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In response to "well, I need to rack it if I'm going to brew" by znufrii

oh. Well, buckets are cheap. You can't be sure on the IPA unless you get a reading. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Apr 27 '12, 13:23

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fwiw, we had at least two IPAs that made bottle bombs because they got stuck. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 13:23 12
- good to know. - znufrii Apr 27, 13:24 11
  - and a bottle bomb doesn't mean the cap blows off. The glass bursts. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 13:25 10
    - someone at a redhook brewery died when a keg blew -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 13:27 8
      - ooof -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 13:28
      - like last week -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 13:28 6
        
        oh wow, you're not joking. that sucks. -- (link) - loosilu Apr 27, 13:31 5
        
        i would have thought the kegs had some safety valve like a water heater or steam kettle pressure cooker -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 13:39 4
        
        I'm not familiar with kegs at all. I know a carboy can explode if the vent gets clogged, and that is ugly. - loosilu Apr 27, 13:40 3
        
        can be any size, really - znufrii Apr 27, 13:48
        
        around here a carboy is just a large glass jug consumers can have filled at a brew pub -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 13:46 1
        
        that's a growler. :) -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 14:07
    - yes, I know. -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 13:26

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