So I have brewed ten batches so far. Four extract brews with steeping grains then two partial mashes. Then I moved on to All grain for the last four. My first all grain batch #7 was a Bee Cave IPA. I figured a tried and true recipe was needed for my first all grain batch. I also changed my bottling techniques.
For the previous six batches I ran my bottles through the dishwasher on full cycle to sanitize, then bottle 24, and then cap 24 before starting over again with the second run. My first all grain batch I limited the dishwasher to rinse cycle and hot dry to sanitize. I then pulled two cases of cleaned bottles out and dunked them in a batch of star san for 1 minute before using the dishwasher rack as my drying rack. I then pulled 12 bottles and filled them and then capped them. Between the 12 I used a sanitized stirring spoon to stir the beer and carbonation sugar to keep it as mixed as possible. I did this because my 5th and 6th batch I got a disproportionate amount of gushers that I was unhappy about. And narrowing it down to the dishwasher that leaves food particles in glasses after I wash them I figured that running bottles through the unit these particles get in the bottle giving me these gushers.
The SWMBO was back in MN for spring break and I am enjoying some beer on the couch watching a good movie and I hear a dull thud come from the other room. Instantly I realize what it was, even though I wished it to be something else. Sure enough I opened my conditioning closet and notice beer dripping from my two week old bottled conditioned IPA case. The bottom of the bottle was blown out now I am one bottle short. I hope this is an isolated incident. I do not want to lose my first all grain and my first IPA to faulty techniques. I just wanted to share my first experience with bottle conditioning not going the way I envisioned it. Out of 8 batches bottled, is one bottle blowing up that irregular or is that expected?
For the previous six batches I ran my bottles through the dishwasher on full cycle to sanitize, then bottle 24, and then cap 24 before starting over again with the second run. My first all grain batch I limited the dishwasher to rinse cycle and hot dry to sanitize. I then pulled two cases of cleaned bottles out and dunked them in a batch of star san for 1 minute before using the dishwasher rack as my drying rack. I then pulled 12 bottles and filled them and then capped them. Between the 12 I used a sanitized stirring spoon to stir the beer and carbonation sugar to keep it as mixed as possible. I did this because my 5th and 6th batch I got a disproportionate amount of gushers that I was unhappy about. And narrowing it down to the dishwasher that leaves food particles in glasses after I wash them I figured that running bottles through the unit these particles get in the bottle giving me these gushers.
The SWMBO was back in MN for spring break and I am enjoying some beer on the couch watching a good movie and I hear a dull thud come from the other room. Instantly I realize what it was, even though I wished it to be something else. Sure enough I opened my conditioning closet and notice beer dripping from my two week old bottled conditioned IPA case. The bottom of the bottle was blown out now I am one bottle short. I hope this is an isolated incident. I do not want to lose my first all grain and my first IPA to faulty techniques. I just wanted to share my first experience with bottle conditioning not going the way I envisioned it. Out of 8 batches bottled, is one bottle blowing up that irregular or is that expected?
