First bottle bomb question

climateboy · Dec 19, 2008

So, I just opened the brew closet and a bottle had clearly exploded. This was a De Konnick clone, bottled last week. I used the same procedure I always do...3/4 cup corn sugar to 2 cups water. The other 50 bottles look fine...no fizzing, nothing. Could it just be one bum bottle (I've used these twice before)? What gives?

Parker36 · Dec 19, 2008

Possibly a bum bottle, or you could have more on the way. Measuring the sugar using weight is more accurate than volume. What was your FG?

climateboy · Dec 19, 2008

My FG was 1.016.

malkore · Dec 22, 2008

and what was the starting gravity. 1.016 may or may not be 'cool' to bottle.

its entirely possible for one bottle to get infected and create a gusher or a bottle bomb.

time will tell

climateboy · Dec 28, 2008

Well, I opened my first one two days ago...exactly two weeks after bottling. And it was...well, not flat, but not carbonated nearly enough. Is this something that can be rectified with time, or should I start thinking about another remedy?

MoRoToRiUm · Dec 28, 2008

climateboy said:
Well, I opened my first one two days ago...exactly two weeks after bottling. And it was...well, not flat, but not carbonated nearly enough. Is this something that can be rectified with time, or should I start thinking about another remedy?

3 weeks at 70 F. Let them go some more, and if they're still not carbonated, then look at alternatives

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