The first ones to go were lying on their sides so it made me think the gas was building up and blowing out the side of the bottles. This last three were all square bottles and each had cracked along one of the sides. No doubt thin walls and shoddy production. I also had a hip flask shaped bottle that either blew or was taken out by the force of the explosion. I’m glad they were out in the storage area where I can sprinkle some cat litter and be done with it.
The curious thing is, I have 4 or 5 bottles here in my bedroom yet, and none of them have exploded. I’ve had 3 batches in these 1 litre bottles from Christmas tree shop and before this batch the only thing that exploded was actual cider bottles. Now I have to ask myself if there’s something about the ones out in the garage, in a fridge that’s keeping them at around 50 degrees all day long that’s causing them to explode when the ones here in my house where its closer to 70+ all the time haven’t gone kerbang?
Time for more forum reading, and maybe a trip to Elkhart for some bottles. At least if I break these up into 16 ounce bottles it will increase the chances a bottle will survive till Thankgiving. Wish me luck!