Wish I had a better picture of the actual carnage, but the wife was home and got involved 
immediately.
Here's the dead soldier. It's a Sam Smith bottle, I think. I thought they were pretty strong. The caps were starting to bulge, which should have been a sign (I ignore signs as a rule).
It was a recent octoberfest. I don't know if it had an infection (no bad taste) or if I just badly screwed up the priming. I bottle right out of the cold conditioning for lagers. I do a diacetyl rest for 2 days at 65 to make damned sure the beer was fully fermented. I'll never know. I dumped the rest of the bottles as they were all gushers.
immediately. Here's the dead soldier. It's a Sam Smith bottle, I think. I thought they were pretty strong. The caps were starting to bulge, which should have been a sign (I ignore signs as a rule).
It was a recent octoberfest. I don't know if it had an infection (no bad taste) or if I just badly screwed up the priming. I bottle right out of the cold conditioning for lagers. I do a diacetyl rest for 2 days at 65 to make damned sure the beer was fully fermented. I'll never know. I dumped the rest of the bottles as they were all gushers.
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