Most valuable beer lost to bottle mishap (i.e. spontaneous explosion)

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  1. Buschyfor3

    Buschyfor3 Savant (1,083) Jan 4, 2009 Kentucky

    Long story short, woke up this morning to find that a bomber of Stone's Smoked Porter with Chocolate & Orange peel had literally exploded in my cellar. That is the first time I've ever had a bottle spontaneously explode.

    Bad news - never got to try it before the bottle decided to spontaneously erupt in what must have been quite a spectacular pop, given the infinite debris field of tiny glass shards all over the place.

    Good news - it was the least expensive bottle of the dozen (now eleven) bottles I have in my cellar at the moment at only $8.99 for the bottle. A bummer, but nothing devastating from a rarity or price perspective. Aside from having to wipe down the remaining bottles and clean out the bottom of the container I was using in my cellar, it wasn't too awfully bad and could have been a lot worse had it been a bottle of something harder to come by (like my last bottle of Beer Geek Vanilla Shake or a couple of ET bottles that were $20+ a pop). Also, a tip: I put a plastic liner in the bottom of the box I was using in my cellar for storing the beer, so clean-up was aided by the fact that the vast majority of the liquid was captured by the liner instead of leaking out and onto the floor.

    So, what was the most expensive beer you lost to a bottle mishap/implosion/explosion/self-destruction?
     
  2. do_ob

    do_ob Pooh-Bah (1,655) Feb 12, 2015 Kentucky
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    gives a whole new meaning to the term "suicide bomber".
     
  3. GOBLIN

    GOBLIN Pooh-Bah (2,676) Mar 3, 2013 Ohio
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    What is it with Stone and bottle explosions ? Could be a fluke I guess but I've heard of Stone bottles bursting on the shelves as well. Anyway, I flat out just fumbled a bottle of Parabola once ! Still haven't tried that beer.
     
  4. billyshears

    billyshears Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2008 Connecticut

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    batch 1. still not over this. also made a trade for a mornin delight that broke during shipment. have yet to have either.
     
  5. 4truth

    4truth Pundit (806) Jan 30, 2015 Illinois
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