I made a german roggenbier, a rye ale, that used WLP 300 Hefeweizen yeast to keep it true to style, then went to bottle it yesterday.
So I looked up a priming calculator, several of them actually, and to carbonate a Dunkleweizen (the category this beer fits into), the calculators called for a range of 3.6 - 4.5 volumes (similar data for a weizen). Based on the residual CO2 from fermentation, and 5 gallons of beer, I consistently found 8.1 - 8.3 oz of dextrose required. So, I mixed it up and bottled it.
Did I need special bottles for this??
Obviously, bottle bombs are a concern....
So I looked up a priming calculator, several of them actually, and to carbonate a Dunkleweizen (the category this beer fits into), the calculators called for a range of 3.6 - 4.5 volumes (similar data for a weizen). Based on the residual CO2 from fermentation, and 5 gallons of beer, I consistently found 8.1 - 8.3 oz of dextrose required. So, I mixed it up and bottled it.
Did I need special bottles for this??
Obviously, bottle bombs are a concern....