Justin
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Did anyone else read in Saturday's "The Advertiser"(Adelaide) about the homebrewer that is sueing Morgans because of injuries sustained from exploding bottles? Correct me if I'm wrong as I read this a few days ago but the gist was pretty much this.
Apparently, the guy is sueing for injury and damages that he sustained after two bottles of homebrew (Morgan's Royal Oak Amber Ale none the less) exploded in his face. He ended up losing an eye as a result of a high speed bit of glass giving him a nice penetrating injury to the eye amoung other places.
Apparently he made the kit as per instructions but included a brew booster pack. Apparently the kit itself warns of the danger of exploding bottles if bottled before fermentation is complete but the brew booster itself does not warn of the possible danger and this is the point for which they are contesting.
I feel sorry for the guy but you really have to be responsible for your actions and use a bit of common sense from the fact that it can hardly be the fault of the company if you weren't able to identify that the warnings on the kit may also apply to other kits and/or additives.
I haven't heard the outcome of the case but I'd be curious to know which way it goes. Really got to watch those exploding bottles. I wonder what he did with the other 28 bottles of explosive beer? There is no way you'd get me grabbing hold of them and taking the tops off to release the pressure-goodbye fingers-sounds like a job for the bomb squad.
Still sad to see someone hurt by our hobby. Last incident I saw related to this hobby was my brewing buddies eyelashes, eyebrows and fringe vanishing in a flash of flame and fire from his burner. Funny thing was he then had to go and get his bottle refilled looking like that. I wonder what the bloke selling the gas thought?
Cheers, Justin
Apparently, the guy is sueing for injury and damages that he sustained after two bottles of homebrew (Morgan's Royal Oak Amber Ale none the less) exploded in his face. He ended up losing an eye as a result of a high speed bit of glass giving him a nice penetrating injury to the eye amoung other places.
Apparently he made the kit as per instructions but included a brew booster pack. Apparently the kit itself warns of the danger of exploding bottles if bottled before fermentation is complete but the brew booster itself does not warn of the possible danger and this is the point for which they are contesting.
I feel sorry for the guy but you really have to be responsible for your actions and use a bit of common sense from the fact that it can hardly be the fault of the company if you weren't able to identify that the warnings on the kit may also apply to other kits and/or additives.
I haven't heard the outcome of the case but I'd be curious to know which way it goes. Really got to watch those exploding bottles. I wonder what he did with the other 28 bottles of explosive beer? There is no way you'd get me grabbing hold of them and taking the tops off to release the pressure-goodbye fingers-sounds like a job for the bomb squad.
Still sad to see someone hurt by our hobby. Last incident I saw related to this hobby was my brewing buddies eyelashes, eyebrows and fringe vanishing in a flash of flame and fire from his burner. Funny thing was he then had to go and get his bottle refilled looking like that. I wonder what the bloke selling the gas thought?
Cheers, Justin