Answers.Body: <h2>Sodastream: maybe, but at your own risk.</h2>
  
  <p>According to <a href="http://www.sodastreamusa.com/faq.aspx#c3">Sodastream's FAQ</a>, "You risk damaging your soda maker, not to mention making a big fizzy mess!".  However, there are a few <a href="http://www.foodrepublic.com/2012/07/05/how-go-rogue-your-sodastream-and-not-lose-eye">articles</a> discussing how to carbonate non-water with one.</p>
  
  <p>Anecdotes vary:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/sodastream-256109/#post3074653">It overpressurized and sprayed beer everywhere</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/sodastream-256109/#post3188563">It worked fine, but go slow</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.quora.com/What-happens-if-you-carbonate-something-other-than-water-with-a-Sodastream">Wild success!</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Some tips:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>It will definitely void your warranty</li>
  <li>Use plastic, not glass, bottles to avoid shrapnel if you make a mistake.</li>
  <li>Take your time; most reports indicate it's easy to over-carbonate your beer.</li>
  </ul>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Yes, you can re-carbonate long flat beer. If the beer has been only gone flat.  Once re-carbonated I doubt that you would be able to tell the difference. I did this once with Corni Kegs and a CO2 pressure system over a couple days for 10 gallons. Tasted great. Beer doesn't go stale without contamination, but will go flat without a seal to keep pressurized. Next I am going to try to to rejuvenate a Growler from a microbrewery that I didn't screw the cap on tightly.  This time, however, I will be using 2 ltr bottles, baking soda and vinegar! </p>
  
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Answers.Text: @DeepEllumDan, I suspect it means using the soda and vinegar to produce CO₂ in a closed container that is connected to the beer container.  The pressurized gas will dissolve into the flat beer.  The trick will be to produce enough gas and pressure, and to not allow any of the vinegar or soda to get into the beer.
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Answers.Body: <p>Yes and No. Yes you can re-carbonate beer either by injecting CO2 into it either with a Sodastream (are those things still around) or natural conditioning as mentioned in another answer. </p>
  
  <p>No, you really don't want to do this. If the beer has gone flat, it is likely that it has lost the protective layer from the CO2 and oxidation has occurred and the beer is likely <strong>stale</strong>. </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <h1>Add sugar to bottle-conditioned beer</h1>
  
  <p><em>Warning</em>: This method is error-prone, high-effort, and probably not worth your time.  Could be fun, though.  :)</p>
  
  <p>Most commercial beer is <em>force-carbonated</em>.  That is to say, the beer is produced and ready to drink (minus the fizz) before they put it in the bottle and mechanically carbonate the beer.</p>
  
  <p>Beer that is <em>bottle-conditioned</em> or <em>bottle-fermented</em>, however, is put into a bottle with some extra sugar.  The beer is intentionally left with a little of the yeast from the fermentation process, and is sealed with the sugar.  The yeast then does it's normal thing: it eats the sugar and excretes alcohol plus carbon-dioxide.  Since the bottle is sealed, the CO2 has nowhere to go, so it goes into dissolution in the beer, giving you that fizz.  Most bottled homebrew will be like this.</p>
  
  <p>So, if you have a beer that is both flat and was bottle-conditioned (and therefore still has some yeast in it), you might be able to bottle-ferment it again:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Add a very small amount of sugar to the bottle.  Table sugar works, although corn sugar (which you can find from a brew store) is ideal.  It'll be really hard to get the right amount (about 0.083 oz), so I recommend pre-measured tablets of the stuff: <a href="http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/munton-s-carb-tabs.html">http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/munton-s-carb-tabs.html</a></li>
  <li>Seal the bottle somehow.  If you have a <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B000Q6ARMY">bottle-capper</a> and some caps, that'd be ideal.  Otherwise, you might be able to get by with a soda bottle and cap.  If you're really lucky, your beer is in a <a href="http://www.homebrewers.com/media/img/homebrewer/W1033-H1573-Bffffff/B/xbottle_swingtop_amber_16oz_.jpg">swing top</a> bottle.</li>
  <li>Wait a week, maybe a couple to be sure.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>If you're lucky, there's enough viable yeast in the bottle to start acting again (now that it has new sugar to eat), which will create more CO2 and recarbonate the bottle.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Lallemand make a neutral yeast called CBC-1 just for bottle and cask carbonation. I have successfully used it (with sugar) to carb up a 5-litre mini-keg that was delivered flat.  A fair amount of effort, but it does work.
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Body: <p>I was perusing a question about uses for flat beer ("<a href="https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/q/354/286">Are there any good uses for beer that has sat in my growler for too long?</a>") when I came across an answer that mentioned "<a href="https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/a/355/286">any use that doesn't require it to be carbonated would be fitting</a>".</p>
  
  <p>If I have flat beer, and I have, say, a <a href="http://www.sodastreamusa.com/" rel="noreferrer">sodastream</a> (or some such), can I effectively re-carbonate my beer? What would be the disadvantage to doing so?</p>
  
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Title: Can beer be recarbonated?
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ThreadText: # Can beer be recarbonated?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-29)
  
  I was perusing a question about uses for flat beer ("[Are there any good uses for beer that has sat in my growler for too long?](https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/q/354/286)") when I came across an answer that mentioned "[any use that doesn't require it to be carbonated would be fitting](https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/a/355/286)".
  
