A carbonation question

[Shawn3997]

I just bottled a Belgian Tripel with enough dextrose to get 6 gallons of beer to 3.3 volumes, per the online calculators.

After bottling I counted up 53 bottles, which is right at 5 gallons. So one whole gallon was yeast and whatever beer I left behind.

Did I do this correctly? I told the calculator I had 6 gallons of beer and wanted 3.3 volumes. In the end I got 5 gallons of beer that I'm thinking is now at 3.8 volumes or so. Which is correct?

 

[flars]

Since the priming sugar was added to a lesser volume the carbonation level will be higher. What type of bottles did you use? Might be necessary to release some of the carbonation pressure in a few days if they were standard 12 ounce American style bottles. Usually these bottles are safe for up to 3.0 volumes of carbonation.

edit: This was the chart I looked at for amount of pressure for different styles of bottles.
https://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/AdvancedBottleConditioning.pdf

 

[day_trippr]

The latter - you should end up at 3.8 volumes.
Calculators can only assume the volume you input is what is being packaged...

Cheers!

 

[Shawn3997]

Crap, that's what I thought. Thanks.

 

[flars]

You can check for excess pressure by lifting the edge of a cap slightly to hear what sound you get of escaping CO2. Lay a quarter across the cap so the bottle opener doesn't crimp it. You won't need a new cap just recrimp the same cap. Recrimp immediately to keep air out.

edit: Just check a couple of bottles each day. Make sure you don't check the same bottles.