fastricky

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Interesting question... So you'd turn it right side up to vent the gas I reckon? Not sure it'd work as well, but it probably would work.

Poindexter

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You could turn it upside down, but you would have to turn it back over to vent it.

Plus if you natural carbed on sugar you would have all that yeast and crud back up in the beer.

Nice going fastricky.

ChshreCat

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since you're just agitating the beer, wouldn't shaking it and venting do the same thing? I mean, if you have sediment, pumping CO2 through the dip tube will stir that up as well.

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Poindexter

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Could do I guess. I have enough kegs in rotation that I natural carb on sugar just because I can. When I tap a new one I run the crud out, usually less than a pint, and then pour an actual pint to sample.

If I get one overcarbed I am going to give this a try.

Shaking and venting will give similar results, just the curve won't be as smooth I think.

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teu1003

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Here's a really easy way to do this ... invert the keg at least enough so the "out tube" is out of the beer. then put the gas on (i used about 10 pounds). squeeze the pony tap (have a cup ready to catch the beer in the line and "spit" that comes out). you will hear the bubbling and the gas will be coming out of the tap. turn the gas off but keep the tap open til everything stops. turn the keg back right side up and turn the gas back on see whats what. I had a keg that was dispensing 3/4 of a cup of foam and fixed it in about 45 seconds. FANTASTIC TIP!

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chuggs

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Now why the heck didn't I think of that!!

I've been looking into those air stones for Nitrogenating my stouts. I could attach the airstone to the short little gas-sy side...and flip the keg upside down to bubble the Nitrogen/CO2 blend in. Shake, vent, repeat...until I get some good Nitrogen disolved into solution. It wouldn't hurt one bit to leave it in the keg. Just turn it right side up...and dispense.

EUREKA...

Sometimes it's the simple fix that works the bestest!

Hound_Dog

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This is a bit of a zombie thread, but I just wanted to comment that I just tried the flip upside down technique, and it worked perfectly.

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Austin_

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Glad this thread popped back up. I tried fastricky's fix two weeks ago. I hooked the gas up to the out valve and slowly released the pressure. Worked like a charm.

lower1310

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lets just say that I am truly flummoxed, I don't understand why this worked, but it did for some unknown reason. Unless there is something truly wrong with this, like maybe it will hurt my equipment(don't know how) this should be a sticky.

BuddyBrews

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Anyone know how long or how many times to do this