Bottling a high gravity beer..whats the rules?

[nvs-brew]

Hey guys
Just finished a couple of 9% beers..a pilsner and a brown ale.
I bottled 1 today but am now just a little worried I may have over primed.
They have both been sitting in the fermenter about 2 weeks and have had many stable reading BUT
would it be fine to use the same amount of priming sugar as I would in a 5/6% beer?

 

[nvs-brew]

Ain't corn sugar non fermentable? Hummm

 

[JeepDiver]

Ain't corn sugar non fermentable? Hummm

Only 100% of it is fermentable, and is the "normal" (as much as there is in the hombrew world) sugar for bottleing

Also the amount doesn't change due to ABV, only due to style and desired levels

 

[nvs-brew]

I'm not worried about adding more ABV, I used dextrose..
More worried about bottle bombs

 

[frazier]

Corn sugar = dextrose, so you're right down the middle with that one.

Just give it plenty of time - bigger beers take longer to carb up.

 

[nvs-brew]

Corn sugar = dextrose, so you're right down the middle with that one.

Just give it plenty of time - bigger beers take longer to carb up.

Cheers
Will give it a while before I try/refrigerate

 

[Jarov]

I'm not worried about adding more ABV, I used dextrose..
More worried about bottle bombs

Dextrose is corn sugar, and it is used to prime bottles for carbonation because the yeast can ferment corn sugar 100%. If you're worried about bottle bombs just crack one open and pour it, if it pours with a ridiculous head, then you've over carbonated. If it pours a normal head you should be fine. The normal amount of priming sugar is 1 oz per gallon, so 5 oz for a 5 gallon batch.

 

[grem135]

I don't know where you are getting "normal 1 oz per gallon" from.
An American brown ale would be carbed at 2.4 volumes so at 70f you would use 4.20 oz for 5 gallons.
An English brown would be closer to 3.4 oz (2.1 vol)
An American pilsner at 2.6 volumes using 4.75 oz priming sugar at 70f.
I used this priming calc. to get those amounts. There are many others online.

 

[bacchusmj]

Use a calculator for all your beers. The 5 oz for everything is a good way to turn great beer good. Brown ales and stouts/porters are usually ruined by more that 3 oz of sugar.