FIX an Over Carbonated Keg in 15 MINUTES!

[@GolfProVR]

This guy knows his craft. Thanks for the expertise without forcing me to hear all the blah blah rhetoric or talk show style presentations. By the way you look like Mitchell Hooper 2023 Worlds Strongest Man.

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Thanks Haha... 🤔I'll have to check it out.

[@LordKorea1510]

I'm so thankful for this video. Did my very first forced carbonated beer in a keg and obviously I messed up... Only thing I got into my glass was foam. Followed your instruction using ~12 psi and now it's almost perfect, maybe even slightly undercarbonated after repeating the "blow off" 5 times. But it will recarbonate over time and is drinkable now. You, Sir, deserve a medal for saving 20 liters of beer! Cheers!

[@CityscapeBrewing]

You're absolutely welcome! This is the whole reason why I started the channel, to help other brewers. It took me a long time to learn and I had to pull it from 100 different places when I got started. 🍻 I hope the beer is delicious!

[@LordKorea1510]

@@CityscapeBrewing The beer is delicious! Thanks again, mate! Greetings from Munich, Germany!

[@Scrotomus]

You are a godsend and saved my beer!. The video was simple and easy to follow worked exactly as you said. Thank you 🤙🏽 from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Sweet! 👍 🍻

[@stickler5150]

What a cool trick, this actually works haha. Genius. Thanks mate. For anyone trying this I wouldn't do bursts of anymore than 3 - 5 seconds at a time and work from there. Cheers 🍻

[@CityscapeBrewing]

💯🤘

[@bryanlane267]

Update: THANK YOU! I replaced the liquid connector with the gas line connector. Left the original gas port without a connection. Then followed your directions on purging, the foam purged out of the gas port. 5 minutes later, I was done. Now I am pouring perfect beer. Thanks again

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Awesome! I'm glad that worked! 🍺

[@John-lc2lz]

Another keg of beer was saved because of this video. Thanks from 🇨🇦

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Haha glad to save every pint I can! Glad it worked! 🍻

[@barneyroybal1406]

Your video was a beer life saver. After 3 years of kegging, I finally had a over carbonated beer on my hands and trying to figure out how to fix the problem was a journey to say the least. After trying several tips from youtubers that didn't help, I happened upon your video. My problem was very similar to what you were showing on your video. I gave it a try and, Voile, It worked beautifully and on the first attempt. Thanks again for what you do. Keep up the great videos. Peace.

[@CityscapeBrewing]

You're welcome! Glad to help! 🍻

[@barry1903]

Great tip Dennis! Putting the keg in a 5gal bucket keeps the process clean too.

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Yep. I've had some that don't foam that much and some that make a mess. Depends on how much beer is in the keg and how over carbonated it is.

[@RobTalksBeer]

Great tip for anyone who has ever over carbed a keg, and who hasn't at least once.

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Right!? If you haven't done that, I'd argue you haven't brewed enough haha.

[@matex118]

Thank's man, it worked perfectly! I had set 10 Psi too much to carbonate my keg, and I realized it today while I have an event tomorrow. It really saved my day!

[@CityscapeBrewing]

That's awesome! Glad to help! I've definitely been there before. Hope your event goes well. 🍻

[@chrisobrien2528]

Will definitely keep this tip in mind, thanks!

[@CityscapeBrewing]

You're welcome! It works great!

[@rlgriffis]

Interesting. Never heard of this method. Will try it next time.

[@CityscapeBrewing]

💯 works great!

[@patrickglaser1560]

I turn off the gas stop, pour a few foamy pints using head pressure. It's only a few pints away from pouring right.

[@CityscapeBrewing]

That's only when it's slightly over carbonated. When you leave a keg at 30 to 40 PSI for several days longer than you needed to.. it would take days or even weeks to get it back by only pulling pints or pressure. I've done this more times than I care to admit so I know that it works, and fast.

[@patrickglaser1560]

@@CityscapeBrewing fair point, I'm stingy with co2 bottles. I never set my regulator over 1 bar/15psi

[@lamehunter]

you are legend sir, thank you

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Thanks haha. I like to think this video has saved hundreds of gallons of beer lol 🍻

[@seewaage]

I have a tendency to over carbonate my beers so thanks for the ideas!

[@CityscapeBrewing]

You're welcome 🍻

[@will5430]

Great tip!

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Thanks! It works well! 🍻

[@trichard5106]

Thanks !!

[@bryanlane267]

thanks for the video. I'm currently dealing with an over carbonated commercial keg. It's driving me crazy. I've followed all the steps to clean the system, and still similar to your first pour. Then I used a picnic tap, still foamy, so it isn't my system. I'm going to try your method, I will reply back with results. Thanks

[@CityscapeBrewing]

I'm not sure if this will work with a commercial keg. It depends on if they're dip tube goes all the way down to the bottom or not. This only works when the dip dube from the serving line can go all the way down and pull out the CO2. Another suggestion is to use a longer serving line for the picnic tap... That will give it some resistance and friction and should slow down the beer and not be as foamy

[@bryanlane267]

@@CityscapeBrewing thanks for the suggestion. The other problem is I can't open the keg, so there would be no place for the foam to be expelled. I'm back to the beginning again.

