First Bottle Bombs

[Collmorgen]

Well I had my first bottle bombs in two years of brewing. Now I have to clean up. My question is how should I handle the unexploded bottles? Do they pose any danger?

 

[evchenko]

Hello, lurker here finally signed up to the forum!

From what I've read in the past, most people suggest chilling them down and getting them down your neck!

I wonder also if you can "burp" the bottles a little and recap...

Anyway hi everyone, you guys have been indispensable in my first six months of brewing!

Evs

 

[antony]

Yes, absolutely they are dangerous. Get a rubbermaid or other sealable container and store them in there in case another one blows.

I've found glass up to 15ft away from bottle bombs...be careful.

 

[microbusbrewery]

When you handle them, wear safety goggles and heavy leather BBQ gloves or welding gloves.

 

[oogaboogachiefwalkingdeer]

What made them blow?

 

[passedpawn]

Well I had my first bottle bombs in two years of brewing. Now I have to clean up. My question is how should I handle the unexploded bottles? Do they pose any danger?

Just be careful and treat them with respect. I had one blow in a box, so I lined up the bottles the counter preparing to dump. #2 blew about 10 feet from me - BANG!. Holy hell - glass shards and beer everywhere. If that bottle had been in my hand, my fiddling days would be over. 3 minutes later, I had long sleeves, chem goggles, and leather gloves on.

There was another thread here where bottle bombs destroyed a guy's glass shower. He put the box in the glass-walled shower. The bombs took out all the walls. I've seen pics of glass embedded into drywall, too.

I started kegging very shortly after my incident. Yes, it freaked me out a bit.

 

[evchenko]

Just be careful and treat them with respect. I had one blow in a box, so I lined up the bottles the counter preparing to dump. #2 blew about 10 feet from me - BANG!. Holy hell - glass shards and beer everywhere. If that bottle had been in my hand, my fiddling days would be over. 3 minutes later, I had long sleeves, chem goggles, and leather gloves on.

There was another thread here where bottle bombs destroyed a guy's glass shower. He put the box in the glass-walled shower. The bombs took out all the walls. I've seen pics of glass embedded into drywall, too.

I started kegging very shortly after my incident. Yes, it freaked me out a bit.

Christ on a bike!

 

[Collmorgen]

I'm not sure why they blew. My guess is that my bottling sugar didn't get well mixed because I opened a couple of the survivors and they were flat.

 

[moreb33rplz]

I've had a few. I would dump them all immediately while wearing glasses and thick clothes. Trying to salvages crappy super overcarbonated beer isn't worth a grenade going off in your hand IMO.