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WilliamWS

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So I just bottled my dubbel two days ago. I had read that dubbels should be carbed to 3-4 volumes so I primed to what should result aproximately 3.5 volumes.
Today I've read in a couple of places that standard bottles can explode at 3 volumes. Should I be worried?
I had good attenuation (around 86%) and I'm pretty confident that fermentation was done when I bottled. I didn't repitch at bottling and I used a mix of standard 22oz bottles, standard longnecks, negra modelo bottles, and anchor steam bottles. Right now they're conditioning at aproximately 70 degrees. What should I do?
 
You won't have bottle bombs, don't worry. What should you do? Give them a few weeks and then drink the beer! :)
 
As long as you added a cup or less of priming sugar or 1.5 cups or less of DME at bottling, you should be fine, as long as the bottles are in good shape and you are pretty comfortable you hit your target FG.
 
Acctually I found info that said that standard beer bottles were rated to at least 4 volumes. I was looking a couple years ago, and stupidly didn't bookmark the link. IIRC it was from a glass beer bottle manufacturer and was buried in a bunch of stats.

I usually bottle a sixer of everything I make in plain 12 ounce beer bottles for contest entries, including belgians, and I can say that even highly carbed Belgians have been ok in standard beer bottles. I do make it a point to select the 6 bottles I have available from the thickest bottles and the newest, thinking thicker glass and less flaws from re-use should be able to hold the pressure in.
 
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