Exploding bottles

I have heard of corked bottles blowing their corks, but never heard of a bottle actually exploding. Why are you keeping your bottles so warm?

 

Is that a joke?

 

Only homebrew, which was kept too warm while bottle conditioning, or had excess carbonation levels. So, I ask the same thing Boomer4es asked.

 

Not quite an explosion but i was driving home from the beer store and the cap blew off of my bottle of victory Mad King'd weiss for no apparent reason. Thankfully i didn't get pulled over, and cleaned to up before the Mrs. used the car.

 

There was a batch of Mystic Brewery's 'Entropy' that was recalled due to exploding bottles.

I had a 'Speedway Stout' explode for no apparent reason.

It happens.

 

No. It was not a joke. It was an honest question. What did you think was so funny about it?

 

Because 68 degrees is room temperature.

Edit: and your question seemed to insinuate that leaving bottles at room temperature led to the bottles exploding.

 

My question actually did not insinuate anything even remotely close to that, but hey, thanks for telling me what I meant. I said I had never heard of bottles exploding. THEN I asked why he was keeping them so warm. Those are separate thoughts with no connecting factors. Also, thanks for the incredibly helpful info about room temperature. I don't know what I would do without you. As far as I'm aware, it's not particularly great for beer to be stored at or around 70 degrees. 50-60 is considered the ideal by all accounts, so I asked a simple question. I was not judging, nor was I criticizing or even joking. It was an honest question. Maybe he is doing it for a reason, in which case I would be curious to know why.

 

Oh OK so your intention was to ask a question completely unrelated to the topic at hand. Uh, my bad?

 

I asked a question completely related to the OP's post. You are not particularly bright, are you? Or you are a fantastic troll. Either way, congrats man. You really showed me. I'm totally never coming back here again.

 

If 68 is room temperature then what temperature is 67? or 72? Is that a joke?

To the OP: Never had a bottle explode, but if I did I would notify the brewer. Sometimes we just can't tame the yeast.

 

I've had a couple of bottles spontaneously explode at the store, scared the shit out of me at a beer tasting

 

I've never had a bottle explode, but most of my beer is also kept at room temp. The only places that I can put beer are in and out of the fridge, and it doesn't all fit in the fridge.

 

68 is quite warm for storing beer, that + over carbonation could've done it

 

I've bought beer that was warmer than 68 degrees. I remember when I was a kid soda pop came in glass bottles and some stores had strips of plastic hanging over the pop shelves as protection in case some bottles would explode. Carbonation and an unseen defect in the glass may be the culprit. In all my years of drinking carbonated beverages I've never had one explode unless I forgot about it in the freezer.

 

Despite the insane comments from some on here...68 may be a bit warm...thats an honest question/comment....try keeping them a bit cooler...I've had good luck around 50 or so....

 

So Entropy increased?

Engineer joke.


Edit - reasons bottles can explode.
1. Excess fermentable sugars at bottling, so the yeast keep working beyond the target volumes of CO2..
2. Wild yeast like Brett, which are super attenuaters, that consume higher sugars and produce more CO2 than targeted.
3. Bottles sometimes have defects.

 

I was not suggesting that the temperature had anything to do with the explosion. I was just curious. As others have said, it could have been some overactive yeast or just a bottle defect.