Bottle Bombs - Gushers!

[Lagerlederen]

Lolympics :)

[JasonJToews]

How come you didnt just put the bottles in the fridge to stop the yeast? Beer is beer man! All though if it did taste awful then I understand. I've had one batch that had a bottle blow up, i just put them in my kegerator fridge and bam no more bottle bombs

[weirdbeer]

@JasonJToews That would have been a good idea but like you said it didn't taste great. It wasn't awful by any means, but it was very good either. I just figured I'd let it go.

[StikManBrewing]

Shoulda worn lotion and a mask. rofl. Awww, buddy that's a terrible thing to watch. Felt bad for ya. 6 weeks in the primary is askin for trouble. =P Is it a sealed-style primary or no? You have my sympathies. =,(

[Unclejona]

Dude, I'm so sorry to see this :(

But hey, at least you have learnt something.

As the saying should go, Don't cry over spilt beer

[107chewy]

Are you a newbie brewer? RULE #1 in brewing SANITIZE!! EVERYTHING needs to be santitized! That includes your stubby fingers. WASH EM! There are no shortcuts in cleaning your equipment.

[RevolutionaryBrewer]

Wow were those beer every gushing!!!! I think your right looks like it might of been an infection. Love the music you selected to go along with the gushers - matches perfectly lol

[1979timdog]

ouch, that was painful to watch! how much priming sugar did you use? as a rule of thumb i let my batches ferment for a full two weeks and i use 1 ounce of priming sugar per gallon of brew. works for me every time!!!

[weirdbeer]

@1979timdog This batch was in primary for over 6 weeks. I think it was an infection.

[steeleboy30]

I had this with some home brew cider I made a while back. I bottled them in plastic containers (thank god, had they been glass my brew cupboard would have been destroyed!) Took me half an hour to open each one slowly enough so that I didn't lose any booze! First time I opened one I lost 75% of the bottle to gush!

[weirdbeer]

@steeleboy30 Haha. I'm not that patient.

[ZaBuDaB]

not nice..... do you use your hydrometer to check fg ? allot of ppl don't and just go by the airlock not bubbling... big mistake, check to see where your at before bottling, i always keep a few packs of Nottingham dry yeast in my fridge just

in case i get a stuck ferment, i rehydrate yeast in 1 cup of water 75f-80f. no higher then 85f. for 20min.... also try using a priming sugar calculator when bottling.

tasty brew dot com / calculators / priming dot html

BREW ON !

[weirdbeer]

@ZaBuDaB Well I did check my final gravity. I had this in primary for around 6 - 7 weeks. I've just been way to busy to bottle lately. Can't wait for vacation.

[ZaBuDaB]

@weirdbeer OK, did you taste the beer... was it sour or off tasting? try the tb calculator next time..

give me a call when you arrive in SM...

BREW ON !

[unionrdr]

Wow,that's really bites. How did you get all those gushers? I wouldn't think you'd over-carb?...

[weirdbeer]

@unionrdr I think it was an infection. The beer didn't taste right. It didn't taste to awful, but it wasn't good.

[woodsie33]

OOO man and that's why I like keggin. I still bottle a couple . OOO man poor poor beer.

[weirdbeer]

@woodsie33 I know. I have kegs. Just unplugged the keggerator for the winter.

[threeque]

I guess with glass you have to be cautious. If they were plastic, I would just chill the bottles and drink em.

[weirdbeer]

@threeque They didn't taste good enough for that. haha

[TheGasherRulz]

yep thats weird in 20+yrs of brewing never had one pop! and that should of been drunk and not wasted !!!

[thegentlearts]

u have made us all cry

[weirdbeer]

@thegentlearts lol

[conduct623]

WTF Fo, with your brewing expierience you shouldn't have this happen to you.

[weirdbeer]

@conduct623 Meh. It happens once in a while.

[107chewy]

@conduct623 I hear ya! +1

[n2prs]

first batch he undercarbs, 2nd batch he way overcarbs. should of had a couple buddys over and drank all those when you poppped them

[thebibleisfiction]

:( sad



[moparnut19]

NOOOO all the nice beer

[TheKonaboy65]

Fo, That shit sucks... Guess it's time to fire up the brew pot and make more.

[weirdbeer]

@TheKonaboy65 haha. I know!

[sjporr]

That really sucks. I just had 2 12-packs explode on me the other day. Nothing worse than beer no drank....

[weirdbeer]

@sjporr Tell me about it!

[gabethegun]

WOW THAT SUCK MAN!

[weirdbeer]

@gabethegun Meh. Its all part of the fun.

[tomroeder]

I would say you either mis-calculated your priming sugar, or you had an infection of some sort....did you taste any of that beer?