Carbonating Keg Lid | Quick Beer Carbonator | Welded Gas-In Ball Lock Body Connect | 0.5 Micron Diffusion Stone

I’ve used corn sugar and I’ve carbonated with Co2 from the top and both worked but took a a few weeks at best.
I only used the new lid with the stone once so far and it only took three days.
Going forward I’ll be using the carbonating lid and stone for speed and simplicity!
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The black hose is extremely stiff making it a little difficult to get the lid on and off. Other than that it appears to be built well. Similar to the other carbonation lids I have ordered that have a more flexible hose.

Works well enough. Although I had to turn the pressure above 12 psi because it was taking to long. After a week of adjusting the pressure I finally got it where I wanted it. I do like to finer bubbles it produces in the beer compared to pressurizing the keg and shaking it. Next beer I carbonate I'll turn it up higher for the first 24 hours.

This product makes carbonating beer in a Corny keg easy and fast! There is some interference between the hose and the hatch when trying to close the cover, but it is manageable. Great product!

I've used my new Carbonating Keg Lid once so far. I'm thrilled. It used to take a week or more to fully carbonate my cornie of newly made home brew. Only two days this time. Fantastic!

Where has this been all my life!!!! This made carbonating my brews so easy it isn’t even funny!!! Absolutely love his!!!

This product works excellent for easy carbonation of homebrew kegs!

Using this in my kegerator exclusively for carbonated water. No leaks, and the tube is long enough for the aeration stone to sit at the bottom of the 10 gal keg.

Whereas with the standard short gas inlet the water would take about 3 days to become pleasantly carbonated, now it seems to take about 36 hours.

Good product. Able to carb beer or soda or seltzer beer in 24hrs. The tube is a bit stiff. Cleaning is a pain. And tube location makes it difficult some times to get lid on. But, it does work. And I don't have to swap fitting on keg or pick up 4.5 gallons of beer and shake it. I set mine for about 18-20 psi for 24 hrs and I'm done. Might be a little over carbonated for some beer but I can deal with that over flat.

Works as expected. Beer is carbonated. Took a few days to get to carbonation level that didn’t make me think... “this tastes flat”.

great customer service

Tubing is too long even for 5 gallon corny kegs. Far too long for 3 gallon kegs. I had to trim it down so that it wasn't crimped due to having to loop back up. Also needed to use hot water to get the bend out of the tubing.

Seems to do the job it was intended for. Would be better to have options for different tubing lengths to purchase so you can have it ready for your kegs right out of the box.

This carbonating lid works quite well. I've tried it on a Porter and an ale in the last week and both were ready to drink within 24 hours. It takes a little babysitting
in the first few hours to raise the pressure slowly every hour but not a big deal. Definitely an upgrade.

This is an absolute must have IMO as a home brewer. Achieve ideal carbonation for your beer style easily and consistently.

seems expensive but ai see the value of keeping beer safe and quick carbonation

All in all this carbonating lid works well. I wish the tube was clear instead of black so I could see that's it's clean and dry for storage. Also wish the tube would screw off the lid like it screws apart from the aerator. For the price it shouldn't lack these features.

Works well, used 1 time so far.

Have been kegging my beer for 10 years and going between natural CO2 carbonation by waiting about 7 days to force carbonation by agitation. Neither method was totally satisfactory for initial beer draws. After using the carbonating keg lid, I have to ask myself why I didn't buy this before. Followed the included instructions and it worked like a champ. A relatively inexpensive and seemingly foolproof way to force carbonate my beer. Very happy with the way it works. The only minor complaint was having to work a little bit to get the plastic tube straight before inserting it into the keg.

Finally pulled the trigger on the carb lid after years of carbing my kegs by hooking the gas up to the "out" side of the keg and increasing the pressure to 30-40 psi for 24 hours. My old method worked fine, but the carbonation was never "just right" and it always took days, or even weeks at serving pressure to get the beer pouring like I wanted it. I have used the new carb lid to carbonate three kegs, and so far I am very happy with the results. Much better results that my previous method. Highly recommended.!

