Is there any sort of accepted (or debated) standard for the maximum vols a standard bottle can withstand when bottle carbing? I’m thinking about making a Hefe next but don’t want to have it severely under-carbed for the style just cause I don’t keg.
What’s everyone’s rule of thumb for the maximum they would risk carbing to if bottle conditioning?
It all depends upon the bottle. They vary greatly. A Belgian bottle is among the thickest and will easily handle 3 volumes. Some American bottles are very thin.
Can’t find it any more but Northern Brewer used to have a guide for max pressure by bottle type. Seems 3-3.5 volumes is the roughly agreed upon max for a standard 12 oz bottle.
Dug around and found an old link to a NB advanced bottling guide, it is still live. PDF-
Hey Matt, check out Brewers Friend calculators, they are right on for carbing/priming and I also use their IBU calcs.
[quote=“Flip”]Can’t find it any more but Northern Brewer used to have a guide for max pressure by bottle type. Seems 3-3.5 volumes is the roughly agreed upon max for a standard 12 oz bottle.
Dug around and found and old link to a NB advanced bottling guide it is still live. PDF-
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Yeah, I was hoping to be able to get it closer to 4 vols but I assume that would probably be tempting fate. I have a tripel now that I carbed to 3 vols and while its very effervescent I was hoping to go a bit more for the Hefe. I may risk and and shoot for 3.5 but will definitely keep the bottles in a sealed container while carbing them up.
Hey thanks I actually use their calcs when carbing. Very useful. I was looking more for the safest max vol for a 12oz bottle not the max for the style.
I get ya Matt, i’ll keep an eye on this thread as I want to know that too.
Use champagne bottles, they are designed to handle grand-crue, which is 6 volumes.
But make sure you get ones that are made for bottle fermentation. A lot of sparkling wines these days are tank carbonated and then filled into thinner bottles.
Hey rebuilt, I do remember reading that too, but forgot about it til you mentioned it…. And if you have a corker, even simpler… I do enjoy the Duvel style I can brew and usually keg… I’ll change that! Thanks for the refresher, now to the other sites for crabbing!! Sneezles61 :cheers:
One of the nice things about champagne bottles is they can be corked or capped. American champagne bottles use the same 1 inch caps as beer bottles. The European ones use bigger 29 mm caps.
