I picked it up by the bottom of the bottle and held it close to me....thats when the bottom fell of and started pouring out the bottom which soaked my shirt jeans and everything.
Sorry for your loss. Glad that you weren't hurt.
Perhaps stress testing carboys in the future can help. Fill it up with water completely after purchase... Water cleans up easier than wine.
If it's being stored on the floor, use a camping mat to provide padding and insulation.
Best of luck in your winemaking endeavors.
Now that is way worse...I better make sure my shelf is strong enough. Luckily you saved one.I feel your pain!
I remember, I think it was around 1985, I had made 20 gallons of wine (chardonnay and Cabernet) into 4 carboys. I then promptly went to Mexico for a 10 day vacation.
When I got back I found out the hard way that the table I placed the wine on could not hold the weight of the wine. The table colapsed and 3 of the 4 carboys broke. The spilled wine simply ran down into a dry well, leaving nothing behind but glass shards.
The amazing thing, though, was that one carboy did not break and managed to keep the stopper and fermentation trap in place. Although the carboy was laying on its side, none of the wine leaked out.
I currently use all better bottles. I have considered switching to glass because I could vacuum degas. However, incidents like this scare me away.
Sorry for the loss of wine. Especially your first wine.
This seems pretty isolated besides someone mentioning dropping one, a table collapsing and a boiling water incident glass carboys on a whole seem to have a pretty good track reccord.
Based on how many people here use glass carboys and the volume of wine which is made by the collective glass carboy community here... I would say this is a very remote incident.
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I agree it was a fluke. I have 3 others in glass carboys and am not switching to plastic yet. Though plastic does have its advantages I think this was a isolated incident.
I agree it was a fluke. I have 3 others in glass carboys and am not switching to plastic yet. Though plastic does have its advantages I think this was a isolated incident.
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