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East Coast
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Shine blow up!!!

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I have had a bottle of shine blow up on me.

what would cause this?

could it have been a weak bottle?
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meatheadinc
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Re: Shine blow up!!!

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Shine or wine ???
If wine -still fermenting
If shine - temperature shock or Pressure differential caused by temp. eg distill out side in cold, cap bottle and bring into warm area.

Weak bottle is also possible. ( avoid hanging together)
More info would be useful
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Re: Shine blow up!!!

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At 100degF, the vapour pressure of ethanol is about 2psi, at 150degF about 8.6psi, neither high enough to burst a good condition bottle. If there's no vapor space, the bottle is tightly stoppered and it gets hot the liquid expansion will make or find a leak in most any bottle.
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Had it to full. And it warmed up. Expanded and blew the bottle out. Have had it happen.

When filling a bottle. Leave plenty of head space.
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Re: Shine blow up!!!

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did you see or hear it??
Do you have teenage kids??

kidding...

maybe
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All the reasons above could be the culprit . I've had two Carlo Rossi 4l jugs fail because of poor quality .
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Re: Shine blow up!!!

Post by cornsqueezer »

Prairiepiss wrote:Had it to full. And it warmed up. Expanded and blew the bottle out. Have had it happen.

When filling a bottle. Leave plenty of head space.
I agree, I had the same thing happen and lost a gallon :cry:
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Re: Shine blow up!!!

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This is one of the reasons I prefer to cap with (decent not composite) corks and a dollop of wax - if it gets too hot the cork just pops out, minimal losses :thumbup: (+ no broken glass and flammable liquids everywhere)
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Re: Shine blow up!!!

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Yesterday I had a 6 gallon carboy full of wine crack and lost it all. It was in my unheated garage with an airlock on it so it wasn't a matter of pressure differential. What a waste.
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ledyard
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Re: Shine blow up!!!

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Buteo wrote:Yesterday I had a 6 gallon carboy full of wine crack and lost it all. It was in my unheated garage with an airlock on it so it wasn't a matter of pressure differential. What a waste.
That F*cking SUCKS!!!!

My condolences on your loss. :(
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Re: Shine blow up!!!

Post by Soggy Bottom Boy »

ledyard wrote:
Buteo wrote:Yesterday I had a 6 gallon carboy full of wine crack and lost it all. It was in my unheated garage with an airlock on it so it wasn't a matter of pressure differential. What a waste.
That F*cking SUCKS!!!!

My condolences on your loss. :(
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