Let me start by saying that I am very new to brewing. Two days ago I set out to brew my 3rd and 4th batch ever. The third batch was a gumballhead all extract clone recipe which is doing fine. My 4th batch, the centennial blonde all extract version may be in trouble. I made the rookie mistake of pouring hot wort in a BB carboy. It kind of morphed the shape as I did it. I filled it with the cold water portion of the recipe capped it and set it aside to ferment. I'm not sure if it actually melted or if it just warped. I thought that the pressure from fermentation might expand it back to normal shape and size. I left both batches alone and left my house for about 48 hours. Upon coming back home I found my gumballhead is bubbling away. The blonde had blown it's top I cleaned everything up and put the top back on. It has been a half hour and it is not bubbling. It smells great BTW... The carboy is still in it's warped shape. Did I ruin my carboy? More importantly did I ruin my beer?!?!? Either way I'm glad I have a batch of gumballhead doing well and a keg full of brown ale currently carbonating!