"extraone" <extraone@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> OK, as a newbie I've been warned to make sure fermentation has stopped so
> you won't get exploding beer bottles. I believe I'm in the clear, but I
> can't get the image of glass shrapnel out of my head.
> Let me ask: If they are going to explode, how long after they are capped[/color]
do[color=blue]
> they start to blow?
>
>[/color]

Most likely in the first week. If it wasn't done fermenting, then there
will be plenty of yeast in the bottle to do its work. If you take FG
readings and prime according to directions, you have a LOT of leeway before
anything as bad as a bottle bomb occurs. It has never happened to me and I
have not talked with anybody it has happened with, although I have had some
gushers when opened.

Tom Veldhouse

Thanks for the replies. What can I say? I'm a worrier...


"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "extraone" <extraone@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:vh9ju6gjvr06f@corp.supernews.com...[color=green]
> > OK, as a newbie I've been warned to make sure fermentation has stopped[/color][/color]
so[color=blue][color=green]
> > you won't get exploding beer bottles. I believe I'm in the clear, but I
> > can't get the image of glass shrapnel out of my head.
> > Let me ask: If they are going to explode, how long after they are capped[/color]
> do[color=green]
> > they start to blow?
> >
> >[/color]
>
> Most likely in the first week. If it wasn't done fermenting, then there
> will be plenty of yeast in the bottle to do its work. If you take FG
> readings and prime according to directions, you have a LOT of leeway[/color]
before[color=blue]
> anything as bad as a bottle bomb occurs. It has never happened to me and[/color]
I[color=blue]
> have not talked with anybody it has happened with, although I have had[/color]
some[color=blue]
> gushers when opened.
>
> Tom Veldhouse
>
>[/color]