I could not find a thread on carbonating water. It is the drink of choice in our house. We are about to remodel our kitchen and I’d like to have carbonated water on tap. Currently we have what I refer to as a redneck soda stream. It consists of taking 2L bottles of ¾ full water and putting them in the fridge until they are cold. Squeezing the air out and injecting 60psi/4bar of CO2 into the bottles and shaking them.
This is the current setup. I ran a copper tube into the basement where I have a 20lb C02 container. There is a pressure gauge and ball valve under the sink. I started with a shrader valve screwed into a pop top, but someone else on Amazon invented a better widget for that.
This makes extremely carbonated water. I am addicted to the carbonation level and water like San Pellegrino with it’s minimal bubbles is just not exciting to me.
There seem to be a few different methods of having cold carbonated water on tap.
-A carbonator running into a cold plate in an icemaker
-Compact remote chiller
-A cornelius keg in a fridge
In our current design we do have a place for the icemaker/cold plate and had contemplated that as a solution, but wondering what you all think or have experience with?
