Re: exploding beer bottles

Let me ask: If they are going to explode,

>how long after they are capped do >they start to blow?

It depends on a lot of factors, so it's impossible to predict when bottles might explode, if they're going to. Temperature and wild yeast/bacterial infections can play a part.

It's a far better policy to prevent bottle bombs in the first place. Make sure your processes are clean (sanitize, sanitize, sanitize) and be certain fermentation is complete before bottling (get a hydrometer and use it).

Happy brewing, Brina

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yew
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Thanks for the replies... yes I used my hydrometer and had reached the recommended FG. Like I said, I pretty sure I'm in the clear, but was hoping for something like "if they don't explode within two weeks, they probably won't.." Anyway, I'm storing my 45 capped bottles in a large plastic bin just to be on the safe side. I'll sample my first bottle Saturday night...

yeast/bacterial

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extraone

Most likely in the first week. If it wasn't done fermenting, then there will be plenty of yeast in the bottle to do its work. If you take FG readings and prime according to directions, you have a LOT of leeway before anything as bad as a bottle bomb occurs. It has never happened to me and I have not talked with anybody it has happened with, although I have had some gushers when opened.

Tom Veldhouse

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Thomas T. Veldhouse

Thanks for the replies. What can I say? I'm a worrier...

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extraone

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