Signs of Over-carbonation?

[tonyolympia]

I bottled my first-ever batch the other day, and I'm a bit worried. Although I used the recommended 3/4 cups of priming sugar to 5 gallons of beer, when I finished bottling, it looked like I had LESS than 5 gallons--approximately 85% of 5 gallons, by my calculations. I lost some due to an over-boil, samples taken during hydrometer readings, maybe I was over cautious about sediment and didn't rack enough off into my bottling bucket, etc.

Anyway, here I am wondering if I used too high a proportion of sugar and if I'll have gushers, or worse, bombs. Are there any signs of over-carbonation that will be apparent in the bottle? My mind might be playing tricks on me, but I thought I noticed a slight *depression* in the fluid level in some bottles, as if the beer was being pressed downward by too much pressure.

Probably I have the first-batch crazies.

 

[camus]

Yes you do have the crazies. Fluid, beer, will not compress.

What kind of beer is it? Honestly I wouldn't worry about it to much, yes it will be over carbed, but you didn't make pipe bombs or anything.

This is always helpful:

http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html

 

[Revvy]

Your beer will be fine. Just leave it for 3 weeks at 70 degrees, then chill a couple for a few days and then enjoy.

 

[tonyolympia]

Now I KNOW I'm crazy. I got home and looked at a bottle, and could swear that I saw little striations on the neck, like fractures in the glass. I thought, "It's gonna explode any second!" So I took it outside and opened it carefully away from my face. Here's what it sounded like: (small fsss). I poured it into a pint glass--minimal head. No explosion, no gusher.

On the upside, I'm drinking the first bottle of my first batch of home brew, and it tastes great. I'll try to relax for a while.

 

[camus]

Now I KNOW I'm crazy. I got home and looked at a bottle, and could swear that I saw little striations on the neck, like fractures in the glass. I thought, "It's gonna explode any second!" So I took it outside and opened it carefully away from my face. Here's what it sounded like: (small fsss). I poured it into a pint glass--minimal head. No explosion, no gusher.

On the upside, I'm drinking the first bottle of my first batch of home brew, and it tastes great. I'll try to relax for a while.

 

[Aloha_Brew]

From a newbie to a newbie...don't worry dude. If you were good on sanititaion and cleanlieness you won't get any gushers..as the term for that usually stems from the rise of bateria from what I understand. Over-carbonation would have to take a alot of fermentables for more-or-less than 5 gallons...as I can definitely attest to. If anything, over-carbonation might lead to an off taste more so than an explosion...which is what I might be dealing with...