Curious, why does this happen?

What you have is commonly called a gusher. Are the beers from the same brewery? Do they taste fine otherwise? Does the label say that they are bottle conditioned? Do any of them have fruit as an ingredient?

Answers to these questions could pinpoint sanitation issues at a brewery if all of the beers are from the same place; or they could have been bottled too early before fermentation was complete thus producing additional CO2; or bottle conditioned beers could have been bottled with too much sugar added at the time of bottling in order to produce the CO2; and beers with fruit could be refermenting from the sugar in the fruit and creating too much CO2.

So a bit more information is needed to be able to answer your question.

 

I've never had it happen to me. Your fridge is broken.

 

I've heard of causes along the lines of overly sanitized bottles prior to filling. Cleaning agent residues can react with the beer... don't hold me to this is just heresy

 

This happens to me also, how odd. Its weird though, because it used to never happen. The beer is not always from the same company. I am thinking it must be the weather, or solar flares... Not sure temp is the same I can not think of any differences that could be the culprit. It seem to happen more frequently during times I say some smart ass shit to my wife then ask her to bring me a beer, I just cant figure this one out.

 

Or maybe you haven't been trying enough different beers/styles from enough different breweries.

I'd say the occasional gusher is inevitable, especially with Belgians and other bottle-conditioned beers. Not a big deal if you're prepared for it. I've gotten in the habit of having the glass ready and opening on the kitchen counter, just in case—especially if it's a beer/style/brewery that's had a gusher in the past.

 

I'm glad my dry humor was overlooked by someone

In all honesty though, I've never had it happen to me and I try a lot of "Belgians" (I'm still not sure what that means). I've had tons of bottle conditioned beers from USA and from Belgium.

 

What beers were they? I've had this happen plenty of times with bottle conditioned beers, particularly lambics, wild ales and saisons. Never with a beer that wasn't bottled conditioned though.

 

It happens to me all the time, but I live in Colorado. I've just learned to have a glass ready, and never put a bottle down and walk away w/o pouring it.

 

You, sir, need to place an emergency call to Mr. Obvious!

 

Infections can cause gushing.

Low calcium in the brewing process can result in oxalates in the bottle called beer stone, which result in nucleation points for the CO2.

Not so common is fusarium infections.

 

Is there a ring in the neck? This could be an infection. Just happened to me. With a pale ale. I sent an email to the brewery. Waiting to hear back

Enjoy

 

You should all of the bottles in your fridge to me at your cost so I can look into this.

But in all seriousness, I think it would probably be an issue with the brewery's sanitation or not letting the beer completely ferment first. Which brewery(ies) beers do this?

 

I'm surprised no one has thought to mention that he might be putting the bottle down too hard on the counter when he takes it out(or is otherwise handling roughly). That alone could explain the issue. Much more likely than you getting infected beers every other time. Some bottles are inherently gushers, but that is a small percentage.

 

to my knowledge OP still hasn't mentioned which beers they were so that could go a long way toward explaining what the issue is. I suppose we are all just speculating until he does.

 

I never have this happen to me. What are you opening your bottles with? A hammer?

 

Usually happens with highly carbed beers or wild ales. Sometimes fruit beers that still have sediment on the bottom to cause a nucleation point. Like those exploding bottles of framboise de amarosa.

 

Only once. St. Bernardus 12 gushed on me.

 

Any brewery that can't afford a hydrometer and have the knowledge to use it would not be in business long.

Infections are most likely.

 

It's the thin air up there....