How do you bottle carb a Hefeweizen?

[FuzzeWuzze]

Everything ive read says Hefe's need to be between 3-4 volumes for CO2...but doing calculations on various tools says that needs like 6-8 oz of corn sugar.

I dont think any standard beer bottles are made to withstand that type of pressure.

What gives? If you want that type of carbing are you stuck kegging and bottling off the kegs?

 

[TNGabe]

Haven't gone gone to 4 volumes, but no problem with 3.5 volumes in Sam or Sierra type bottles.

 

[duboman]

1oz per gallon of priming sugar is perfectly adequate for that style, that's what I use and they turn out perfect, just be sure to verify your final bottling volume

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

If you're going over three volumes it's safer to use heavier bottles.

 

[TNGabe]

If you're going over three volumes it's safer to use heavier bottles.

Safer if you bottle before fermentation is complete and/or add too much priming sugar? Or just plain safer?

 

[duboman]

Safer if you bottle before fermentation is complete and/or add too much priming sugar? Or just plain safer?

Safer because the higher the volumes you go the more pressure created from carbonating.

You DO NOT bottle before fermentation is complete-ever.

 

[Caveman3141]

I did 6oz of sugar for ~5.25 gallons of hefe (enough for 3 volumes) and haven't had any trouble at all with bottle bombs, etc. Don't know if I'd go much higher than that without thick 500ml bottles or the like.

 

[TNGabe]

Safer because the higher the volumes you go the more pressure created from carbonating.

You DO NOT bottle before fermentation is complete-ever.

Yeah, more carbonation means more pressure. I was asking whether reverse thinks thicker bottles are situationally or generally safer. I know that you don't bottle beer that's not done fermenting on purpose, I was providing an example of why thicker bottles may be safer.

 

[wormraper]

I've done 7 ounces of sucrose (table sugar) for my hefe weizens using standard bottles with no ill effects.