One if the best investments my wife and have made.
Works like a dream, no more over carbed kegs!

This worked as expected and cut the time to full carbonation.

From one who was carbonating with reserved wort, this works so great that I will never go back to that again. Just one day, doesn't use a lot of co2, and you can control the carbonation level. Highly recommend.

Beer is well carbed and ready to drink in 24 hours

My only complaint is the hose is kinda stiff with a curve to it... had to work at it to get it straight enough, but once it is broken in, it is fine. The quality of weld and etc are all very good. Sometimes it takes longer than 24 hours to get a good carbonation, but it depends on the beer and it is very forgiving. You figure it out and make adjustments.

Did not really change the pour, in fact, its not as creamy as before. We tried adjusting PSI, no real difference.

I m pretty new to kegging but this seems to do a good job. After quick force carbing a batch I ended up over carbonating it and that was enough to make me want to buy this. Set the psi at the regular amount and just give it a couple days. Seems to work well so far.

Would give more stars but lid did not seal on my 5gal homebrew keg. Used hose on co2 inlet and worked.

Used it for nitro coffee and it did help getting the nitrogen to absorb better in solution.

This lid works on everything I want to carbonate. I have had about a dozen of them for a few years now and they hold up to constant use. We use them for Co-worker side projects here at Dogfish Head Brewery.

It used to take 3 days and shaking the keg in order to carbonate my beer. There are posts on the internet that talk about shaking your keg and using high pressure to get 24 hour results but I have found that the CO2 just falls out of suspension. With this carb lid, it works just like a bright tank and I get good carbonation that "sticks" in 24 hours. Love this because I hated waiting for my beer.

This is a crazy handy tool. Works very well.

Purchased so I could carbonate overnight for bottling with a bottling wand the following day. Per other reviews, yes this does appear to be a cheap Chinese made lid. And just as Jay H commented, I didn't have a problem with the lid sealing, but the CO2 port leaked terribly. I used a generous amount of Teflon tape and still can't get a good seal. In fact, the port leak was so bad it's likely there was never enough psi in the keg for me to know if the lid was sealing or not. I can usually get to 80-90% of the carbonation level I'm looking for in 2-3 days so just going to write this purchase off as another "patience is a virtue" lesson. Another issue was that the tube that the stone is attached to is pretty rigid, and too long. It pushed against the bottom of the keg, and made removing the lid difficult.
Curious that there are so many good reviews...Guess that shows how inconsistent the manufacturing process is with this product.
Fantastic idea, (1 star for that) but unable to recommend.

I've had this for years, and I've never had problems with the lid not sealing properly. If you follow the instructions you will have fully carbonated beer much faster than any other method that I've tried.

After a lot of online research and contacting morebeer support (they couldn't really answer my questions), I wrote out detailed instructions for myself on how to accurately and properly use this carbonating lid and stone. This should get your beer perfectly carbonated every time. The problem is that the instructions that come with the lid do not explain wetting pressure, and if followed, you will almost always come away with under-carbonated beer. Wetting pressure is the PSI threshold for bubbles to start coming out of the stone. If the wetting pressure is a typical 4 PSI, and you give the stone 2 PSI of CO2, no bubbles will come out, like they would if you were just adding CO2 to the headspace of the keg via the body connect (IN). THIS IS CRUCIAL. You can find your wetting pressure by submerging the stone in a glass of water (connected to lid line, and gas connected to lid port). Slowly crank the PSI on the regulator until bubbles start coming out - when they start coming out of the stone, note the PSI on the regulator and that is your wetting pressure. I hope this helps!

Process:

1. Keg beer and use carbonating stone LID. Use keg lube for rubber gasket on this lid and make sure
to get a good seal before purging and before setting lid with handle lever.

2. Connect CO2 line directly onto the gas-in port on THE KEG, not on the lid. Do this while sealing, purging,
and setting. Set final pressure around 10 psi and leave for 40-48 hours (cold crash). The carbonation stone will not work
well until the beer is at your target temperature.

