Overcarbbing keg

[nashvillerider]

I usually put 30# PSI when carbbing my kegs for 36-48 hours. Never have a problem with the amount of CO2 in the beer. However, this past time I forgot to turn off the CO2 and it stayed on for almost a week before I remembered what I had done.

Now when I try to draw off a glass of brew I get nothing but foam. I've been wondering if there is any way I can reduce the carbonation in the beer?

I'm open to all ideas?

Thx
Dan

 

[brew_ny]

you can take it off the gas and purge it a couple times and then put back gas at serving pressure

it should balance out to whatever you serve at

all the best

S_M

 

[day_trippr]

What was the temperature of the beer while it was on 30 psi? "Room temperature" would be a lot different than "serving temperature" wrt how badly you've overcarbed this poor keg.

If it was the latter, well, it's gonna take a heck of a lot more than "a couple" of gas releases to tame that brew. It might take a couple of days of popping the PRV every time you think of it...

Cheers!

 

[brew_ny]

If it was the latter, well, it's gonna take a heck of a lot more than "a couple" of gas releases to tame that brew. It might take a couple of days of popping the PRV every time you think of it...

Cheers!

that is true for sure it may take a lot of purging to get it almost to start over

I do a couple of days at 20 psi purge then a day at 7 - 10 psi then start pouring

and it is all god

S_M

 

[nashvillerider]

What was the temperature of the beer while it was on 30 psi? "Room temperature" would be a lot different than "serving temperature" wrt how badly you've overcarbed this poor keg.

If it was the latter, well, it's gonna take a heck of a lot more than "a couple" of gas releases to tame that brew. It might take a couple of days of popping the PRV every time you think of it...

Cheers!

Temp was probably 34-38 degree's. I had thought that I could probably purge the CO2 using the PRV but thought "asking before trying" was better first.

Thx for the replies!