Anyone ever done this?

[pascott6]

Here is the story. I bought a 20 min boil kit from Midwest. Followed the instructions & after primary i bottled it with 5oz priming sugar. I left it for 3 months & when i tryed it there was so much carbination i couldn;t even drink it. It was like champagne. Well i figured i would empty every bottle into a bucket & let it go flat then keg it & see what happens. Well today i opened the bucket & tasted it & WOW it was good. I racked it into a keg & it is now getting cold. I will start to carb it tomorrow. I've had alot of people tell me that this would not work but so far so good.

 

[dcp27]

it works fine, i've done something similar before. theres a fairly big risk of oxidation which is why it isn't recommended. congrats on saving the batch

 

[beerguy52]

The CO2 released when you emptied the bottles into the bucket would blanket the beer and prevent oxidation. Not infection though.