Pop in the night

[oosik]

Obviously - my father miss-read his hydrometer in the beer vat. Us kids formed a "safety ring" around the mess with bath towels. This made Mom upset - the beer made permanent stains on the towels.

My Dad took his "operation" from the furnace room to the garage.

 

[stuckmotor]

My father use to make home made beer. Too much sugar in the mix. Half a case went - "PoP". Strange now that I think about it. Not a single cap popped off. It was the beer bottles that broke.

In the days of glass jugs, my cousin came back from a class trip with a story about one of the boys putting yeast in a jug of apple cider causing it to explode and taking out the TV it was beneath. He must have capped the jug.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Your can was scanned.

They're watching, looking for money.

I'm glad I opened this thread, I needed this.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I had a neighbor who whipped up a batch of home brew; he thought putting it on the roof in the sun would speed the fermentation. It did; it ran over, down the roof and off the side of the house. You could smell it a block away.

 

[dmccarty]

I used to brew beer but don't have the time anymore and the stores have gotten a better selection of beer.

Making beer is easy if one can follow instructions. The hard part is waiting for the wort to ferment into beer and then wait for the added sugar to the beer to ferment in the bottle to form CO2.

One does have to be careful when brewing to stay within given heat ranges and to prevent the wort from boiling over. It makes a sticky mess. After all, it is hot sugar water with grain and hops.

When the wort is fermenting, it needs to be temperature controlled to keep the yeast happy. Unhappy yeast is not likely to make a good beer. There are yeast that want cool temperatures which is the yeast used for lagers. Then there are the ale yeasts that do well at warmer temperatures, say up to 80ish degrees. If the wort gets too warm, the yeast take off and can make a mess but also the taste can be off. I would let the bucket ferment in a bathtub of water and add ice if needed to control the temperature. It is not hard but one has to pay attention.

The real risk, is after fermentation is complete, and it is time to bottle the beer, a wee bit of sugar needs to be added into the beer so the yeast will produce CO2 in the bottle. Too much sugar will cause a bottle bomb, which is NOT a good thing.

Later,
Dan

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I know one thing; after a couple of bottles of that stuff, I couldn't get my tongue back in my mouth.

 

[riptides]

I used to brew beer but don't have the time anymore and the stores have gotten a better selection of beer.

Making beer is easy if one can follow instructions. The hard part is waiting for the wort to ferment into beer and then wait for the added sugar to the beer to ferment in the bottle to form CO2.

One does have to be careful when brewing to stay within given heat ranges and to prevent the wort from boiling over. It makes a sticky mess. After all, it is hot sugar water with grain and hops.

When the wort is fermenting, it needs to be temperature controlled to keep the yeast happy. Unhappy yeast is not likely to make a good beer. There are yeast that want cool temperatures which is the yeast used for lagers. Then there are the ale yeasts that do well at warmer temperatures, say up to 80ish degrees. If the wort gets too warm, the yeast take off and can make a mess but also the taste can be off. I would let the bucket ferment in a bathtub of water and add ice if needed to control the temperature. It is not hard but one has to pay attention.

The real risk, is after fermentation is complete, and it is time to bottle the beer, a wee bit of sugar needs to be added into the beer so the yeast will produce CO2 in the bottle. Too much sugar will cause a bottle bomb, which is NOT a good thing.

Later,
Dan

There was a time and place once in my life where we had spare bathrooms all dedicated to various fermenting processes. We only "perfected' wine, we even tried fermenting "near beer", alas...could not get the taste right. LOL.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I had a can of spray foam pop in a basement closet, made a mess..

 

[stuckmotor]

I had a can of spray foam pop in a basement closet, made a mess..

Before mine turned flakey the extruded foam was.around 3/8" across and showed the marks of the jagged hole it came through. The hole must have been tiny because the foam had expanded.

 

[Jstpssng]

I had a can of “noise deadener” explode in my truck once. I was amazed at the damage it did; smashed the dash, and the plastic cover put a big dent in my steering column. Back in 1973 that was stout metal, too.

Anyone who has canned knows the exact opposite experience. You take the jars out of the canner and spread them out on a shelf, away from any drafts. Then you watch television or read a book, and hear that satisfying sound as the covers start pinging.