheaper then in 50 lb bottles.

For us the cost sharing for installing bulk wasn't worth it. The CO2 is essentially free with bulk but the rental on equipment when you can't purchase outright makes 50 lb tanks the best solution for us. The cost of the CO2 is less than $30/month.