Have I Overprimed?

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adz1179

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hi,

just bottled a dunkel, bulk primed with a volume of 20lts, worked out to be 170gms dex with 1 cup water.... i usually brew to end up with 20lts into the bottling cube less trub etc, but forgot this batch was a smaller volume.... I only ended up with about 46x330ml bottles, which is about 15.1lts... but bulk primed as if it was 20....

i have the bottles stored safely away in a sealed container should the worse happen....

should i:

option A - don't worry, weizen's need higher carb anyway guy, relax....
option b - uncap after a few days and recap
option c - discard solider, them there bombs....

thanks in advance for the help.

adz.


p.s. it was a no chill :ph34r:
 

raven19

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Store a few of them in a spot warmer than the rest. Test after 1 week, then 2 weeks, then reassess.

You might be ok, but they might be highly carbed indeed!
 

adz1179

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no idea how accurate it would be, but this calculator says you'll be up for approx 3.6 volumes of CO2. you may have fluked it right into style.
http://kotmf.com/tools/prime.php

Oh snap. Fingers crossed. The gravity readings tasted spot on during fermentation, ill be spewin if I have rooted it.

Great suggestion also raven. Cheers will give it a go.
 
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