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Eh, honestly, the dude at the beer store was either selling more expensive equipment or trolling for newbs. Every bottle-conditioned brew, be it beer, mead, root beer, ginger, or champagne, brings with it a certain number of bottle bombs eventually.
That's "bomb" as in "sudden loud noise from the basement", not as in "homeland security has you on their list".
Yeah, I was wondering. Because beer uses yeast, right?
I was gonna say. Yeasty brews gone awry is just part of the gig. And you get more complex interesting flavors that way.
At Yum you used to be able to get some sodas which were partly fermented and that was part of their appeal.
Tom says there is actually some truth to that, because the fact that the sugar stays and is not converted to alcohol. And when the concentrated sugar solution meets the yeast, it can be 'splodey.
Tom also mentioned carbon dioxide and a kegging method, without knowing the whole story (I just called out to him and asked if it was a possibility.)
Also, we have never had an exploding beer and we've bottle conditioned more than 20 batches.
So, do root beer purists insist on yeast fermentation? All popular root beer carbonically infused, right?
Oh, it's absolutely a possibility -- I'm just @@ at the brew shop guy playing the noobs by saying, "Oh, no, that's totally dangerous! You must buy all this extra equipment instead!" Because, yes, I've seen those who would do just that (in addition to the nice if somewhat freaky ones who will talk your ear off for hours about exactly which flavor notes you get with what strain of yeast.)
(in addition to the nice if somewhat freaky ones who will talk your ear off for hours about exactly which flavor notes you get with what strain of yeast.)
Ahahahaha! Yes.
That's "bomb" as in "sudden loud noise from the basement", not as in "homeland security has you on their list".
I've had homemade liqueur bottles explode. It was a bitch to clean up, but no more dangerous than dropping a wine glass.
I've had homemade liqueur bottles explode. It was a bitch to clean up, but no more dangerous than dropping a wine glass.
So it's not like there's glass flying everywhere and a broken shard severs your carotid artery and you end up screaming and staggering around, spewing blood all over the place?
OK, I'm less impressed now by the exploding root beer....