"Biertourist":rhe13352 wrote: Does anyone know where I can get a hold of some Dry Ice or Liquid Nitrogen in Dublin?
Adam[/quote:rhe13352]
Leinster CO2[/url:rhe13352] looks like a runner.
The only reason I know of them is one of the Cork members uses their sister company in Cork, so I presume they will refill CO2 bottles - let us know how you get on.
"Biertourist":19242dde wrote: Does anyone know where I can get a hold of some Dry Ice or Liquid Nitrogen in Dublin?
-I'm thinking "40% home-brewed DIPA, stuffed in a bog mummy" is really the only way to top these guys! <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->
Seriously though, I really could use some dry ice every now and again, does anyone know where I might be able to find some? (Back home there was an ice cream shop that would sell it to me.)
(My previous hobby involved freezing and overclocking computers; if I would've kept my water chiller it would've made the greatest wort chiller EVER but it didn't make the move...) ;(
Adam[/quote:19242dde]
C02 comes as a liquid in cylinders the only difference is where the uptake tube is, if it extends to the bottom you will get liquid CO2, if its at the top you'll get CO2 as a gas (the liquid level is below the uptake).
If you were to put a reasonably full 'gas' cylinder on its side you'd turn it into a liquid dispense.
If you suirt the liquid CO2 into something like a small cloth sack the change from liquid to gas as the pressure drops will cause some of it to form dry ice.
A sack is a good way of doing this at home as you want the CO2 to be impeded to some extent and to catch the forming dry ice but you don't want any great pressure build up.
If home science projects aren't your thing then someone who supplies gas cylinders should also be able to make and sell you some dry ice.
&quot;Biertourist&quot;:1j1joihq wrote: Does anyone know where I can get a hold of some Dry Ice or Liquid Nitrogen in Dublin?
-I'm thinking "40% home-brewed DIPA, stuffed in a bog mummy" is really the only way to top these guys! <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->
Seriously though, I really could use some dry ice every now and again, does anyone know where I might be able to find some? (Back home there was an ice cream shop that would sell it to me.)
(My previous hobby involved freezing and overclocking computers; if I would've kept my water chiller it would've made the greatest wort chiller EVER but it didn't make the move...) ;(
Adam[/quote:1j1joihq]
C02 comes as a liquid in cylinders the only difference is where the uptake tube is, if it extends to the bottom you will get liquid CO2, if its at the top you'll get CO2 as a gas (the liquid level is below the uptake).
If you were to put a reasonably full 'gas' cylinder on its side you'd turn it into a liquid dispense.
If you suirt the liquid CO2 into something like a small cloth sack the change from liquid to gas as the pressure drops will cause some of it to form dry ice.
A sack is a good way of doing this at home as you want the CO2 to be impeded to some extent and to catch the forming dry ice but you don't want any great pressure build up.
If home science projects aren't your thing then someone who supplies gas cylinders should also be able to make and sell you some dry ice.[/quote:1j1joihq]
I tried this once when in school for dry ice effects during a concert. We blasted it into a laundry bag, it produced a bit of dry ice, but was hardly worth doing as it was just like snow and had no solidity.
&quot;Biertourist&quot;:34dind84 wrote: Does anyone know where I can get a hold of some Dry Ice or Liquid Nitrogen in Dublin?
-I'm thinking "40% home-brewed DIPA, stuffed in a bog mummy" is really the only way to top these guys! <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->
Seriously though, I really could use some dry ice every now and again, does anyone know where I might be able to find some? (Back home there was an ice cream shop that would sell it to me.)
(My previous hobby involved freezing and overclocking computers; if I would've kept my water chiller it would've made the greatest wort chiller EVER but it didn't make the move...) ;(
Adam[/quote:34dind84]
C02 comes as a liquid in cylinders the only difference is where the uptake tube is, if it extends to the bottom you will get liquid CO2, if its at the top you'll get CO2 as a gas (the liquid level is below the uptake).
If you were to put a reasonably full 'gas' cylinder on its side you'd turn it into a liquid dispense.
If you suirt the liquid CO2 into something like a small cloth sack the change from liquid to gas as the pressure drops will cause some of it to form dry ice.
A sack is a good way of doing this at home as you want the CO2 to be impeded to some extent and to catch the forming dry ice but you don't want any great pressure build up.
If home science projects aren't your thing then someone who supplies gas cylinders should also be able to make and sell you some dry ice.[/quote:34dind84]
I tried this once when in school for dry ice effects during a concert. We blasted it into a laundry bag, it produced a bit of dry ice, but was hardly worth doing as it was just like snow and had no solidity.[/quote:34dind84]
You are right in that it forms a more fluffy type of dry ice, i suspect the more solid form of dry ice (the type of commercial stuff you get) is just the fluffy stuff compressed.
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