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Homebrewing seems to have this uncanny ability to keep you humble (which is ironic, considering drinking has the opposite effect). ?Just when you think you've really mastered the craft, just when you start to get overconfident, it kicks you square in the nads and says, "Oh no, buddy, I own you!" ?Such was the case with this batch...?Say hello to the sad, sad remnants of my experimental Pseudo-Kvass, made with barley, wheat and rye malt, English hops, molasses, baker's yeast... and apparently, a shit load of carbonation.

I'm not sure exactly what went wrong here. ?Maybe my math was off? ?Maybe the bottles were overfilled? ?Maybe I read the hydrometer wrong? ?Who knows? ?All I know is that I received a phone call from my extremely patient mother, whose kitchen I borrow (and consequently demolish) for brewing. ?"James," she said. ?"I think your beer is exploding." ?Apparently her and my step-father sat down for a nice evening dinner, no doubt accompanied by the atypically social family cats, and were promptly?interrupted?by a series of shotgun-like blasts?emanating?from the depths of the dusty basement. ?I keep my fermenting and carbonating beer in a steel storage cabinet that I lifted from work (love me some freebies) to keep them out of the sun and away from the aforementioned nosy animals (who I've caught trying to drink spilled beer). ?When the bottles began to pop, the projectile shards slammed against the metal walls, creating an obnoxiously loud boom... over and over again.
Luckily, failed experiments don't bother me. I consider it a small price to pay for the massive benefit of occasionally successful experiments. ?I did, however, learn to take meticulous notes, so that the next time I screw the pooch I could at least figure out where said pooch-screwing?occurred and course correct moving forward. ?I have a few other beers in the line-up I want to attempt before I get around to this, but I think it's safe to say I'll give it another go in the near future.

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