Home Carbonation

Just installed a home carbonation system.  My wife and I love drinking fizzy water, but were feeling eco-guilty about all the plastic bottles we were going through on a daily basis.  So we decided to take the plunge and just do it ourselves at home.

I got the inspiration from other posts I found on the web about how easy this is and how economical it becomes after the initial set up.  The carbonated water is pennies per liter once the setup is operational.

Here is a great instructable for a more DIY solution, which was my main inspiration.  At first, I thought I would go this route myself.  But after visiting the fine folks at Bob's Homebrew Supply, I decided that I was fine with them doing all the hard work.  So we ended up buying their off the shelf keg carbonating system, with an adapter for standard pop bottles.

10lb CO2 tank

CO2 line with standard keg coupler and Carbonator bottle adapter

Dual gauge pressure regulator

After picking up these items, the only other things we needed were a big wrench and some Teflon tape to get the seals tight.  The bonus with using this standardized system is that we are ready to pressurize a keg of beer at a moments notice.  Some home brewing is definitely a possibility in the future.

After connecting all the pieces, I set the regulator to output at 25psi, and in a matter of seconds, carbonated my first bottle of water.

Heather enjoying her fist glass of home carbonated water

Tank in its permanent home under the sink

Now it is just a matter of keeping cold water in the fridge ready to be carbonated on demand. We are also excited to experiment by adding our own flavors to the water and also carbonating other drinks.