Beer frothing up

corblimey

I store my bottled beer lying down in the fridge. The last few I've opened have all frothed up and over and out of the bottle. I'm not doing anything with them before I open them (except juggling them theatrically) and this is the first time they've continually frothed up, to the point where I'm now opening them over the sink. Any previous batches haven't done this.

Any one got any ideas what might cause this?

rubadub

I had the same thing happen recently. You werent drinkin warsteiner by any chance. I have been drinking almost 15 years and have NEVER seen or heard of this, (and I am a dipso!). Nobody was in the house that could have shaken them, they were not frozen or near freezing. They got no rattling, and did not taste unusually fizzy.

noby

I've had it happen in homebrew. It could be anything from an infection to over-carbonation. Must be just a dodgy batch.

Elara Lady

Hi,

i've had this happen a few times with Miller or tiger beer but i never thought it was not the norm cause anytime we have beer it does it..... i stand mine up so its not from having them lying down.....strange.:rolleyes:

rubadub

Mine were lying down, but usually are. I have lots of different beers in the fridge, only happened with the warsteiner. temps have not changed and they were nowhere near freezing.

corblimey

It's Stella that it's happening to me for me, but yeah, all the same: not freezing, not shaken, no change from the previous box. They're all gone now, so I'll be buying some more at the weekend, see if the problem reoccurs

Alun

I see the same thing with Stella bottles now and then. I have to admit that I occasionally forget to stock the fridge and pop a few bottles in the freezer foir about 30 minutes. Don't know whether it's those bottles that are more prone to it or not. Maybe it's related to ambient air pressure?

sc317

I know one particulare barman it happens to, Amstel and Corona, while other barmen in the same bar using the same openers don´t have it happen.
Bizzare.

Must be technique

Elara Lady

sc317 wrote:

I know one particulare barman it happens to, Amstel and Corona, while other barmen in the same bar using the same openers don´t have it happen.
Bizzare.

Must be technique

yeah, all in the wrist......:p

danniemcq

if this happens put your finger into the top of the bottle (only slightly though) after you open, when the fizz hits your skin they all burst leavin you and the floor dry!

gurramok

I had a sequence of must be about 8 Miller bottles lying flat in fridge and yet they frothed when opened. Previous Miller bottles did not do that beforehand

Plus I have just opened a Warsteiner bottle lying flat for a day in fridge and yet 100% stable !
I agree with theory about bad batch

corblimey

danniemcq wrote:

if this happens put your finger into the top of the bottle (only slightly though) after you open, when the fizz hits your skin they all burst leavin you and the floor dry!

I tried this method, and it did nothing except make the froth rise even faster. I do have pretty fat fingers, though

rubadub

corblimey wrote:

I tried this method, and it did nothing except make the froth rise even faster. I do have pretty fat fingers, though

I just start guzzleing if I see it rising.

Blub2k4

Isn't scientific experimentation a great thing.