MikefromMichigan
Active Member
Hi everyone, I have looked at the many posts on too much carbonation in kegged beers but have not seen a question that I have.
I have been brewing for a year or so and have been bottling my brew. I decided to start kegging instead, and kegged my first bear last month, with great success. I kegged my latest beer last weekend and force carbonated at 30PSI for what I thought would be 24 hours. Unfortunately I had a leak in my gas supply, and my gas supply ran out before the carbonation was finished. I refilled the gas bottle, fixed the leak and force carbonated again for 24 hours. My beer is now way too over carbonated. I found a method on line of attaching the gas line to the beer out keg post which was supposed to force the CO2 out of the beer. I tried that but it is still over carbonated.
So here is my question. Can I refill a carbouy with the beer and add an air lock and wait until the CO2 has dispersed from the beer and then re-keg it or bottle it?
I have been brewing for a year or so and have been bottling my brew. I decided to start kegging instead, and kegged my first bear last month, with great success. I kegged my latest beer last weekend and force carbonated at 30PSI for what I thought would be 24 hours. Unfortunately I had a leak in my gas supply, and my gas supply ran out before the carbonation was finished. I refilled the gas bottle, fixed the leak and force carbonated again for 24 hours. My beer is now way too over carbonated. I found a method on line of attaching the gas line to the beer out keg post which was supposed to force the CO2 out of the beer. I tried that but it is still over carbonated.
So here is my question. Can I refill a carbouy with the beer and add an air lock and wait until the CO2 has dispersed from the beer and then re-keg it or bottle it?
