ElizabethB
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Excused - you are an Obsessive Cook - not a geographer. 

Held in them during the fermentation. Although you can use for longer term storage, but note the earlier comments about glass colour by @The Late Night Gourmet.So what do you use it for? Storing beer? I am a little dense today.
When I was young, Mum used to make ginger beer and stored it on top of the kitchen cabinet out of [my] reach. We often used to hear the corks popping or the bottles exploding. The ginger beer that did survive was delicious, but I've always been wary of trying to make it myself, mainly because I do not relish the thought of dog and cats tiptoeing around in shards of broken glass.@The Late Night Gourmet
Yu reminded me of the time Dad decided to make beer. I was very young (elementary school) and do not remember all of the details. I know he used brown bottles and had some gadget for capping. He put his precious bottles in the kitchen cabinet to age. One night we were all awakened in the wee hours of the morning by what sounded like a barrage of gun fire. The beer bottles had exploded!
Beer and glass EVERYWHERE!! We all pitched in but my poor Mother had the brunt of the clean up. Every surface in the kitchen had to be scrubbed down. We would find tiny bits of glass for weeks after.
Moral of the story - do not store beer bottles on the top shelf of the kitchen cabinets.
BTW - Dad sold his beer making equipment.
That's beer brewing equipment. I would use this sort of setup as a secondary fermenter. Once boiled, I would put the wort (as the barley/hops/water mixture is called) into a large plastic bucket sort of thing with yeast and sugar (or powdered malt...my preference):So what do you use it for? Storing beer? I am a little dense today.
I've heard of this happening. Sometimes, the wort bubbles up and clogs the airlock, so the gas can't escape.Can you imagine the mix getting too active and blowing the lid off the bucket!
Unfiltered = Vitamin B = hangover-proof!! (maybe)Lately I've been on a kick of drinking unfiltered ipas.
Unfiltered = Vitamin B = hangover-proof!! (maybe)
I never drink when I gamble for the same reason...even a small amount impairs my judgement more than I think it does. And, I also don't drink nearly as much as I did in my young-and-foolish-and-indestructible youth. The body just doesn't recover the same way as it did when it gets older.I'm not usually drinking that much that would cause a hangover anyways. Especially when I'm at the poker table because too much drinking doesn't usually equate into a profitable evening
I never drink when I gamble for the same reason...even a small amount impairs my judgement more than I think it does. And, I also don't drink nearly as much as I did in my young-and-foolish-and-indestructible youth. The body just doesn't recover the same way as it did when it gets older.
Or the gas can't escape quick enough. As happened with the demijohns.I've heard of this happening. Sometimes, the wort bubbles up and clogs the airlock, so the gas can't escape.
Why's the glass at an odd angle?I'm not usually drinking that much that would cause a hangover anyways. Especially when I'm at the poker table because too much drinking doesn't usually equate into a profitable evening