Well, I had a belgian strong ale go south on me...
when I tried it (too early) I was upset that the yeast kept mixing up with the beer. Now, several weeks later, the grolsh bottles open with an explosive force that hurts my hand and the whole bottle of fluid shoots out as foam. if opened upside down, it actually tries to propel the bottle out of my hand (these are grolsch bottles). I had a couple of amstel light bottles full too, and I wrapped those in a towel to pick them up and uncapped through the towel (afraid the bottles might burst). It still gave quite the geyser, even through the towel....
It has sort of a vomity smell to it too...
Dang, i had spent so much time on that batch.
I was suspicious of it since the beginning, since it has an abnormally large layer of deposits at the bottom of the bottle.
Now I am concerned about the cream ale I just bottled friday, as it has pretty hefty bottle deposits too.
when I tried it (too early) I was upset that the yeast kept mixing up with the beer. Now, several weeks later, the grolsh bottles open with an explosive force that hurts my hand and the whole bottle of fluid shoots out as foam. if opened upside down, it actually tries to propel the bottle out of my hand (these are grolsch bottles). I had a couple of amstel light bottles full too, and I wrapped those in a towel to pick them up and uncapped through the towel (afraid the bottles might burst). It still gave quite the geyser, even through the towel....
It has sort of a vomity smell to it too...
Dang, i had spent so much time on that batch.
I was suspicious of it since the beginning, since it has an abnormally large layer of deposits at the bottom of the bottle.
Now I am concerned about the cream ale I just bottled friday, as it has pretty hefty bottle deposits too.