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Yeah, a longer tap line might be your only choice.... You don't want to pump new CO2 in there or else it will get worse. Another choice is to just keep drinking it without it hooked to CO2 at all... But the pressure release by creating more headspace when the beer empties

[@bryanlane267]

@@CityscapeBrewing a thought, I swap the gas and serving line connectors on the commercial tap. Push gas down the serving line, and keep the gas line (that is now the serving line) open to let liquid out. My question is will foam/beer be expelled out of the commercial tap via the gas line?

[@codebowl]

Nice tip, I will have to try that next time I get an over carbonated beer :)

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Yeah I've had a LOT of people reach out to me about this. They hook up gas at 30 psi and then forget it for 4 days haha. It works!

[@chrisobrien2528]

@@CityscapeBrewing I just recently moved to pressure fermentation for my last two brews, and it looks like my days of forced pressure carbonation may be over! I was able to source out the parts for my homemade spunding valves between my homebrew shop, a local hardware store, and a big-box hardware store (known for their blue buckets)😆 for a few of the remaining fittings. Along with installing a floating dip tube in the kegs, I ferment/naturally carbonate/dispense right from the same vessel. This might be a great video idea down the road!

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Good idea! May have to look into that.

[@codebowl]

I as well went to pressure with the fermzilla and love it

[@jesseschnieders9734]

Could a guy release the pressure and then remove the fitting (that the coupler goes in) and let it sit for awhile? Basically what you do when you wait for “head” to go down

[@CityscapeBrewing]

You could but you also risk some oxidation. It will be very slow naturally decarbonating. The point of pushing co2 through the beer is to pull out the co2 as the bubbles travel up through the beer

[@Patostreamz]

HEEELLL YEA this totally saved me! thanks!

[@CityscapeBrewing]

🍻🤘👏

[@jonathanritter7364]

I have a D style coupler. How would you recommend doing it with one of those

[@CityscapeBrewing]

The same way. You would put the gas on the beverage out line so it goes down to the bottom and pull the pressure relief valve. Only do short bursts for the gas to go down to the bottom. And wait for it to release all the pressure and repeat.

[@jonathanritter7364]

@CityscapeBrewing Soni assume you have to turn the pressure up quite high?

[@CityscapeBrewing]

@jonathanritter7364 no, normal serving pressure is fine. You don't want to turn it up at all

[@swish4866]

Are you using serving PSI (10-12) during the process to remove excess carbonation?

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Yes. I don't change the pressure.

[@robertbaird919]

Would this apply for a soda as well? I’m currently trying to carbonate a water mixture for a cannabis infused soda. In a side note would a water soluble surfactant cause the foam when dispensing @ 10psi?

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Yes it would work if it is over carbonated. For soda, you must have a lot longer serving line for the higher pressure to keep the carbonation in the drink without foaming.

[@bryand8581]

Good video!

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Thanks!! Glad you liked it!! 🍻

[@XkannsenX]

white connectors usualy connect well in the beer side

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Yeah I've used them before but I also had one stick on so bad that I had to break the connector to get it off. So now I just tell people to switch them quick so they don't have that problem. 🍻

[@barneyroybal1406]

Sorry. I haven't found that to be the case!

[@edmunddavis2585]

I did what you said...both techniques and I still have foam bombs. My other tap pours fine so it is not a line length issue and both are cold. Annoying.

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Have you tried switching the kegs to the one that pours fine and see?

[@sangofficial2455]

How i do it with coupler S ? My beer is too much foam .

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Not sure how to help you there. You need the gas to go through the bottom dip tube

[@garethcollier9629]

I have done this, but when I poured a pint, it has sent my beer very, very cloudy. Is that normal? Will it calm down?

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Yes, it rouses up the yeast that's at the bottom of the keg. Give it 24 hours or even a few hours and it should be much more clear

[@garethcollier9629]

​much appreciated. What pressure would you set at, or would you have no co2 pressure in the keg.

[@CityscapeBrewing]

@garethcollier9629 after you're done bleeding the keg, just set it at normal CO2 serving pressure. 10 to 12 PSI. If it's still foamy, it may be your serving line length. I recommend between 8 to 10 ft of serving line between the keg and your faucet, unless you have flow control faucets. This will give you resistance before it comes out all foamy

[@garethcollier9629]

Have flow control, so all cheers. Thanks for advice.

[@andrewtitcombe8378]

And there is me trying to use this method to quick carbonate my kegs, seems i am making things worse? I Also use a carbonation stone on the end of a flexible line on the Co2 side of a keg to fast carbonate soda water. And this works , so why does this work to un-carbonate an over carbonated beer ?

[@CityscapeBrewing]

Because the CO2 comes from the bottom of the keg on the dispensing line and the CO2 pulls the smaller bubbles in the beer to decarbonate while you are pulling the pressure relief valve.

[@Alchemy_Anarchy]

Will this work if you have a floating dip tube?

[@CityscapeBrewing]

No. The CO2 needs to come up through the beer from the bottom, pulling out the carbonation.

[@michaelpeslow2839]

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[@estoware]

Honestly, you went from a nice foamy pour to a flat pour. The one you call perfect , I would reject. 1-1.5 inches of foam is the norm. You also wasted a lot of beer (foam is beer too).

[@CityscapeBrewing]

When I first poured the beer I had about an inch of beer at the bottom of the glass and the rest was foam. Even if the beer ends up under carbonated, it will recarbonate by sitting at normal serving pressure. I agree you want 1-1.5 inches of head, and it will end up that way even if you let out more carbonation with this process. The point of the video was to show people how to get carbonation out of their beer when it is very over carbonated. Sometimes this is the only way to do it, even if you lose a pint in foam.