Kaboom

An interesting thing happened this evening. Sean, Penny, and I were sitting on the couch, just hanging out, when we heard this loud BOOM sound come from down the hall. We jumped up and immediately checked to see where Abbey was, thinking she had gotten into something. She was sitting beside the front door, so we knew she was ok. What we found next was unimaginable.

One of Sean's home brew bottles had exploded inside the study closet. And when I say exploded, I don't mean the top popped off. I mean the bottom blew out of the bottle due to pressure buildup during the carbonation process of the beer.



Just take a guess about how much beer was in the closet. The walls were covered, the ceiling was soaked, and everything stored in the closet had beer on it in one place or another. Here are the stats:

Casualties:
1 flat-rate postage box
1 piece of poster board
1 beer bottle
1 Yuengling box that stored beer bottles

In critical condition:
1 boom box (it might not recover; beer is pouring from the insides)
Between 4 and 6 boxes
1 entire pack of construction paper
The rest of the pack of poster board

Likely to recover:
4 shirts
1 sweater vest
3 ties
Carpet
Dress Blues garment bag (luckily none got on the blues)
1 suit, pending visit to dry cleaners

The windows in the study are open to let the room air out. My hands and the rest of the house reek of beer, and Sean is highly disappointed. I'm glad the bottle exploded while we were home - I don't want to imagine the mess it would be if the beer had dried or been able to soak through more paper products.

Moral of this story: keep your homemade brew in a storage container with a lid, and keep that container in a small place where damage will be minimal.