lorne17
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Hello all,
I had an incident today of exploding Ginger Beer bottles. I brewed some Ginger Beer, which I have about 10-12 batches of this recipe before. I had it in a keg and carbonated it via the keg. I do not put any yeast in my Ginger Beer since it's a side and not a brew.
Anyways, I bottled some using Red Hook Bottles (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/new-redhook-bottles.250637/) and then used a Counter Pressure Bottle filler (like this: https://www.amazon.com/YaeBrew-Counter-Pressure-Bottle-Filler/dp/B0773QX1R1). They were bottled for about 2 weeks. Then when sitting on the counter they exploded (all three did). So hard, that shards of glass were ~15' away and even stuck into the dry wall ceiling above!?!?
I'm so worried about this because I usually bottle from the keg and give a 4 pack to my family for their birthdays (they don't drink alcohol). So with that said, what the heck caused this if the beer isn't fermenting? Bacteria maybe? I usually only boil the ginger beer for a few minutes and let it sit for 1 hour. Then I squeeze about 30 limes and pour that into the ginger beer before kegging. So maybe the limes added bacteria since that's not sanitized/sterile? Could it be that simple and it was bacteria growing in there?
I want to get to the bottom of this so I don't endanger people who want to enjoy my ginger beer.
Thanks in advance,
Lorne
I had an incident today of exploding Ginger Beer bottles. I brewed some Ginger Beer, which I have about 10-12 batches of this recipe before. I had it in a keg and carbonated it via the keg. I do not put any yeast in my Ginger Beer since it's a side and not a brew.
Anyways, I bottled some using Red Hook Bottles (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/new-redhook-bottles.250637/) and then used a Counter Pressure Bottle filler (like this: https://www.amazon.com/YaeBrew-Counter-Pressure-Bottle-Filler/dp/B0773QX1R1). They were bottled for about 2 weeks. Then when sitting on the counter they exploded (all three did). So hard, that shards of glass were ~15' away and even stuck into the dry wall ceiling above!?!?
I'm so worried about this because I usually bottle from the keg and give a 4 pack to my family for their birthdays (they don't drink alcohol). So with that said, what the heck caused this if the beer isn't fermenting? Bacteria maybe? I usually only boil the ginger beer for a few minutes and let it sit for 1 hour. Then I squeeze about 30 limes and pour that into the ginger beer before kegging. So maybe the limes added bacteria since that's not sanitized/sterile? Could it be that simple and it was bacteria growing in there?
I want to get to the bottom of this so I don't endanger people who want to enjoy my ginger beer.
Thanks in advance,
Lorne