In a batch of home made soda no less. I made a batch of Ginger Beer, carbed with champagne yeast for my wife and used a few smith-wicks bottles that I had in the cabinet. I had already used them once before with a low carbed brown ale with no problems, so i figured they were ok. The soda has been out in my brew box for the last month and Ive been bringing in a 6er here and there as the wife drank them.
No problems until last night when we got home from work. I had put a fresh set in the fridge the night before, got home and went to grab us something cold to drink, only to find everything in the fridge covered with a spray of sticky glass shards. Thank god no one was holding the darn thing when it went off. I looked through the glass pieces and only then realized how thin the glass walls actually were. So I carefully removed all the Smith-wicks bottles from the brew box and popped and dumped them before there was another incident.
Just in case, I think I'm going to stop with the Smith-wicks Bottles.
No problems until last night when we got home from work. I had put a fresh set in the fridge the night before, got home and went to grab us something cold to drink, only to find everything in the fridge covered with a spray of sticky glass shards. Thank god no one was holding the darn thing when it went off. I looked through the glass pieces and only then realized how thin the glass walls actually were. So I carefully removed all the Smith-wicks bottles from the brew box and popped and dumped them before there was another incident.
Just in case, I think I'm going to stop with the Smith-wicks Bottles.