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[freeradical]

Hey I just brewed and bottled a hefeweizen. I bottled about a month ago and when I pour the beer into glasses it has a ridiculous head. I guess I bottled before it was finished fermenting. It tastes fine, but my concern is the bottles exploding. Does that seem likely after a month of bottling? Should I refrigerate them?

 

[Pappers_]

If you are worried about bombs, I would either refrigerate them or open them and relieve some of the pressure then recap.

 

[Golddiggie]

I think that if you've not had any bottles pop in a month, chances are you won't... Just don't go shaking the bottles up before you go to chill, or open them.

How long are you chilling them before pouring? Try giving them a few more days in the fridge and see if that helps get the foam under control.

 

[TipsyDragon]

i've had bottles pop after a month. wrap the box the bottles are in in a trash bag. so if they do explode on your the sharp glass stays in the box and the liquid beer does not go all over your carpet.

 

[ThePearsonFam]

i've had bottles pop after a month. wrap the box the bottles are in in a trash bag. so if they do explode on your the sharp glass stays in the box and the liquid beer does not go all over your carpet.

+1

I'de guess you bottled too early ---OR--- is there any chance that you have an infection? How does the beer taste?

 

[cervezarara]

I'm with Tipsy Dragon. I carbonated a batch a while ago to 3.25 volumes of CO2 by Tasty brew calculator. When I finished bottling, I found out I only had 4.5 gallons of beer, so needless to say, I was pretty nervous. More like 3.5 volumes of CO2! Turns out, 22 Bombers fit well in one of those Sterilite storage boxes. None blew, but I contained them for several months in preparation for the worst.

What I'm getting at is that you don't know how much residual sugar was left in your beer at bottling. 3 or 4 gravity points could be the difference between ridiculous head and glass shrapnel. Better safe than sorry, I say, and try to make sure your fermentation is over before bottling.