Had a 6.5 break on me today, but this is not going to sway me from using glass carboy's. Just have to fill the kettle a different way, but figured that out while waiting to get some stiches. All I can say is, guy's & gal's please becareful, this could have had a much worse ending.
Another glass carboy casualty
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ColonelForbin
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what happened?
Ouch... how did you break it? Oh and you are required to present pictures of the damage once the bleeding is under control. 
Missed the last step into the garage. I thing I may have had other things on my mind, stupid mistake. Carboy broke because of my carelessness, not because of a faulty carboy.
Ouch... how did you break it? Oh and you are required to present pictures of the damage once the bleeding is under control.
Here ya go. May not be for the faint of heart, if not operate, mods please remove.
Sorry about your injury, Boomr.
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Thanks, appreciate that
. Just trying to remind everyone this hobby can bite ya, please be careful.
Ouch, glad you're okay and it's not any worse. Sorry you lost the beer too.
Thanks, lucky in that regard, no beer lost.
Was using the carboy to fill the kettle with water.
Just got all grain set up done, & was doing a mock run thru with water.
Ouch. BTW, that round flap with stitches will die and turn into an impressive scab very similar to a piece of pepperoni. At least mine did. On my forehead.
Haha that has to be a good story!
Good to see you came through it ok boomr... from the looks of it it could've been much worse.
The doc was 50/50 on the flappy thing. We thought, worse thing is it scabs over and falls off. If it reattaches & heals, cool.
Does sound like a good story.
Thanks, I thought the same thing, nothing major (read artery).
Sorry to hear about your injury, get better soon!
I bought the Brew Hauler strap, since I have to carry mine up and down the basement stairs.
It's a little expensive, but I'm pretty happy with the results so far.
http://labelpeelers.com/the-brew-hauler-p-2667.html?zenid=161a9756844c2326ff48f68916a90b4a
I bought the Brew Hauler strap, since I have to carry mine up and down the basement stairs.
It's a little expensive, but I'm pretty happy with the results so far.
http://labelpeelers.com/the-brew-hauler-p-2667.html?zenid=161a9756844c2326ff48f68916a90b4a
I was thinking the same thing...it looks kind of ischemic on your initial picture, but it's still nature's band-aid, and you're better off with a skin flap covering the wound than not...
Just got a couple of those myself. Well worth it. So much easier to handle the carboys with one of those things around it.
Good idea, I've seen those before. Thanks, arm will heal in no time.
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Ouch. Bottle bomb or something? I'm guessing it healed just fine?
Boomr, gnarly wound. Glad you're okay!
samc
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but this is not going to sway me from using glass carboy's:
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What exactly would it take to sway you?
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What exactly would it take to sway you?
I haven't had any problems with the carboy's themselves.
This broke because of my carelessness, & not paying attention to what I was doing.
I have come up with a better method of filling my kettle, not to mention, once the fermentation has started I don't move the carboy.
I do like to be able to look at the wort/beer during fermentation, & I'm not entirely sold on the plastic aspect yet.
I'm totally sold on glass... bake ware, jugs, glasses, pitchers, etc. I prefer it for most everything even though you risk the occasional shatter and/or cut. So much easier to keep clean and almost impossible to stain or warp or corrode unlike plastics or metal.
I'd say that carelessness and PassedPawn brew hand-in-hand. Wish it weren't so, but alas it is.
No glass for me. I broke one in my pool and I'm done with that.
No glass for me. I broke one in my pool and I'm done with that.
Oh crap that had to suck to clean up.
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I almost lost a 3-gallon carboy today....
Slipped out of my hand while rinsing out - thankfully the other hand held tight on the attached handle and I was able to dance a little jig to get out of the way as it swung towards my knee....
Slipped out of my hand while rinsing out - thankfully the other hand held tight on the attached handle and I was able to dance a little jig to get out of the way as it swung towards my knee....
vandeg
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hope you heal up soon!
I've been bit a couple times so I have a pretty healthy "grenade response" to dropping/slipping glass. I get the heck out of the way, lol. I'm usually pretty careful handling them though so don't often have slippage.
dang sorry to hear that!
My glass story...... I was putting ice in a glass once to drink a soda. The ice chunk was a bit too large so I whacked it with the palm of my hand while it was in the glass to break it up a little. The bottom broke out of the glass and slick as a razor severed the end of my second toe off about halfway down the nail. The only thing holding it was a piece of skin on the side. You could flip it over just like opening a zippo lighter top. Grabbed some super glue and tape and stuck it back together. Believe it or not, no stitches and it reattached and healed up fine.
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