Over Carbed?

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  1. juke_cleveland

    juke_cleveland Devotee (325) Sep 12, 2014 Indiana

    So I am thinking about buying a bottle of Panil Divina unblended Lambic from my store. When I received the bottles from another store, they looked EXTREMELY carbonated (probably from transit). They have sat on the shelf for about 3 days now and still look like that. No agitation and it's still got a lot of bubbles at the top. It's a Batch #3 from 2014 Bottle #615. Any idea what's causing that? I have never seen that in a beer before. No matter the style.
     
    #1 juke_cleveland, Jun 12, 2015
  2. juke_cleveland

    juke_cleveland Devotee (325) Sep 12, 2014 Indiana

    And from my understanding, most of the beers in the style are not originally carbonated. So just bottle conditioning.
     
    #2 juke_cleveland, Jun 12, 2015
  3. rogerdandy

    rogerdandy Initiate (0) Mar 25, 2011 Canada (AB)

    buy it and slap it in the fridge for 24 hours it should calm down.
     
    #3 rogerdandy, Jun 12, 2015
  4. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    But in case it is over-carbed, open it next to the sink and have your glass ready.
     
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  5. juke_cleveland

    juke_cleveland Devotee (325) Sep 12, 2014 Indiana

    I am well prepared for all of that. But what causes the extreme over carbonation? Just too active of yeast? A lot of Gueuze and other sours are super carbonated and I've had to do the open and pour over a sink deal, but this looks extreme.
     
    #5 juke_cleveland, Jun 12, 2015
  6. juke_cleveland

    juke_cleveland Devotee (325) Sep 12, 2014 Indiana

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    #6 juke_cleveland, Jun 12, 2015
  7. MUTINY

    MUTINY Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2015 Virginia

    Wait, that's after three days of sitting undisturbed? Sad to say I'm no expert here, but at least I'm with you in terms of 'what's going on here?!'.
     
    #7 MUTINY, Jun 12, 2015
  8. lambpasty

    lambpasty Initiate (0) May 3, 2013 New Hampshire

    Wild yeast getting wild.
     
    #8 lambpasty, Jun 12, 2015
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  9. juke_cleveland

    juke_cleveland Devotee (325) Sep 12, 2014 Indiana

    I have 2010 vintage Beersel Gueuze on the shelf that isn't doing that...
     
    #9 juke_cleveland, Jun 12, 2015
  10. lambpasty

    lambpasty Initiate (0) May 3, 2013 New Hampshire


    Well yeah, its old now; party days are behind it.

    Young yeast just wants to get weird.
     
    #10 lambpasty, Jun 12, 2015
  11. lambpasty

    lambpasty Initiate (0) May 3, 2013 New Hampshire

    No legit, I've never seen a bottle do that. I would probably pick it up and see if some cold makes it calm down, I'd expect a gusher though.

    I'm not familiar with how they condition but I suppose it's possible some additional yeast and or sugar got racked into those bottles during production, causing the increased activity. Or, I guess infection too.
     
    #11 lambpasty, Jun 12, 2015
  12. BeerBob

    BeerBob Initiate (0) May 30, 2002 Nebraska

    And raincoat...
     
    #12 BeerBob, Jun 12, 2015
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  13. MUTINY

    MUTINY Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2015 Virginia

    No lie right there.
     
    #13 MUTINY, Jun 12, 2015
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  14. surfcaster

    surfcaster Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2013 North Carolina
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    Open and report.

    Slowly
     
    #14 surfcaster, Jun 12, 2015
  15. juke_cleveland

    juke_cleveland Devotee (325) Sep 12, 2014 Indiana

    Well I just popped it in the cooler to see if it settles. I'll report back. As well as tonight when I open it!
     
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  16. MUTINY

    MUTINY Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2015 Virginia

    Whoo, duck & cover.

    No actually I'd be curious to see how this plays out.
     
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  17. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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  18. MUTINY

    MUTINY Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2015 Virginia

    That's what we call 'helpful insight' where I come from.
     
    #18 MUTINY, Jun 12, 2015
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  19. brightcloud

    brightcloud Initiate (0) Feb 17, 2015 Michigan

    Bubbles on the surface or active bubbling?

    Bubbles on the surface of a closed/sealed/not-leaking beer are less related to carbonation as they are to the surface tension of the beer (affected by proteins and carbohydrates in the beer, along with everything else in there). The bubbles are likely just remnants from the recent agitation.

    Bubbling in a sealed beer is a bomb waiting to blow. I would think any co2 generated by fermentation would not bubble though. The pressure inside the bottle would likely keep it dissolved in the beer.

    Bubbling in an open or leaking beer is just pressure equalizing.
     
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  20. juke_cleveland

    juke_cleveland Devotee (325) Sep 12, 2014 Indiana

    I'm sure this beer isn't CO2 carbonated. But it's not bubbling as an action until you move it around with any touch. On the shelf, it just constantly has bubbles sitting at the top.
     
    #20 juke_cleveland, Jun 12, 2015
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