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exploding bottles!

well, just one. back when we had the wedding, the wedding brew foamed out of our guests' bottles. at the time, we thought it was just because they'd been shaken up in transit (the beer, not the guests).

later, one gushed at home: having sat unmolested in a closet for a month. clearly this was not a matter of perturbation. i talked to my homebrew buddies and they suspected infection or premature bottling. i favor the latter theory since the beer tastes just fine.

inspecing the bottles revealed that the cap dimples had popped, indicating overpressurization. for safety, i moved many of the questionable bottles into a big plastic storage thingy lined with a garbage bag.

last night as i was accessing the beer closet, i smelled a funk. a funky funk, more funky than a marky-mark. i sniffed and snuffed and poked around, and lifted the lid of my secure beer tank. fwooosh! it was clearly the source of the funk.

we removed the tank and lo and behold, an exploded bottle lay inside, and the cardboard separaters were soaked through. we moved several of the worst looking poptops into the fridge, securely wrapped, with the idea that chilling would reduce explosion risk. finally, we moved the rest out to the livings room to remind us to drink them.

how fun!