Hey guys,
I know this has been addressed elsewhere but I thought it would be good to get some feedback specific to my situation.
I occasionally get gushing bottles. This is a major pain in the ass because it disturbs the yeast cake at the bottom of the bottle and I get that funny yeasty mouthfeel which ruins the beer. This is particularly frustrating for my beers that are supposed to have a really clean feel to them. These are also beers which I tend to carbonate highly.
For instance, the beer I am drinking now is a clean pale ale made with 3:1 pils:munich, a smidgen of medium crystal, nz hallertau, and US05. It was bottle conditioned for three months before cold conditioning for a month. It was supposed to be totally awesome and I cracked it today to celebrate Oktoberfest. But it gushed and the yeast cake broke up and infested my crystal clear beer. It tastes delicious otherwise with no off tastes, so I don't know if infection could be to blame. It is pretty highly carbonated with a very much heaped teaspoon of dextrose per bottle. Not every bottle of this brew has gushed.
I also have a lager that I've bottle-lagered which has done this a couple of times, also much to my frustration.
Any ideas?