kanzimonson
Well-Known Member
I took some homebrews to the beach recently and put them in the condo's mini-fridge. I didn't realize the fridge was on the coolest setting until I look in the next day and one of the bottles had obviously leaked due to freezing. There was this dribble of frozen beer coming out of the cap. It was the bottle nearest the cooling line in the back, so I assumed that was the reason it froze. I turned the fridge down and let it sit for several more hours.
I come back and can't really tell if the beer is still frozen - it was a darker amber, a little hazy, and in a brown bottle. So I take it over to the sink, rinse in a little warm water for a minute, and then cautiously begin to open the cap. I was expecting it to be a gusher and was going very slowly. There was definitely some gas venting, but no beer gushing out. So I get my glass ready, and then pop the top off in one quick motion.
Suddenly there was a huge popping noise like a paintball gun, and a splattering sound. Then I was blind from getting beer ALL OVER my face. Then I start to feel ice drip down on my neck from above. Frozen beer was on the ceiling, in my hair, in the sink, covering my clothes, everywhere. Once I realized I wasn't hurt, I was laughing my ass off at the incident. Nobody witnessed it unfortunately, but when I walked into the other room, the looks of horror on my family's face were priceless. It was nice smelling like a hop garden for a moment, until that gave way to sour, stale beer.
Over half of the beer ejected from the bottle, it was quite impressive. I had no idea frozen beer could be so dangerous. Heads up everyone (and bottles away from the face)!
I come back and can't really tell if the beer is still frozen - it was a darker amber, a little hazy, and in a brown bottle. So I take it over to the sink, rinse in a little warm water for a minute, and then cautiously begin to open the cap. I was expecting it to be a gusher and was going very slowly. There was definitely some gas venting, but no beer gushing out. So I get my glass ready, and then pop the top off in one quick motion.
Suddenly there was a huge popping noise like a paintball gun, and a splattering sound. Then I was blind from getting beer ALL OVER my face. Then I start to feel ice drip down on my neck from above. Frozen beer was on the ceiling, in my hair, in the sink, covering my clothes, everywhere. Once I realized I wasn't hurt, I was laughing my ass off at the incident. Nobody witnessed it unfortunately, but when I walked into the other room, the looks of horror on my family's face were priceless. It was nice smelling like a hop garden for a moment, until that gave way to sour, stale beer.
Over half of the beer ejected from the bottle, it was quite impressive. I had no idea frozen beer could be so dangerous. Heads up everyone (and bottles away from the face)!
