I did not hear it even tho' it was in the next room. Glass did not go flying; it's all in a pile in the laundry room where the bottle was. The beer ran across the room and into the floor drain; I still need to pick up the glass and clean the floor which is starting to stink. (I was at church all morning and been busy with Fathers' Day stuff early afternoon) It was a quart bottle, BTW.
There are 2 more quarts that I need to move the the fridge. I'll wear leather gloves, long sleeves, and eye protection when I move them. But I think they are probably fine. When I bottled the beer, I vaguely recall that I overfilled one bottle. It still had some headspace so I thought it would be fine. The beers that I have opened have not been overcarbed at all. I think the beer expanded into the headspace and drove up the pressure and the bottle failed. The temperature in the utility room has warmed up from 60°F to about 70° this week. I didn't hear it because there was not that much energy stored in the compressed gas because it wasn't much compressed gas.
I'm a little wary of these bottles now, but will keep using them; just be careful to leave ample headspace.
There are 2 more quarts that I need to move the the fridge. I'll wear leather gloves, long sleeves, and eye protection when I move them. But I think they are probably fine. When I bottled the beer, I vaguely recall that I overfilled one bottle. It still had some headspace so I thought it would be fine. The beers that I have opened have not been overcarbed at all. I think the beer expanded into the headspace and drove up the pressure and the bottle failed. The temperature in the utility room has warmed up from 60°F to about 70° this week. I didn't hear it because there was not that much energy stored in the compressed gas because it wasn't much compressed gas.
I'm a little wary of these bottles now, but will keep using them; just be careful to leave ample headspace.