Recent content by CessnaDriver

Well it's been about a month since I made my mistake and only one bottle broke. I picked the bottle up from the bathtub where it was in storage and the bottom of the bottle was stuck to the tub. I was kind of shocked when the bottle felt lighter than usual. Anyway, the beer is EXTREMELY...

What works 99.9% of the time? Throwing them away? That would work 100% of the time. I've had 4 people PM me saying that opening and resealing will probably work, and 1 other person told me they've used nearly that much sugar and did not have an explosion.

Thanks for the feedback. It's been almost 48 hours now and I popped open two groelish bottles this morning and they had a nice, gentle "pop" and then some decent bubbling. I think I am going to pop them all open tonight and let them sit for about a minute each and then reseal. Dunno...

When you put it that way, the answer is pretty obvious. However, I thought it would be fairly easy to try and save my work by letting off some pressure half way through the carbonation process.

I'm a bit worried about this. I think my only hope for saving the batch is to open the bottles at some point to let off the pressure and then put new caps on them. I just have to decide when to time it so that adequate pressure and carbonation can still build up. I am thinking about 3-4...

When a bottle explodes, is it loud? Do I have potential hand grenades? :D I have them all in a spare bathroom in the bathtub and covered them all with a couple of blankets. I am afraid it they do explode and are too loud if they will scare my 6 yr daughter. I am also worried if one...

You need to bottle the beer and send to us for analysis. :mug: I may be wrong here (I'm quite the noob myself) but I don't think there's anything that can happen to the beer that will make you sick - unless you add a poisonous ingredient. In other words, I don't think the normal...

My wife doesn't mind too much unless (like yesterday) I have a mess in the kitchen when she's trying to make dinner. We both hate the smell that boiling wort leaves in the house, so I seep the grains in the house and then when it's time to boil, I move out to the turkey fryer in the garage. ;)

How did this turn out? I made a 5 gallon batch of Hefe and bottled it yesterday. My wife gave me a different measuring cup and I wasn't really thinking and I accidentally used 1 3/4 cup of corn sugar which is just about double the amount needed. My situation sounds similar to yours. I...

Yummy, I can't wait to hear how it turns out. Thanks!

Whew, thanks! I thought the risk was that airborne yeast would get into the wort so I was more worried about that. The nut brown should go well with cigars, so I am sure it will be consumed quickly in our neighborhood. :mug: I love your avatar!! :mug:

Hi all - I brewed a batch of nut brown ale yesterday and put the wort in a 6.5 gallon carboy with a rubber cork and a hose in the cork for blow off. After I got the fermenter situated in the bathtub, I left the house for about two hours. When I came back home, I discovered that the cork...

Great, sounds good, thanks. I will cross my fingers, and also try to swap bathrooms with my six year old since her's is cooler and more stable. :D

Cool thanks, I can't wait. And my neighbors too!