Carbonating Homebrew for Beginners | Options, Prices, Pros & Cons

Here Tim explains the various ways to carbonate homebrew for beginners and fairly new beer brewers including bottling, pressure barrelling, mini kegging, corny kegging and canning. He covers the methods, pros and cons and costs of each option. Below you'll find a link to each product reference plus some useful links to a priming calculator and force carbonation chart.

GENERAL EQUIPMENT:
-Micro Scale
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Jewe...
-Spray Bottle
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Delta-Clean-...

BOTTLING:
-Bottles
https://brew2bottle.co.uk/collections...
-Siphon
https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk/produc...
-Dextrose
https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk/produc...
-Sanitiser
https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk/produc...
-Bottling Bucket 5L
https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk/produc...
-Bottling Wand
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Bottl...
-Carbonation Drops
https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk/produc...

BARRELLING & MINI KEGGING:
-Pressure Barrel 25L
https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk/produc...
-Siphon
https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk/produc...
-Dextrose
https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk/produc...
-Sanitiser
https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk/produc...
-Mini Keg 5L
https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk/produc...

CORNY KEGGING:
-AEB 19L Keg
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/produ...
-Siphon
https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk/produc...
-Sanitiser
https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk/produc...
-CO2 Regulator
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/produ...
-CO2 Cylinder
https://gas-uk.co.uk/index.php/carbon...
-Party Tap and Line
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/produ...
-Beer Line (only 2-3m needed for a simple single party tap setup)
https://a1barstuff.co.uk/keg-beer-lin...
-Keg Quick Disconnects (for one keg)
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/produ...

CANNING:
-Brewly Automatic Can Sealer
https://thehomebrewery.co.uk/brewly-a...
-DuoFiller Gen 2
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/produ...

CALCULATORS & CHARTS:
-Priming Calculator:
https://www.brewersfriend.com/beer-pr...
-Force Carbonation Chart:
https://www.brewersfriend.com/force-c...