Overcabonated bottles

[Chefjp]

I just opened several of my Brown ale bottles, and they star over flowing as soon as I get the caps off.
It fermented in primary for 1 week, then 2 more weeks in secondary, I racked to bottling bucket and according to beersmith, added 3.4oz of sugar. Bottled, caped and conditioned for 1 month.

Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Thanks

 

[Bigcorona]

The obligatory questions are:
What was your OG?
What was your FG before bottling?
What yeast did you use?

I would try refrigerating for a week to see if that helps.

 

[Chefjp]

OG 1.042
FG 1.010
Yeast: Fermentis S-04
2 weeks ago, they where carbonated correctly, but had a very strong yeasty taste, so I conditioned them for 2 more weeks, The yeasty taste has mellowed out, but now there over carbonated.

 

[duboman]

I just opened several of my Brown ale bottles, and they star over flowing as soon as I get the caps off.
It fermented in primary for 1 week, then 2 more weeks in secondary, I racked to bottling bucket and according to beersmith, added 3.4oz of sugar. Bottled, caped and conditioned for 1 month.

Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Thanks

Most likely the CO2 has not been fully absorbed by the beer yet so throw them in the fridge for a few weeks and let them sit and then try one, if the same thing happens again wait longer.

 

[Chefjp]

John palmer suggets, Venting and recaping bottles. What do you think about this? Wont it oxidize? Do you refill the bottles then cap againg?

 

[Beer-lord]

John palmer suggets, Venting and recaping bottles. What do you think about this?

I had the same problem with a black IPA and while the corn sugar primed kegged beer was fine, the PET bottles are not and I've had to 'vent' them several times. I've not done anything to the glass bottles but have them in the fridge to hopefully stopped carbing.
I lose about 1/3 of each bottle to foam and some are worse then others. These were batched primed at a much lower C02 volume and FG was 1.010 for 2 days so I have no idea what happened.

 

[Golddiggie]

John palmer suggets, Venting and recaping bottles. What do you think about this? Wont it oxidize? Do you refill the bottles then cap againg?

I wouldn't... I would suggest leaving them in the fridge for longer. Try a week, then two, then three, etc. until you reach a point where they don't gush all over you... Or cover you with foam...

 

[Bigcorona]

OG 1.042
FG 1.010
Yeast: Fermentis S-04
2 weeks ago, they where carbonated correctly, but had a very strong yeasty taste, so I conditioned them for 2 more weeks, The yeasty taste has mellowed out, but now there over carbonated.

OG says not a big beer.
FG seems reasonable.
Priming sugar looks OK assuming a 5 gal batch.
After a month of conditioning I would not suspect the co2 was not absorbed.

This leads me to believe:

1. Priming sugar was not mixed thoroughly, leading to some over carbonated bottles.
2. Some infection eating the non fermentable sugars.

Still recommend long refrigeration to see if it helps.

 

[NorthRiverS]

I would agree with gently uncapping, waiting a few minutes to release excess gas, then re-capping. I did this with a batch and it came out fine.

NRS

 

[heckler73]

make them cold for a week before opening.

I have a bitter that I under primed with 1.2 oz. If they're too cold, they're dead flat. If they're warm, they're perfectly carbed.