First ever bottle bombs

[mikeljcarr]

I brewed a Surley Oatmeal Brown partial mash kit. I fermented for four weeks and bottled about a month ago. Two days ago I had a bottle explode and had a second one go today. I've drank a few and when they're opened they'll foam out the bottle mildly and have a great deal of head when poured. Since I've done about 10 batches and have never had my OG and FG come out at what the recipes said, I didn't even take reading this time ( I know I'll be lectured on this) the question is, do i need to dump the batch or is there anything else i can do?

lectured on this).

 

[GilSwillBasementBrews]

get them as cold as possible it will help reduce some of the pressure but I would use extreme caution moving them around there are a lot of posts of people posting pics of damage not to mention who really wants glass shrapnel flying around anyway

 

[masterfool101]

Wow. Dangerous stuff, seriously. As has been noted, be very careful moving them. Get them as cold a possible. Get a pair of safety glasses and some leather gloves, and pop the tops on all of them. Leave them open a minute 10 minutes, then recap.

Or do he safe thing and dump them in the trash.

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

Wrap them in a garbage bag(or two) and put them somewhere cold ASAP.

Once cold they should probably be salvagable if you drink them fast enough.

 

[mikeljcarr]

Ok. I popped the tops and about half of the beer foamed out, so I didn't think it was a good idea to just put caps back on. I transferred to a sanitized bottling bucket and then refilled bottles and capped, along with filling a growler. Should I leave the bottles out to bottle condition before refrigerating or should I go directly to the fridge with them? I'll drink the growler so as not to chance things, as soon as its cold enough.