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Old 10-14-2008, 04:46 AM   #1
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Default My First Bottlebombs

Somehow, up until this point I have managed not to have any bottle bombs.

At around 8 o'clock, I heard the noise- then I saw the beer leaking all over the floor of my bedroom.

Later, moving a case full of bottle grenades, the bottle fell out and 8 of them exploded at once, sending glass flying well over 20 feet (no joke)

Now that I have that experience behind me, I can say I'm a better man for it- cleaning it all up was hell


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Old 10-14-2008, 04:53 AM   #2
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Suck!
Let's move toward making these your LAST bottle Bombs!


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Old 10-14-2008, 12:37 PM   #3
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sounds exciting! video?
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Old 10-16-2008, 01:04 AM   #4
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yup ,ya need to try and hit that final gravity mark they dont put them in da recipes for nuttin,bull
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Old 10-16-2008, 01:07 AM   #5
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At least my batch of "grenades" was in the lagering fridge. It was a mess, but contained and in the garage.
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Old 10-16-2008, 01:13 AM   #6
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did you figure out why? were they just not done fermenting or did you add too much sugar?
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Old 10-16-2008, 03:35 AM   #7
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Wow! what a mess that must have been! I've never had a bottle bomb yet but just in case, I put my newly bottled batches in a big rubbermaid tub and leave them for two weeks before taking them out to make room for the next batch. I figure that if they haven't popped in 2 weeks, they are probably safe. So far so good.
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Old 10-17-2008, 06:07 PM   #8
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Wrong idea! These bottlebombs were bottled a month ago or so, if not more. But i think that because it was poor attenuation, not overpriming, that caused the bombs, it took longer for the yeast to ferment the beer than just priming sugar


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