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So I finally got in the club...

I was brewing about an hour ago and I went to move a 6.5 gal carboy off of the counter. It was filled with Idophor and water, I was filled with beer, it slipped out of my hands and created a tidal wave of glass and sanitary solution. I stood motionless for a moment and upon realizing I wasn't hurt I let out a string of expletives.

Anyone else in the Exploding Carboy Club?

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It is a good thing you weren't hurt. How much of a mess did the iodophore make ?

I had a glass carboy break just from the weight of the beer it contained sloshing around.

I only use glass now for wine. Better bottles are just ... better.

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Bummer. I see a Better Bottle in your future. I'm glad no one was hurt and you did not lose any beer! With a Better Bottle you could actually save most of you beer if the same were to happen.

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Honestly, I don't understand why people still use glass. I think a lot of bad advice floats around the homebrewing community, especially with regard to people advocating the use of large glass containers. I mean, from a practical standpoint, the risk of using large glass containers is way too high to justify it's use in homebrewing.

HDPE and PET are the clear winners for economical homebrewing. But, if you've got the extra cash lying around, stainless steel can't be beat.

To the OP, I'm glad to hear you weren't injured during the incident.

Gordie

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Glad to hear you didn't get hurt.

After messing around with wet, full carboys one too many times and wondering how I've live this long without dropping one, I just sold them all and ferment in kegs now.

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I still use glass and haven't had any problems. But I also don't drink much while I'm brewing, have handles for all my carboys (before that, milk crate), make sure not to fill them with hot liquid, etc. I think they're relatively safe if the proper precautions are taken.

Now, having said that... a better bottle is obviously "safer".

The only real misgiving I have with going plastic is that I've had one or two times where I've racked out of a carboy and then gotten lazy and not cleaned the carboy for a few days. Bad practice, I know! But when it's sitting in the basement it's easy to forget sometimes... It's only happened once or twice, but I'd be afraid plastic would stain/smell/something given the same treatment. Even so, I'm still considering better bottles for future carboy purchases.

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Go back to the milk crates! Please don't carry a full carboy using those handles!!!

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WhirlingBastard

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Also glad you were not hurt.

I am a part of this club. First dark beer I every brewed went all over my basement carpet. When I dropped it I just stood there in aww. As you said, once I realized that I was not hurt I used every profound word I new. Not making any sense at all. Once I was done I went up stairs grabbed a brew and the shop vac.

I do think a small (SMALL) portion must be blamed on the amount of drinking I had done while brewing that night.

My basement still has that wonderful hint of beer in the air which my SWMBO is not that fond of. The worst part is every time she goes downstairs and sees the stain I get a little comment.

I am now in the process of converting over to plastic. Enjoy the picture.

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Loweface

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Can we get a new picture of that mess however long ago that happened?

Or did you replace the carpet?

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wow, glad you did cut your feet off. This is one of my fears. I always dry my hands, think(don't FU), then pick it up. I am in the process of designing a room in the basement where I can brew outside on the back porch, transfer the cooled wort to the basement through a looooong hose into a glass carboy on a high shelf, below this carboy is the eventual secondary and below this will be keg. If this works I will never have to pick up a full glass carboy again. If not then I will go to SS kegs for fementing. Charlie

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