Bottle Bombs

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by RJLarse, Dec 14, 2015.

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    stealth Pooh-Bah (2,023) Dec 16, 2011 Minnesota
    Pooh-Bah

    yeah I snapped a few of the wide lipped bottles before I learned that trick too! just pop the inserts out with a butter knife and flip em. This allows you to use the 29mm bottles as well!
     
    #21 stealth, Dec 17, 2015
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    RJLarse Pooh-Bah (2,375) Dec 30, 2005 Washington
    Pooh-Bah

    To close out this story.

    The entire batch was over carbonated, so I mis-read my nomograph or my scale or made some other error along the way. It happens.

    I had an empty tap-a-draft jug so I decided to open the remaining bottles and pour them in there. Of the 12 bottles, 1 exploded, 8 were gushers, and 3 opened without gushing but were still over carbonated for the style.

    After pouring them into the tap-a-draft and pulling a couple of pints out I applied the CO2 cartridge, and I have a reasonably drinkable holiday ale.

    Today I ordered some supplies from my online home brew shop and we'll get to the spring and summer brews shortly.

    Thanks for the advice on this troublesome batch.

    Happy Trails!
     
    #22 RJLarse, Dec 28, 2015
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