Bottling My High ABV Saison

kjung · Oct 26, 2008

I am going to bottle my Saison today, which is sitting at around 10% ABV. I have looked through all of the priming calculators that I can find, but I have NO idea what co2 level to shoot for.
Anyone have an idea ?

Parker36 · Oct 26, 2008

BJCP guidelines call for 2.3-2.9 volumes for Saisons

kjung · Oct 26, 2008

Parker36 said:
BJCP guidelines call for 2.3-2.9 volumes for Saisons

Is having a higher ABV going to make a difference ? After all of the time, etc put into this, I REALLY don't want any bottle bombs !

Parker36 · Oct 26, 2008

Its really to your taste. If you like high carbonation, go towards the higher end, if not, lower end. I'm assuming you aren't going to enter a comp since 10% ABV is already way out of style so its up to you. If it were me, I'd aim for the gut. Worst case scenario, you really like the beer, but not the carbonation, so you know what to do on Batch #2

jay4e · Oct 26, 2008

Bottle bombs won't be an issue unless your beer is not done fermenting. High og beers will generally have high fg due to unfermentables. But if the yeast would not ferment it in the primary/seconday it won't ferment it in the bottle either.

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