MicheleE63
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I have about 25 batches brewed so far, about half are bottled and half kegged, so I'm still fairly new to brewing. Maybe one of the experts on the forum can give me some answers. I went on vacation and returned to my first bottle bomb. I store my bottles in my basement on shelving in a cool, dark area of my basement. It looks like 1 bottle of a Whiskey Barrel Stout blew while I was gone. It didn't take any others out, but sure made a mess. I've been reading some possible causes, but I don't see anything I can confirm. I had trouble capping this batch - the caps were sticking in the bell of my new capper - my capper was pulling part of the crimp out when i pulled the bottle away from the bell. I realized the seal wasn't good on some of them when I was labeling them about a week after bottling. About half leaked when I laid them in their sides to stick the label on. So I got out my wing capper and crimped them again, hoping this would save those bottles. I haven't had any issues with them, and the ones I've opened since then have been fine. Could this have caused the bomb?