First bottle bomb

[DustyRusty]

Bottled an amber two weeks ago to the day. Had been in primary for two weeks using mangrove jacks m10. Yesterday I noticed a smashed bottle. Do you think it's a weak bottle (been using them for years) or should I be worried about the rest? Any advice?

 

[sp0rk]

did you take a gravity reading before bottling?

 

[Grott]

If your satisfied that fermentation had been completed then it may well be a "weak" bottle that perhaps had a hairline fracture from being previously dropped or knocked.

 

[DustyRusty]

did you take a gravity reading before bottling?

Yeah gravity was same at day 4 to day 14.

 

[DustyRusty]

I also don't bulk prime. So there is a chance I had a brain fart and primed with sugar twice thinking I hadn't done it. I
Might wait and see. If more bottles pop I'll engage emergency procedures

 

[danestead]

Id be leaving them another week and then very carefully opening one. Take note on the level of carb and whether it tastes infected.

 

[petesbrew]

Dunno where you store them, but I usually put a drop sheet on top of the crates, just in case one decides to detonate when I'm in the garage.

 

[DustyRusty]

Ok. So I pryed open a bottle. Gusher. And another. Gusher. etc. etc. Released some gas from one and put it in the freezer. Drinking it now. Such a delicious beer. If it wasn't so carbonated it would be a winner. I don't know what went wrong. Doesn't taste infected. The FG was 1.020 which was about 70% attenuation. Thing is I reused the yeast in a golden age (been in FV two weeks now) and that one's hit 80% attenuation at FG. So maybe I had a yeast stall, and when I primed the bottles it kicked into action again.

I've vented the bottles and will keep doing so. I'll try to reseal and see if I can salvage what I think is a good beer.