Cold Weather Causualties! (Graphic Photos!)

[John Sand]

"Children, go into the light..."

[Chuck N]

Just an FYI...You're suppose to filter the beer through you kidneys before you throw it out.

[T8rSalad]

HBPS has been notified and they will be confiscating all homebrews from further abuse...sick & just wrong

[LouieMacGoo]

HBPS has been notified and they will be confiscating all homebrews from further abuse...sick & just wrong

If you think that was bad get a load of this! These were the remaining bottles that didn't break but started to leak from the pressure.

[FrozenInTime]

Thanks for the pron bro, but if it were me, I would have let them warm up in a container rather than pop all those tops. Still.... love the volcano explosions!

[RickBeer]

If you think that was bad get a load of this! These were the remaining bottles that didn't break but started to leak from the pressure.

Strike 3.

[russki]

I've had problems with regular fridges in my garage - they would either get too cold and freeze the contents, or too warm, and defrost completely (I've lost 50 pounds of frozen meat a few years back). Speaking to appliance pros, apparently, most residential refrigerators do not function properly in temperatures of less than about 45F or so (or above 90F). I bit the bullet and bought a Gladiator Chillerator for my garage - it's pricy, but rated for operating in temperatures from 0F to 115F, and has been absolutely bullet proof in the 3 years I've owned it.



I had a case of San Pelegrino sitting on the garage floor, and I saw that it was starting to freeze, so I moved the bottles into the fridge to warm them up (as funny as this sounds!). Now the cold spell is over, and there are no casualties - the inside of the fridge was constant 38F, even when the garage temps fell into the teens (with -16F outside).

This would also make a killer kegerator - it would easily fit 4-5 kegs; I actually used half of it with 2 kegs with picnic taps until I built my keezer.

Oh, and Leigh, condolences on your loss....

[RickBeer]

Those are key points, Russki, that most people don't understand. My in-laws had (no longer living there) a freezer in their garage and would complain about it's performance all the time. I plan on moving it to my basement in the future...

[myhorselikesbeer]

My precious!!! At least you opened them in the sink, unlike the overcarbed root beer my son made and put outside at minus 3 to chill. Opened the partially frozen bottles on the counter without even a glass handy..sigh...the brain of a 15 yr old. Then looks to everyone for help as the RB bomb covers the kitchen Guess who had just mopped the floor that morning...SWMBO could not yell at me this time.

[DaYooper]

Those are key points, Russki, that most people don't understand. My in-laws had (no longer living there) a freezer in their garage and would complain about it's performance all the time. I plan on moving it to my basement in the future...

Nothing a paint can heater and STC-1000 couldnt fix in a pinch.

[RickBeer]

Those are key points, Russki, that most people don't understand. My in-laws had (no longer living there) a freezer in their garage and would complain about it's performance all the time. I plan on moving it to my basement in the future...

Nothing a paint can heater and STC-1000 couldnt fix in a pinch.

For brewing, yes. I was referring to people who just stick the appliance in a garage for food storage and then complain when it freezes or runs all the time because it's outside normal temp ranges. I told them repeatedly to move it indoors. They also have their hot water heater in the garage, so in the winter it runs a lot. With them out of the house I have it on "Min" now so I don't have to drain it out, but next year I plan on emptying it for the winter.