Complete Guide to Gas Mixers and its various applications
Autor: Miguel Gil
contato@managas.com.br
Beer with Nitrogen and CO2
Gas Mixtures x Beer Styles
Currently, there is an increasing offer in varieties of beers available on the market, each with its own particularities and unique characteristics.
In terms of beer consumption, it also increases the challenge of attracting the final consumer and guaranteeing their loyalty, since they are also increasingly demanding and selective as to what they are consuming, as there are many options.
Therefore, it is essential to give the customer a unique experience with each beer he chooses to drink, allowing him, to notice the difference in flavor, color, aroma, etc., distinctive for each beer style.
This challenge, between preserving a specific beer style and offering the best product, has led to the use of a gas mixture, which means a mixture combining CO2 and Nitrogen to optimize beer dispensing (remove the beer from the keg to the tap).
The customized gas mixture, according to the style of the beer served, is crucial at this time, in order to keep the original characteristic of each beer style. In addition, it also provides a uniform, consistent and prolonged beer head, lasting up to 3 times longer than a beer extracted with CO2 only.
Due to the longer–lasting beer head, the beer temperature is also maintained for longer, which generates to the consumer, a more pleasant tasteful and visual experience, and as an outcome, increase of consumption.
Below, you can find the relation between each beer style and its most suitable gas mixture.
Beer Style
American Amber Ale
Carbonation Rate
2.2 – 2.8
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
74,80% x 25,20%
Beer Style
American Light Lager
Carbonation Rate
2.6
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
77,80% x 22,20%
Beer Style
American Pale Lager
Carbonation Rate
2.2 – 2.8
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
74,80% x 25,20%
Beer Style
American Pilsner
Carbonation Rate
2.6 – 2.7
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
79,30% x 20,70%
Beer Style
American Premium
Carbonation Rate
2.6 – 2.7
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
79,30% x 20,70%
Beer Style
American Wheat
Carbonation Rate
2.3 – 2.6
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
73,30% x 26,70%
Beer Style
Barley Wine
Carbonation Rate
1.3 – 2.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
53,90% x 46,10%
Beer Style
Belgian Dubbel
Carbonation Rate
1.9 – 2.4
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
61,50% x 38,50%
Beer Style
Belgian Pale Ale
Carbonation Rate
1.9 – 2.5
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
65,50% x 34,10%
Beer Style
Belgian Strong Ale
Carbonation Rate
1.9 – 2.4
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
64,40% x 35,60%
Beer Style
Belgian Tripel
Carbonation Rate
1.9 – 2.4
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
64,40% x 35,60%
Beer Style
Belgian White (Wit)
Carbonation Rate
2.1 – 2.6
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
70,30% x 29,70%
Beer Style
Berliner Weisse
Carbonation Rate
3.5
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
71,30% x 28,70%
Beer Style
Bock
Carbonation Rate
2.2 – 2.7
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
73,30% x 26,70%
Beer Style
Bohemian Pilsener
Carbonation Rate
2.3 – 2.5
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
71,80% x 28,20%
Beer Style
Brown Porter
Carbonation Rate
1.7 – 2.5
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
62,90% x 37,10%
Beer Style
California Common
Carbonation Rate
2.4 – 2.8
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
77,80% x 22,20%
Beer Style
Cream Ale
Carbonation Rate
2.6 – 2.7
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
79,30% x 20,70%
Beer Style
Doppelbock
Carbonation Rate
2.3 – 2.6
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
73,30% x 26,70%
Beer Style
Dortmunder Export
Carbonation Rate
2.6
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
77,80% x 22,20%
Beer Style
Dunkelweizen
Carbonation Rate
3.6 – 4.5
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
72,20% x 27,80%
Beer Style
Dusseldorf Altbier
Carbonation Rate
2.2 – 3.1
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
79,30% x 20,70%
Beer Style
English Best Bitter
Carbonation Rate
0.75 – 1.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
30,70% x 69,30%
Beer Style
English Brown
Carbonation Rate
1.5 – 2.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
56,90% x 43,10%
Beer Style
English Dark Mild
Carbonation Rate
1.3 – 2.0
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
49,40% x 50,60%
Beer Style
English Light Mild
Carbonation Rate
1.3 – 2.0
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
49,40% x 50,60%
Beer Style
English Old Strong Ale
Carbonation Rate
1.5 – 2.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
56,90% x 43,10%
Beer Style
English Ordinary Bitter
Carbonation Rate
0.75 – 1.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
30,70% x 69,30%
Beer Style
English Pale Ale
Carbonation Rate
1.5 – 2.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
56,90% x 43,10%
Beer Style
English Strong Bitter
Carbonation Rate
0.75 – 1.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
30,70% x 69,30%
Beer Style
Flanders Brown
Carbonation Rate
1.9 – 2.5
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
65,90% x 34,10%
Beer Style
Foreign-Style Stout
Carbonation Rate
2.3 – 2.6
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
73,30% x 26,70%
Beer Style
German Pilsener
Carbonation Rate
2.5
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
74,80% x 25,20%
Beer Style
Helles Bock
Carbonation Rate
2.2 – 2.7
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
73,30% x 26,70%
Beer Style
Imperial Stout
Carbonation Rate
1.5 – 2.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
56,90% x 43,10%
Beer Style
India Pale Ale
Carbonation Rate
1.5 – 2.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
56,90% x 43,10%
Beer Style
Irish Dry Stout
Carbonation Rate
1.6 – 2.0
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
53,90% x 46,10%
Beer Style
Kolsch
Carbonation Rate
2.4 – 2.7
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
76,30% x 23,70%
Beer Style
Mailbock
Carbonation Rate
2.2 – 2.7
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
73,30% x 26,70%
Beer Style
Marzen/Oktoberfest
Carbonation Rate
2.6 – 2.7
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
79,30% x 20,70%
Beer Style
Muncher Helles
Carbonation Rate
2.3 – 2.7
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
74,80% x 25,20%
Beer Style
Munich Dunkel
Carbonation Rate
2.2 – 2.7
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
73,30% x 26,70%
Beer Style
North German Altbier
Carbonation Rate
2.2 – 3.1
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
79,30% x 20,70%
Beer Style
Oatmel Stout
Carbonation Rate
1.8 – 2.4
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
62,90% x 37,10%
Beer Style
Schwarzbier
Carbonation Rate
2.2 – 2.6
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
71,80% x 28,20%
Beer Style
Scottish Export Ale
Carbonation Rate
0.75 – 1.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
30,70% x 69,30%
Beer Style
Scottish Heavy Ale
Carbonation Rate
0.75 – 1.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
30,70% x 69,30%
Beer Style
Scottish Light Ale
Carbonation Rate
0.75 – 1.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
30,70% x 69,30%
Beer Style
Strong Scotch Ale
Carbonation Rate
1.5 – 2.3
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
56,90% x 43,10%
Beer Style
Sweet Stout
Carbonation Rate
2.0 – 2.4
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
65,90% x 34,10%
Beer Style
Traditional Bock
Carbonation Rate
2.2 – 2.7
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
73,30% x 26,70%
Beer Style
Vienna
Carbonation Rate
2.4 – 2.5
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
73,30% x 26,70%
Beer Style
Weizen/Weissbier
Carbonation Rate
3.6 – 4.5
CO2 x N2 Gas Mixture
84,90% x 15,10%
*** It is important to remember that the above information are guidelines. To define these parameters several other factors must be taken into account, such as the length of the beer lines (distance between the cold room and the taps), ideal beer dispensing pressure, dispensing volume, beer temperature, etc. ***
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