Possible over priming?

[BeerIsMyPassion]

I bottled my first all grain batch today. I ended up with only four gallons but in my haste I primed the four gallons with 2/3 cup dextrose (typical 5 gallon amount). It's a clone of BJ's Belgian Grand Cru. I know alot of Belgian beers are highly carbonated but will the priming oversight give me Belgian Alka-Seltzer?

 

[malkore]

It'll be pretty carb'd up.
By the way, don't measure priming sugar by volume...always go by weight.

if you go by volume, you'll be off sometimes. it may be compacted sugar, so you'll have too much at 2/3. or if its sifted too much, it'll be fluffy and you may undercarb.

 

[BeerIsMyPassion]

Thanks for the comment. I guess I'm going to invest in a scale. Any suggestions?

 

[Warped04]

I'd get a digital. No springs to wear out. How much money you are willing to spend will help you with the capacity and the smallest measurement.

 

[Revvy]

Thanks for the comment. I guess I'm going to invest in a scale. Any suggestions?

Target, Walmarts and Meijer's all sell digital kitchen scales for about 19.99 they measure both in ounces and grams...and go up to about 4 pounds.

Mine's like this one.

 

[tdavisii]

Time will tell if you overcarbed. Hopefully no bottle bombs.

 

[Got Trub?]

They shouldn't be bombs.

+1 on going by weight not volume. I use this: http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator/carbonation.html to calculate priming sugar. You can switch between sugars/DME and it also takes into consideration the residual dissolved CO2 in your fermented beer.

GT

 

[BeerIsMyPassion]

Excellent thanks for the resource and suggestions.