Potential Bottle Bombs?

Hey everyone,
So, in my first attempt at homebrewing after a year long hiatus, I went for a "big" dopplebock. I was most definitely getting ahead of myself. With an SG of 1.10, I expected way too much out of my Munton's Ale Yeast (I know, but this wasn't meant to be a true bock). Anyway, a month and a half later fermentation has topped out at 1.034. This leaves me with two questions about bottling. First, since there is so much unfermented sugar left, how much if any do I need to add for priming. Second, if the beer is already beyond the alcohol threshold for the yeast, will it carbonate at all? The last thing I want to do is add extra sugar and have some exploding bottles on my hand. Please help.

I really don't know what the Munton's yeast can do, but I expect you've taken it about as far as it can go. You did get 66% apparent attenuation, so you shouldn't expect much more from your typical ale yeast in a big beer like this. You can try rousing to see what happens, but you are probably pushing the alcohol threshhold. If that's the case, you can add a pound of sugar, and you still won't get carbonation. What was your target FG, anyhow?

You probably need a more alcohol tolerant yeast to attenuate your beer any more, and that includes for carbonation. After you pitch, though, you better get it fully attenuated, or youwill risk bottle bombs.


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repitch with a more tolerant yeast. Let it ferment out, then bottle with a normal dose of priming sugar.