Removing bag from pressurized keg

[timruddell]

Hi helpful people.

I'm pretty new to kegging, and transferred a stout from a fermenter to a keg last night. I wanted to oak it for a few days, and having good experiences oaking in a secondary before, thought I was being smart and skipping a step by adding some steamed oak chips in a bag directly to the keg, tied with unflavored dental floss for easy retrieval, yada yada.

Now my dumb question:

I've already pressurized this keg, which is very full.

If I release the pressure in a couple of days and open the top to retrieve the bag of oak chips, won't a bunch of the CO2 come quickly out of solution and leave me sheepishly peering at a 5.5 gallon foaming geyser of stout head?

Or am I worrying about nothing?

 

[BigFloyd]

Is it cold or at room temp?

 

[chickypad]

No you're fine. Release the pressure right before, pull the bag then repressurize.

 

[Tupperwolf]

I was just reading a good post about this.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/help-turning-keg-into-brew-kettle-400429/#post5054253

 

[timruddell]

It's been in the kegerator at 38 degrees and at 10psi for 24 hours.

 

[timruddell]

Thanks people, it looks like I've nothing to worry about.

 

[BigFloyd]

10 psi for 24 hours at 38*F. You're not even close to being carbonated yet.

You can turn off the gas, release pressure and go for it.

 

[Jonas217]

I've unpressurized kegs regularly after they have been fully carbed for a week or more to remove hops. I release the pressure until it stops hissing. Then I wait a few seconda and try again. I usually have to repeat this 3 or 4 times until the keg is fully depressurized.

I then repressurize the keg again and it is imediately ready to serve.