Bottle bomb

[dralarms]

Just had my first true bottle bomb, 1 gal cranberry that was too sweet on finish. My brother said he could fix it. Do I Put It In 1 Gal Jugs And Set On counter. I just checked on some I was fermenting and found glass everywhere and my floor and counter is a sticky mess. Lesson learned.

 

[Natrix]

Crap...Did you lick the counter to see if it taste good ?

Just kidding...


Sorry about that.

 

[dralarms]

Crap...Did you lick the counter to see if it taste good ?

Just kidding...


Sorry about that.

nope. It was too sweet before I put it in the jugs. I got the rest back in a carboy for now.

 

[Natrix]

So you where able to save some ?

 

[dralarms]

Yes, I had 6 1 gal jugs (gallon wine bottles) 1 blew. I saved the other 5. Thought it was done fermenting. Guess not.

 

[Natrix]

Pretty impressive, the power of fermentation...
Happy for you that you save the other 5g..

 

[dralarms]

Yea those Carlo rossi bottles are thick and it was all over.

 

[sour_grapes]

Sorry for your loss, DrAlarms. Glad it was only 1.

 

[dralarms]

Didn't bother me to loose the gallon or the jug, ticked me off that it got everywhere.

 

[Arne]

I've come close to having this happen. Had the bottles corked instead of capped. Lost 3 of them. One cork somewhere in the basement, never did find it. Arne.

 

[dralarms]

The only thing like this that has happened was my airlock getting clogged on my pineapple. Had a 6 inch splotch on the ceiling I had to clean up.

 

[Rodnboro]

I had a bottled raspberry that I forgot to add sorbate to. It blew the cork and shot wine across the room. I saved the rest and had to slowly open them over a bathtub.

 

[JohnT]

I feel ya!

20 Years ago, I wanted to do a closed ferment on a chardonnay.
As a primary, I used a 500 liter tank. I sealed it, and threw on a gooseneck type fermentation trap.

Well the trap got clogged and the lid blew! Took days to get cleaned up..

My lessons learned:

1) do not go with closed fermentation,
2) do not use the tank as a primary,
3) if I ignore the above lessons, at least go with the usual "marble" type trap that will not clog!
4) invest in a goo mop and always keep it handy.