WTF! Random Cracked/Exploding Bottle?!

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  1. johnnyboy76

    johnnyboy76 Pundit (939) Nov 20, 2010 Oregon

    So, just picked up a Stone RIS bomber today after work at a local bottle shop. It was bought sitting out in room temperature, and when I got home I set it on a counter top to eventually be put in the fridge. So, got to watching the NFL draft and like an hour later I hear this noise that sounded like someone threw something down in the house. Go to investigate, and my freaking Stone RIS bottle is separated completely at the base and beer is everywhere! Complete loss. What a freakin mess! . Is there some kind of science to this? Randomly cracking bottles? No drastic temp change. Happen to anyone else?
     
    #1 johnnyboy76, Apr 27, 2013
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  2. Devi0us

    Devi0us Savant (1,136) May 3, 2011 California
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    Same thing happened to me with a Ballast Point Victory At Sea...luckily I bought multiples at Costco for $6 and some change...

    Cheers!
     
    #2 Devi0us, Apr 27, 2013
  3. johnnyboy76

    johnnyboy76 Pundit (939) Nov 20, 2010 Oregon

    Straight up poltergeist stuff man.
     
    #3 johnnyboy76, Apr 27, 2013
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  4. BlackDragon

    BlackDragon Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2013 Michigan

    The beer didn't want you to drink it so it "escaped":stuck_out_tongue:
     
    #4 BlackDragon, Apr 27, 2013
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  5. mudbug

    mudbug Pooh-Bah (1,762) Mar 27, 2009 Oregon
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    Generally that kind of breakage is caused by a tiny crack/flaw in the bottle called a check. It happens when the molten glass comes in direct contact with the metal mold when being blown (Lack of coating on the mold) There are other causes to be sure, perhaps the bottle was banged against something metallic and sharp creating a small crack. When you subjected the bottle to the (rapid) pressure and temperature change it failed. Almost all of these kind of manufacturing defects are caught at the glass plant or at the bottling facility. But Sht happens.
     
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  6. beerjerk666

    beerjerk666 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,155) Aug 22, 2010 Florida
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    The beer found you...NOT WORTHY to drink it so it committed beericide. :wink:
     
    #6 beerjerk666, Apr 27, 2013
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  7. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    I had that happen with a bottle of Juliet. Oh the humanity!:slight_frown:
     
    #7 Bitterbill, Apr 27, 2013
  8. Ant7780

    Ant7780 Crusader (451) Dec 2, 2012 Michigan

    Wow that's rough. I get so upset when I spill good beer. You must have been devastated!
     
    #8 Ant7780, Apr 27, 2013
  9. loafinaround

    loafinaround Initiate (0) Jul 16, 2011 New York

    I've dropped precious bottles, but never a bottle committing seppuku..... and when I read about an odd explosion either on the shelf or while opening, it's usually saisons/sours.

    Make an offering to the beer gods to restore your qi
     
    #9 loafinaround, Apr 27, 2013
  10. imbrue001

    imbrue001 Zealot (673) Aug 6, 2010 Pennsylvania

    where are the pics, man?
     
    #10 imbrue001, Apr 27, 2013
  11. TheNightwatchman

    TheNightwatchman Initiate (0) Mar 28, 2009 Pennsylvania


    Just bought a bottle of that yesterday. Better keep an eye on it. haha



    I've never had this happen, and I hope I never have it happen. Tragic waste of good beer.


    On another topic, props to the thread starter for being a Seahawks fan. I am too. Excited for next season.
     
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  12. Lordquackingstic

    Lordquackingstic Pundit (998) Jun 14, 2011 New York
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    Science is a lil bitch.
     
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  13. DelMontiac

    DelMontiac Initiate (0) Oct 22, 2010 Oklahoma

    Alien?
     
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  14. Barrelsnbeer

    Barrelsnbeer Initiate (0) Oct 6, 2012 North Carolina

    happens a lot more often then you think, at the bottle shop i work at from time to time bottles will just explode on the shelf for no reason. yesterday i had a bottle of rogue XS imperial stout crack cleanly in half vertically and was only held together by the cap. makes me tend to be a little weary when im stocking the beer wall. ive seen bottles pop and send glass shards flying across the store. not trying to be at eye level when that happens
     
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  15. Aexoonge

    Aexoonge Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2012 California

    Email Stone your story... sometimes breweries are cool about shit like this and will hook it up!

    cheers!!!
     
    #15 Aexoonge, Apr 28, 2013
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  16. BedetheVenerable

    BedetheVenerable Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2008 Missouri

    This just happened with a Stone RIS on a local beer geek blog I follow as well...hope it's not a trend, cos I'd really like to hold on to my 2013...after I heard about the local issue, however, I threw mine in the fridge...I've had too many exploding bottles to risk another ruining clothes/carpeting in our closet/cellar
     
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  17. johnnyboy76

    johnnyboy76 Pundit (939) Nov 20, 2010 Oregon

    Wow. Crazy to hear this happens, and experience it first hand. So bizarre. After years of craft beer consumption, I've never had this happen till yesterday and hope it never happens again. Or if it does, please don't break between the oven and the fridge this time! Lol! Ugh. What a freaking mess.
     
    #17 johnnyboy76, Apr 28, 2013
  18. TimoP

    TimoP Initiate (0) Oct 19, 2011 Pennsylvania

    I opened a bottle of nugget nectar this year and half of the top rim stayed in the cap. It broke off a piece that was about a half an inch down the neck of the bottle. Not sure what happened, i used my same trusty opener that I always do and i wasnt rough with it. I didn't notice any cracks before I opened it, but I'm sure there had to be something there. I still drank it.
     
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  19. ThatCracker

    ThatCracker Initiate (0) Nov 20, 2012 Virginia

    Called the wife a Bitch...Bottles were cracking and exploding everywhere....
     
    #19 ThatCracker, Apr 28, 2013
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  20. ChanChan

    ChanChan Maven (1,341) Dec 12, 2009 California

    Sounds like a crime of passion!! Has your girlfriend and the sledge hammer provided an alibi?
     
    #20 ChanChan, Apr 28, 2013
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