Exploded (Literally!) Carboy

Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:21 pm

I've been brewing for 12 years and have never seen (or heard) of this actually happening.

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And of course it had to happen at 4:30AM... What a friggin mess! :cry:
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Re: Exploded (Literally!) Carboy

Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:24 pm

So your blowoff tube clogged and the pressure built until it exploded the carboy?
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Re: Exploded (Literally!) Carboy

Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:52 pm

That's epic man

sucks
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Re: Exploded (Literally!) Carboy

Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:08 pm

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Re: Exploded (Literally!) Carboy

Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:15 pm

Bugeater, that picture made my day :lol:
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Re: Exploded (Literally!) Carboy

Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:18 pm

You really got that airlock in there tight didn't you! That fucking sucks!
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Re: Exploded (Literally!) Carboy

Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:25 pm

Dang....looks like another great batch of carpet porter!
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Re: Exploded (Literally!) Carboy

Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:06 am

Oh man, and that's carpet too....

You must have had a bit of a fault or something going on with your carboy... was it a 6.5 gal acid carboy? if so, what a shame!

Sorry brotha,

And bug, you never cease to amaze with your pictorial contributions.
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