De-fizzing a bottled drink

Opening a disturbed carbonated beverage in under 5 seconds without the fizz.
(Only works on bottled beverages with screw-top lids.)

Step 1 The Method.

I haven't seen this anywhere on the Internet, so decided to post this short tip here.
For soft drinks and lightly disturbed beer, this works much faster than the "tap-the-container" method or  just letting it sit.
(This only works for bottles with screw-top lids.)

1. Drop or knock over a bottle of carbonated beverage.
2. Swear because it's the last bottle of said carbonated beverage in house.
3. Remember this Instructable. :)

4. Open the lid and wait for the bubbles to start rising, then quickly reseal the lid. (This could be anywhere from 1/4 second to 2-3 seconds).
5. Wait for the bubbles to all rise to the top of the beverage.
6. Reopen and drink.

Beer is a lot frothier than soda drinks, so between steps 3 and 4, you may have to let it sit for 5 minutes. It will still get the last bit of fizz out of the beer though.

Comments

[jturney2]

I've found that if you drop an unopened plastic bottle of soda, all you have to do is pick it up and squeeze it as hard as you can with both hands. You should be able to open it immediately after you give it the squeeze.

[ancienthart]

Interesting. Increase the pressure, force the carbon dioxide to redissolve back into the soda. Have to try this.