So I got a question. I over carbintated my last brew. I usually just turn mine on to 30 psi and let her set for a day and a half to 2 days. This time I got a call and left for work out of town and totally forgot about it. so it sat at 30 for 5 days. it is super carbinated but if I pour and let it set I get about 4 oz of great beer. hahahaha any suggestions.
Over carbed my keg! Motha efer!
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brum
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Yeah take it off the gas and purge it everyday for a lil while then plug 'er back in and set to what you want to serve at.
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I don't even think it would take a few days to do this; you could probably do it in an afternoon. That's the good thing about kegs.
Being that overcarbed, it's going to take about 20 purges over the course of a couple days. Vent until no more gas flows or until foam starts blowing out of the purge.
The easiest way to bleed an overcarbed keg is to put a warm flat keg in the fridge (gas to gas) with jumpers to the over carbed keg. They will both be perfect in a couple days or less. The flat keg will absorb the CO2 as it cools and pull the pressure from the overcarbed keg.
dallasdb
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That sounds like a great way to save CO2 as well!
Does anyone do this when they force carb and have another keg ready to carb?