  If I have flat beer, and I have, say, a [sodastream](http://www.sodastreamusa.com/) (or some such), can I effectively re-carbonate my beer? What would be the disadvantage to doing so?
  
  **Tags:** carbonation
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Two very good answers with little overlap...they're *both* the prettiest girl at the ball... :)  
  > **username_1**: cook with it! Sauer Kraut with beer.  
  
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  ## 4 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-01-29. Score: 9 | Accepted answer
  
  ## Sodastream: maybe, but at your own risk.
  
  According to [Sodastream's FAQ](http://www.sodastreamusa.com/faq.aspx#c3), "You risk damaging your soda maker, not to mention making a big fizzy mess!". However, there are a few [articles](http://www.foodrepublic.com/2012/07/05/how-go-rogue-your-sodastream-and-not-lose-eye) discussing how to carbonate non-water with one.
  
  Anecdotes vary:
  
  * [It overpressurized and sprayed beer everywhere](http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/sodastream-256109/#post3074653)
  * [It worked fine, but go slow](http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/sodastream-256109/#post3188563)
  * [Wild success!](http://www.quora.com/What-happens-if-you-carbonate-something-other-than-water-with-a-Sodastream)
  
  Some tips:
  
  * It will definitely void your warranty
  * Use plastic, not glass, bottles to avoid shrapnel if you make a mistake.
  * Take your time; most reports indicate it's easy to over-carbonate your beer.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: It does work. I have done it.  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-01-29. Score: 6
  
  # Add sugar to bottle-conditioned beer
  
  *Warning*: This method is error-prone, high-effort, and probably not worth your time. Could be fun, though. :)
  
  Most commercial beer is *force-carbonated*. That is to say, the beer is produced and ready to drink (minus the fizz) before they put it in the bottle and mechanically carbonate the beer.
  
  Beer that is *bottle-conditioned* or *bottle-fermented*, however, is put into a bottle with some extra sugar. The beer is intentionally left with a little of the yeast from the fermentation process, and is sealed with the sugar. The yeast then does it's normal thing: it eats the sugar and excretes alcohol plus carbon-dioxide. Since the bottle is sealed, the CO2 has nowhere to go, so it goes into dissolution in the beer, giving you that fizz. Most bottled homebrew will be like this.
  
  So, if you have a beer that is both flat and was bottle-conditioned (and therefore still has some yeast in it), you might be able to bottle-ferment it again:
  
  1. Add a very small amount of sugar to the bottle. Table sugar works, although corn sugar (which you can find from a brew store) is ideal. It'll be really hard to get the right amount (about 0.083 oz), so I recommend pre-measured tablets of the stuff: <http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/munton-s-carb-tabs.html>
  2. Seal the bottle somehow. If you have a [bottle-capper](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B000Q6ARMY) and some caps, that'd be ideal. Otherwise, you might be able to get by with a soda bottle and cap. If you're really lucky, your beer is in a [swing top](http://www.homebrewers.com/media/img/homebrewer/W1033-H1573-Bffffff/B/xbottle_swingtop_amber_16oz_.jpg) bottle.
  3. Wait a week, maybe a couple to be sure.
  
  If you're lucky, there's enough viable yeast in the bottle to start acting again (now that it has new sugar to eat), which will create more CO2 and recarbonate the bottle.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_8**: I would add that you *must* use bottles that are designed to take the pressure (which can be more than exists in the finished product) if you do this. Growlers are not designed to do so and may explode.  
  > **username_9**: Also the right temperature would be important for the yeast to work.  
  > **username_10**: Lallemand make a neutral yeast called CBC-1 just for bottle and cask carbonation. I have successfully used it (with sugar) to carb up a 5-litre mini-keg that was delivered flat.  A fair amount of effort, but it does work.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2017-12-22. Score: 2
  
  Yes, you can re-carbonate long flat beer. If the beer has been only gone flat. Once re-carbonated I doubt that you would be able to tell the difference. I did this once with Corni Kegs and a CO2 pressure system over a couple days for 10 gallons. Tasted great. Beer doesn't go stale without contamination, but will go flat without a seal to keep pressurized. Next I am going to try to to rejuvenate a Growler from a microbrewery that I didn't screw the cap on tightly. This time, however, I will be using 2 ltr bottles, baking soda and vinegar!
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_5**: Baking soda and vinegar? Care to elaborate?  
  > **username_6**: @DeepEllumDan, I suspect it means using the soda and vinegar to produce CO₂ in a closed container that is connected to the beer container.  The pressurized gas will dissolve into the flat beer.  The trick will be to produce enough gas and pressure, and to not allow any of the vinegar or soda to get into the beer.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_7 on 2017-03-31. Score: 2
  
  Yes and No. Yes you can re-carbonate beer either by injecting CO2 into it either with a Sodastream (are those things still around) or natural conditioning as mentioned in another answer.
  
  No, you really don't want to do this. If the beer has gone flat, it is likely that it has lost the protective layer from the CO2 and oxidation has occurred and the beer is likely **stale**.
  
  
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