Exploding Scotch Ale

On Tuesday I was enjoying some Mort Subite Kriek that a brought back from Pinocchio's Pizza in PA, with Dana and my neighbor when we heard a noise in the laundry room (a.k.a. beer storage room). I ventured in to find nothing on the floor, was about to leave when I heard dripping. Looking around I could see brown liquid running down the back wall behind my storage racks. It smelled of chocolate. Inspecting deeper I found a case of 22s, filled with scotch ale that had exploded. After opening the case I discovered that only 5 had broken, but it was a complete mess.

After cleaning up the mess I placed the remaining 7 bottles in a bucket and placed a lid on top. Later the next day I got a call from Dana indicating that two more bottles broke. To preserve the remaining beer, John and I popped the caps of the bottle. Most gushed all the beer out of the bottle, but we were able to preserve about a growlers worth.

Note to self, don’t bottle conditions beers with a high FG and lots of yeast