Stop Bottle conditioning mid way

[tomatoes149]

Hello,

I've brewed some lovely Geordie Bitter. Tasted good, 2 weeks after bottling and tasted excellent one month after bottling. However - it's now 2 months, and the beer is way too fizzy.

Is it possible to stop the bottle conditioning with a bit of a campden tablet solution after a month or so?

Or is there something else going on?

 

[alanywiseman.]

I think it is too late for this brew. Just take note of how much you added and add less to the next brew. A campden tablet only stuns yeast, not kills them you would need to use potassium sorbate but I suspect if you open the bottles and add after a month you will get a flat beer due to the release of the co2

 

[pittsy]

I thing you can try is to pop a brew in the freezer for 30 ish mins from the fridge before drinking , this will help reduce the fizz a little but don't leave em in the freezer too long (2 to 3 hrs etc)

 

[alanywiseman.]

I thought cooling made the CO2 more soluble in the brew so would therefore give you a fuzzier brew?

 

[rich27500]

I had some 'gushers' chilling helped but also having a large jug to pour into quickly and then putting it in the glass later was also a solution.

 

[alanywiseman.]

Pittsy 1 :thumb:
Alan 0

:lol:

 

[graysalchemy]

One thing you can do is to get a small syringe suck up some beer and then put the syringe under the beer and pump it. This will knock the co2 out but can cause it to gush as well depending on how carbonated it is.

 

[regaltabs]

+1 on the jug method

I had to do this with my last lager

 

[RokDok]

Anyone not prime as per GW ??

 

[theboytony]

You could try opening the bottles, leave them for 15 to 20mins then re cap

 

[tomatoes149]

Thanks guys - the freezer trick seemed to help a lot.

I wasn't so much wondering about this batch though.
More was wondering whether it's something to think about for future brews.
The idea would be that when they start turning a bit too gassy - I can add something to stop the yeast, so that it doesn't get any more gassy.

Am bottling in plastic fizzy pop bottles as I'm overseas and need to use only basic equipment.
Not sure if that makes any difference.

 

[calumscott]

If you are using screwcaps you can just let the pressure out...

Take one bottle, crack the cap and release the fizz, tighten up again.
Leave until it's firm again, drink.

If that's still too fizzy, take another one, crack the cap, tighten, leave to firm up again and repeat. Drink. Still to fizzy? Try 3 cycles etc...

As for future brews, just prime them with less sugar...