Extract Co2 From Beer And Referment

[kelbygreen]

just wondering if there is a way to extract co2 from beer so I can try ferment it more??? I have a beer I kegged and it finished high (1020 from 1046) but thought it would be ok but it tastes watery and has no ac content well very little can drink 4 in 30 mins and it just feels like you drunk a heap of water lol. So i am planing to put it in a fermenter and try adding maybe 1.5kg of malt and pitch yeast to try ferment it again.

main questions are how to extract the co2 from the beer? can I just leave it in the fermenter a few days so it goes flat hoping that the co2 comes out??

and the other is will the co2 that is in kill the yeast or will the yeast servive?

not to worried about infection as I will just tip it anyway I cannot drink it so would like to try recover it if posible

 

[Spartan 117]

I'd just let the keg get to room temp or higher shake the hell out of it and pull GENTLY on the pressure release valve until all the gas is expelled. Don't think the CO2 would hinder the yeast produce it when they eat sugar and the beer would probably be saturated with CO2 come the end of fermentation anyway (I think), only problem might be the pH, but if your unconcerned about the way it comes out I say go for it.

Good Luck

Keep us posted

Aaron

 

[np1962]

Hard to understand how a beer at 1.020 can have a watery mouthfeel, surely fermenting further while increasing the alc content will then leave an even more watery feel.
Is your FG measured with a hydrometer or refractometer?
Cheers
Nige

 

[kelbygreen]

was with a hydrometer its a bit out but only 2-3 point. I cant understand the watery taste ether as its got little bit choc malt in it to you can taste that but there doesnt seem to be much body why I want to add more malt. It needs a little more bitterness to so might do a little boil. It is very strange whats happened with it but I cant drink watery beer that just makes you bloated lol

 

[kelbygreen]

well I have put it in a cube and have loosened the lid slightly so hope the co2 escapes I have shaken it a few times and there is still heaps coming out.