Aging in bottles?

[the-adjunct-hippie]

Got a 15% barleywine i want to age but my question is, can I bottle it now and safely age without it becoming a gusher? Just do less corn sugar?

 

[flars]

Prime to the CO2 volume you desire. Aging won't cause gushers if the fermentation is done. The east will consume the priming sugar to produce CO2. When the sugar is gone no more CO2 can be produced. Always give high ABV beers a longer fermentation period and SG readings more days apart. Sometimes it takes the yeast a few more weeks to drop the last couple of gravity points than with an average gravity ale.

Infection and the fermentation finishing in the bottle are the two main reasons for gushers.