3. After 40-48 hours, turn off small gas valve (under regulator), but do not disconnect gas line from keg (yet). SLOWLY bleed
CO2 pressure from keg until there is no pressure. Now, purge gas from REGULATOR itself with the regulator's pressure relief
valve, and then set regulator to about 4 psi. Now open small gas valve to let 4 psi of gas enter keg (keg body connect still,
NOT lid port to carbonation stone). Slowly purge keg a few times with this 4 psi. After purging, let 4 psi sit for 5 minutes.

4. Now, with 4 psi in the headspace of the keg, first close the small gas valve and disconnect gas from keg. Now completely
purge the gas from the REGULATOR and turn regulator NOB to the left so zero gas is entering/will enter regulator.

5. Turn on small gas valve (no CO2 will enter line) and connect the gas to the LID PORT (to carb stone).

6. Slowly (take about 1 minute to do this) turn regulator NOB to the right until you hit 4 psi. *This is the wetting pressure for my
stone, yours may be different, but is likely around 4 psi* Let sit for 1 minute. After 1 minute, raise to 6 psi. Leave at 6 psi for 1
hour (and check a couple times in the first 10 minutes to make sure it is holding at 6 psi).

7. After 1 hour at a steady 6 psi, slowly raise to 8 psi. Do this every hour until the final desired psi is reached.
The wetting pressure of my carbonation stone is roughly 4 psi, so for example, if you want to reach 12 psi @ 40
degrees F, you will need the final psi on the regulator to be 16 psi (12 psi + 4 psi wetting pressure).

8. Leave at final PSI for 3 full days (I do this to be safe and let it age a bit more, but you should at least leave for 36 hours IMO),
and check periodically to make sure the psi is holding.

9. After 3 days (or my recommended minimum of 36 hours), turn off small gas valve and purge the REGULATOR of CO2 (not the
keg). Turn nob to the left so that no gas will enter the regulator or line. Disconnect the gas line from the KEG LID PORT. Turn
on the small gas valve and connect gas line to KEG BODY CONNECT (IN). Check regulator gauge - make sure it reads the
correct PSI you were aiming for. If it was 16 psi when connected to the KEG LID PORT (carb stone), it should now read right
around 12 PSI when connected to the KEG BODY CONNECT (IN). If this is the case, good job! It worked.

10. Now slowly bleed the CO2 from the keg and replace the carbonating lid with a normal keg lid (again use keg lube
on rubber gasket of normal lid). Seal lid and purge CO2 a few times to be safe. Set Regulator at desired PSI -
which would be 12 PSI from our previous example. Let sit at 12 PSI for 2 full days with normal lid on (again, this is my safe
personal preference, not necessary).

11. After 2 days, connect the LIQUID OUT LINE and pour a pint! Check for correct carbonation. If carbonation and taste
are both good, beer is ready to drink and bottle!

Notes: I wrote these instructions out in such a way that you might say "duh" or "you don't need to explain that part" - but I wanted
it to be comprehensive because every step is important and generally it's just good to have detailed notes. You also
might be thinking "jeez, this makes it seem very difficult and cumbersome, should I even use one of these?" Well, once
you've carbonated this way once or twice, I'd be surprised if you still wanted to use the "set and forget" method or the
method of cranking up the PSI to 30 and shaking. This is how commercial breweries carbonate their beer (on a larger
scale) and it's well worth learning and using this method. It will become easy as cake and satisfying after the first 1-2
attempts. Small bubbles, perfect carbonation in 4-6 days from initial kegging, and professional. You can also have
the beer carbonated in just 3 days as well using these instructions by just cutting down on cold crash time,
stone carbonating time, and by not replacing lid with normal lid. I just prefer switching to a normal lid for longer term
storage. Good Luck!

- DUNDY

Great product, I can never go back to the old way of carbing a keg again.

