Over-carbonation?

[moondaisy]

Hi chaps,
Can anyone help please? Kegged my second brew the other night, a Norfolk Nog. Seems to have promise but I think I might have over-primed it a bit for my liking (used about 70g dark brown sugar for 35 pints). I just had a little sample to check secondary was taking place OK and it seems a bit gassy for my liking, I was wondering whether there is a way to 'de-gas' the beer a bit that anyone knows of (short of just leaving it in the glass for an hour before drinking - line 'em up!?)

The other slightly disappointing thing is I was quite optimistic about it straight out of the bucket when I snuck half a pint whilst kegging, it seemed to have quite a bit of body, a bit of sweetness to it which I quite like in a dark ale like this, but already it seems to taste a bit thinner. I know conditioning-wise its veeeeerry early days but is this likely to change for the better? I kept it to 36 pints and not 40 too. OG was 1042, finished at 1014 after about 12 days, haven't checked gravity since kegging.

Any suggestions / reassurance would be most welcome.

Cheers!

[flytact]

To de-gas make sure your keg is disconnected from any external gas and just keep venting whenever you can remember. Draw a bit of beer after a couple days repeat as necessary.

Not sure about that kit, but with a FG around 1014 it shouldn't be thin.

[mysterio]

Probably just the gas making it seem thin, once it is degassed it should have a better mouthfeel.

[moondaisy]

cheers guys - I let some out of the pressure relief valve so hopefully that should do the trick....