Hello fellow brewers. As a new bloke on the block I would like to ask a question or two about using soda stream bottles to gas 18 litre kegs. I am new to the keg system and would like to know if using a soda stream bottle replaces the need to hire a gas cylinder from a supplier. I have been reading a bit but haven't quite got it yet. A friend of mine uses the big BOC bottles and also decanters the brewed beer into another brewing container prior to putting it into the keg, to get rid of most of the sediment. He has said however that if I was to use a soda stream bottle to gas the beer once it was in the steel keg I would not be able to decanter the brewed beer because there would not be enough carbonation in the beer and there would not be enough gas in the soda stream bottle to carbonate and push the beer through the system. I hope this makes some sense. All I really need to know is; will a soda stream bottle do the job? or does the beer need to be gassed by a big bottle and then use the soda stream bottle for dispensing? Also is decantering from the original brewing container into another a normal practice?
Thanks in Advance.
Donno