Bubbly beer during bottling

[ATXweirdobrew]

So I was bottling my American Bock today and noticed something strange. I had just got done lagering it for 4 weeks at ranges from 38-40 degress in my fermentation chamber and then I went to bottle it and noticed that the beer was already bubbly and already seemed carbonated. Is this normal or am I in a world of brewing pain?

 

[MalFet]

Not weird at all. There's plenty of CO2 already in suspension, and a lot of that gets disrupted during transfer (especially if it's warming up from coming into contact with not 38-40ºF tubing/bottles.

 

[unionrdr]

I agree,seen that a lot. Just co2 coming out of suspension from being disturbed one way or other. No worries,m8.

 

[Revvy]

There's always co2 present from the minute fermentation begins...but that's not the same as carbonation. It's not until you trap co2 into a vessel, like a bottle, or a keg and it gets forced into solution is it technically carbonated.

 

[ATXweirdobrew]

Great, thanks alot guys. I would have hated to wait 9 weeks for my Bock and then turn out to have something wrong with it. It all makes alot of sense too.