farny
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Just as I was going to bed last night I heard shattering glass which I pinned to roommates dropping something, then it woke me up again at 3am. I went and checked what it was turned out it was my rootbeer bottles exploding! I know if you bottle condition these that they will explode if not refrigerated but these were bottled from a keg and never had any yeast introduced to it. I had the keg carbed to around 20psi. Everything bottled fine I left 1"-1.5" of head space in each bottle. I'm stunned, it hadn't even crossed my mind that these would be able to become bottle bombs. I even stored them all un-enclosed in my living room thank goodness no one was around when it happened.
Does anyone have any ideas why this may have happened? Was I wrong in thinking bottles from kegs won't explode?
Thanks all
Does anyone have any ideas why this may have happened? Was I wrong in thinking bottles from kegs won't explode?
Thanks all