did I use too much priming sugar?

[mdindy]

so I have made several home brews at this point and always used the conditioning tabs which have worked fine. I bottled a batch a few days ago with priming sugar for the first time. I used 5oz for just over 4.5 gallons. I kept a small bottle a side to do a taste test the next day and it was completely carbonated, full head of foam and everything, less than 24 hours after bottling. I have 2 cases set a side and 2 of the bottles are plastic and rock hard. This makes me think maybe I used too much sugar and now I am worried about bottle bombs and over carbonation.
I am hoping it is just the yeast, fermentis wheat beer yeast which had a very fast fermentation.
Is this something I should be concerned about, or should I just leave it and see what happens?

 

[Yooper]

so I have made several home brews at this point and always used the conditioning tabs which have worked fine. I bottled a batch a few days ago with priming sugar for the first time. I used 5oz for just over 4.5 gallons. I kept a small bottle a side to do a taste test the next day and it was completely carbonated, full head of foam and everything, less than 24 hours after bottling. I have 2 cases set a side and 2 of the bottles are plastic and rock hard. This makes me think maybe I used too much sugar and now I am worried about bottle bombs and over carbonation.
I am hoping it is just the yeast, fermentis wheat beer yeast which had a very fast fermentation.
Is this something I should be concerned about, or should I just leave it and see what happens?

If the beer was finished fermenting when you bottled it, the 5 ounces of corn sugar for 4.5 gallons will not cause a problem. Ideally, you would have used 4.5 ounces, but .5 ounce more may give you a bit of a higher carb without bottle bombs.

 

[beergolf]

You should be fine if the brew was done fermenting as Yooper mentioned. Since it was a wheat beer, then the extra carb is within style