Help resuscitate my first lager

[moonshine]

It was supposed to be ready tomorrow but I've just learned the hard way that carbonation doesn't work well in a pressure barrel. Oops. How can I revive it?

I was thinking about drawing some lager from the barrel, adding sugar to it, adding it back into the barrel, then bottling it up.

I guess I'd have to move the bottles to a warm place a few days, then move back to somewhere cold. Would that work? :wha:

 

[jonnymorris]

If you do as you suggest and draw lager from the barrel etc you'll only be adding oxygen to your brew which isn't good.

Depending on how long it's been in your barrel and assuming you have enough yeast in suspension you could rack it to a bottling bucket, batch prime and bottle.

Then again, you might be better off leaving it and learning from experience. I assume its drinkable?

 

[moonshine]

I was surprised but it is drinkable. Tastes quite good apart from it's flat.

Don't want to give up on it. I'll drink it flat if I have to.

What about bottling it up from the barrel with some sugar in the bottles like in this scenario - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=6043

 

[fbsf]

Maybe get a barrel cap with an injector valve on it and some of those little CO2 bottles, and pressurize the barrel with that?

Bit like this... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Barrel-Cap-CO ... 2a1bfc4609

Leave it for a week or so for the beer to absorb the CO2 - it might have the effect you are looking for...

 

[Dave1970]

You could bottle from the barrel into pre-primed bottles, you want a length of tubing that goes from your barrel tap to the bottom of the bottle...this will reduce splashing around and the amount of oxygen you get into your beer.

 

[moonshine]

I think that's what I'll do.

I'll buy a bottling stick, prime some bottles and move them to somewhere warm for a week.

If that doesn't work, I'm buying a soda stream.