Carb level for high abv dark beer

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Any suggestions for co2 volumes for a 9.5% abv imperial porter that finished at 1.027? Going by imperial stout guidelines it’s something like 2.2 - 2.8 vols. I don’t brew big full bodied beers so I don’t really know what direction to go. Thinking right in the middle. It will be bottled. Suggestions?
 
I'd go in the middle... 2.5or 2.4. Not real spritzy but not flat.
 
I'd go a little lower like British style beers. Maybe 2.0.
 
I'd stick in the middle of that range, but beers that size always feel like they can live with less carbonation than more.
 
2.5 is safe and will give you a nice creamy head on the pour.
 

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