1. Boil the carbonation stone for 2-5 mins.
2. Use hot water on the black tube to straighten it out.
3. Make sure your beer is nice and cold.
4. Hook up your CO2 to the lid and purge the oxygen before putting in the keg.
5. Put keg lube on the rubber seal.
6. Insert the lid into the keg and lock in place. Hook up the CO2.
7. Put about 5 PSI on the keg for 2 hours.
8. Throw up the PSI to 12-15 for 24-38 hours. Test your beer.
9. Release the CO2, remove the lid, clean the lid with cold water and boil your stone for 5 mins before storage.

Thats it! You're done.

This worked quite well for me. It cut the time in half to carbonate my beer. (About a week)
I didn't force carbonate. I just installed it and let it do its thing. I'll be buying another one soon!

I prefer to let the beer come of age slowly. In a pinch this hits the beer a little harder.

I have not had many sealing issues as others have had. Beer is up to the correct volume of C02 in no time . These are a must have

I've had great success with mine. Two suggestions, one boil the stone after every use and two, get a check valve for your gas. I've had mine back up into my head line.

This is a great product! I did not have any sealing issues. Perfect carbonation in 24 hours. I do recommend keg lube for any sealing issues. Also don't forget to perge the oxygen!

I rarely use this, but when I need to quickly force carbonate a beer, this does it in a fraction of the time

This works great - no problems so far. I have not experienced the sealing issues others have said. Bottom line is that i can carbonate a keg in about 24 hours, or 36 at most. It is a little tricky to fit into the keg opening, but nothing too difficult.

Love it.. works as expected.

Be warned. Follow the instructions. It can be tough to get your pressure regulator low enough, but once you master it - works well. Hint, wash the tube in very hot water and it will straighten out.

I do have a couple of cornies that the fit is not quite right. Keg lube fixes it pretty well.

I've had it for about six months now. The reports of the lid being slightly smaller than normal for corny kegs is accurate. I use keg lube, and I pressurize the keg at around 16 psi to get a good seal using the normal gas in line. It still develops leaks. It has been about a 50/50 shot in my experience as to whether it seals and is usable or will have a slow leak. I learned the hard way to keep a close eye on it whenever using it. I brew (relatively) a lot of beer - I'm usually kegging a new beer about every 10 days. So, I have giving this thing a fair chance. As of tonight, I'm done with it. I would have chalked it up to having received a bad unit, but a buddy has one as well and has the exact same problems. If you have the means, you would be better off building one on your own. That's what I'm going to do next. Using a carbonation stone is great - but it's just poorly implemented in this product.

This thing rocks beer is fully carbed in a few days. Now to sealing issues, any lid will leak if u only apply 2psi to it. It doesn't give the seal a chance to seal!!! The trick that works for me is: hook up your normal gas line to its normal position on the keg like you didnt have this lid half way latched and apply 10-12 psi rite off the bat to seal the o-ring, then latch all the way. Keg lube u should already own works on any water fitting around your house. I usually spray some star san to check for leaks. Once u apply 10-12psi and it seals up than run your pressure down to 3psi and follow the instructions. Just my 2 cents

It didn't work as I was expecting it too. I don't know, maybe my expectations were just way too high. I followed the instructions to the letter but didn't get near the amount of carbonation I was hoping for. I had almost no pressure in the keg at all until I cranked it up to about 10psi. Just sort of disappointed.

I've used this lid twice now, with great results. One batch was a stout on Nitro Beer Gas and it worked like a charm.

Well worth the price.

I have not noticed a difference in taste using this lid vs. normal force carbonation, it just happens faster!

Able to carb and transfer several kegs a day using this in just 2 kegs, then transfer the beer to another clean keg that doesn't have the stone in it. You can vent for carbing in about an hour, or you can simply follow the instructions and it takes about a day, or overnight. Works great and I'd highly recommend this. Sure beats shaking kegs for hours everyday as I used to do.

The lid, connectors, hose, and stone are all top notch quality and they fit my kegs without any problems. I was hoping that this would significantly decrease the time to carbonate my beers but my experience has been that unless you do a lot of shaking it only shaves off a couple of days. You can shake to speed up carbonation with a normal corny keg so there's only a slight benefit from this setup.