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It's an old concrete sink, no give. I was trying to becareful, and it just barely tapped the side. It was enough to crack the carboy, then, I think the weight of the fluid inside caused the crack to quickly continue up the side until the bottom of the carboy broke off in my right hand then...

As much as my injury sucks, I do feel pretty lucky. It only got one hand and it could have easily taken a finger or slit my wrist. The frustrating part is, I still have 10 gallons of fermented beer sitting in the primary and I can't figure out how to get it into the secondary with one hand...

Last night was an eventful night. I was sterilizing a couple of glass carboys to use for second fermentors. While I was draining one of them into the sink the carboy gently bumped the side of the sink and broke in my hands. I was surprised how little it took to break and even more surprised by...