Picture of my stupidity

[dstranger99]

Did you by chance just overcarb them? How much sugar did you use ?.............

 

[Trokair]

Did you by chance just overcarb them? How much sugar did you use ?.............

Nah, not over-carbed. I reused the wrong batch of bottles. You could see the gunk floating in the beer once the caps started bulging. Very few of them made it out and it was actually a really good beer but 98% of them were gunked. I believe I used 4.5 oz of sugar on those but I'm not sure of that number. It was an Austin Homebrew kit.

 

[Remmy]

That sucks! I had one bottle bomb just the other night (my first). I store beers in my basement where it is a lot cooler than the rest of the house. I had just one that blew up after being bottled 2 weeks ago. Had to be that bottle because I've drank several of beers from that batch and none taste or look funky. I still have 10 bombers and about a dozen other bottles with the same beer in it and no more bombs just yet.

The clean-up for me was relatively easy. I had some beer on the shelf and on the shelf just below. Glass everywhere, but not very hard to clean-up on a concrete floor. I also have a big, farmer's sink just next to the shelf with the beer on it.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Two words for ya...."shop vac"

Apply cleaning solution of choice liberally, and suck it up with the shop vac...repeat this process until clean! A powerful shop vac will can do a lot of work, and clean things that your thought were ruined. Microfiber and carpet is typically synthetic material and cleans pretty well! IME don't be afraid to use the cleaning solution / or water liberally and suck it up with the shop vac.

Some grocery stores also rent carpet cleaner machines for cheap...perhaps that will clean the couch as well...good luck!

 

[mikescooling]

Their was a thread not long ago about who has used a mop on the ceiling, many people have used mops on their ceiling. At least this didn't turn out as bad as the broken carboy story's "I had to go to the ER". Anyway, I've used PBW to get cat pee out of my couch before with great success. I think it would work for beer, just take the cover off first.

 

[butterpants]

My **** would be on Craigslist after that.

 

[Homercidal]

Soak that couch in water. Hose it right out, then vaccum what you can and get some really good airflow, maybe set up a fan. At this point you have nothing to use. If you can hose it out before the beer dries, you might be able to keep it from smelling too mad when it's all over. If you can dry it well and right away you might not have any mildew or rust to deal with. It may take several days to dry completely. Hopefully the water doesn't ruin any of the fabric or padding.

 

[Trokair]

Well after spending hours on it I caved in and called some professionals. 2 guys from Stanley Steamers came over and saved the carpet and couch. Most of the beer poured off of the couch so that foam wasn't very wet or stained at all. The stuff they put down and the steam cleaner made the carpet come back looking and smelling better than when I bought the place. They showed me the couch foaming and I'm 100% it will be reek free. So that was $300 out but the amount of stress that that took away was well worth it. They also sucked up enough glass to fill their industrial catch can after I had already filled my vacuum twice. The only thing I can't fix is the TV which is not damaged enough to replace, just enough to be slightly annoying. I live with that mistake through versus replacing everything.

 

[tyzippers]

That's a pretty epic failure! Kudos again for standing tall and letting us learn from your mistake!

I guess it's a little late now, but I bet the Sham-Wow would've cleaned that mess up right quick! :-D

 

[whitehause]

Man...that is awesome. I mean, sorry for the mess, but man that's an awesome example of bottle bomb danger. Throw that baby on a sticky for the beginners forum, that should scare them all in to being extra careful.

My wife always asks why I bother to keg my beers, then fill bottles from the keg. Now I have the answer in picture form!! Excellent.

 

[neovox]

I can't even imagine.... ugh!