Bisco_Ben
Well-Known Member
Hey guys, I know there are plenty of threads here on the topic but I just could not find conclusive information so i figured I would start one of my own. As I was bottling my dunkelweizen, I saw the proposed 3.6-4.5 carbonation level suggestions for such styled beers and carbed my brew to 3.6, and while skeptical of such a large amount of required corn sugar I still went along with what the brew calculator that has yet to let me down suggests. Now my question to you is, after adding about 8.5 ounces of corn sugar to ~5.5 gallons of dunkel bottled in regular 12oz amber bottles, are my bottles going to be ridiculously overcarbonated/explode and become dangerous? If so, why do these calculators tell us to do such stupid things? Did I just waste an entire batch of awesome dunkel because of this brewing app? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!