Too Carbonated Brown Ale

[user 574]

I got a brown ale that is way too carbonated. Open a bottle without burping it and it'll bubble over for minutes. I like a fair amt of carbonation but not this much and especially in a brown ale. It's almost like pop rocks to the mouth. I think I'm stuck but figured I'd ask the rest of you... I have not enough room in the fridge to put them all in there (kegs are in there now )so the rest are resting at 75f or so. No bombs yet (3 weeks) so I don't think I'm going to have any. Will time reduce co2 or am I basically SOL with what I got. Any other commentary welcome. Never had this happen before. Same amt of sugar as all my other batches and FG was way low (1.008). Sucks, as the taste is great...

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

I don't think the carbonation will reduce with time if you have the kind of seal you want on your bottles. I've not been in the situation, so beats me, but I would uncap them for a half hour in the fridge and then recap. Not sure if that will get an acceptable result, but it's worth a shot.

 

[user 574]

The thought even crossed my mind to lightly burp them by tweaking the caps. Or, move them ever so gently into a keg...

 

[ScottT]

JMO but as carbonated as they are, you won't be successful in getting them to a keg.

My personal procedure would be to first chill 5 bottles down. Uncap all 5 and place them in the fridge. Start a timer for 30 minutes. Recap 1 at that time. Recap another at 45 minutes, recap another at 1 hour, recap another at 1 1/2 hour, and another at 2 hours and the last at 3 hours. Make sure that you can ID which bottle was at what time.

24 hours later, pop them one at a time and drink. Decide which was the best and move forward from there.