Guest guest Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Hi All I've read in other messages about bottles bursting. I was a little dubious about this phenomenon but luckily I took some precautions because today one of MY bottles burst!!! Thankfully, two days ago I put all of my maturing bottles of K into one of those plastic crates (the type of thing you can buy to store kids toys or books or other assorted bits and pieces). I made sure that it was one that didn't have any holes that liquid can leak out of and also came came with a lockdown lid. This evening I went to get a bottle of K to put in the fridge and I found that one of the stored bottles had shattered. The good news is that the damage was contained. The bad new is that I lost some fine K. Surprisingly, it was a carbonated mineral water bottle that had gone critical. I'd have thought that this type of bottle was designed to take the pressure. Obviously not. Can somebody remind me why we fill the bottles to the top without leaving an air gap? TIP FOR THE DAY: Save your eyesight (if you happen to be in the vicinity when a bottle blows) and an awful lot of clearing up by putting your maturing bottles into a closed watertight case of some sort. JT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 I haven't had any trouble with bottles bursting. I use only actual grolsch swingtop bottles, the glass is very thick. I've also brewed some hilarious ginger beer in them. Hilarious because I added way too much sugar for the secondary carbonation which resulted in a spray in the face when I opened it. Of course, I then had my wife open one so she could share the comedy. As for the air gap, the oxygen left in the bottle via the air gap will allow the bacteria/yeasts to continue with normal fermentation, thus changing the flavor. The goal is to omit the oxygen so that the yeasts will produce carbonation without flavor. p.s. i have had cheepo bottles burst, then the flying pieces broke other bottles, very unawsome. > > Can somebody remind me why we fill the bottles to the top without > > leaving an air gap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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