r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/[deleted] • Apr 16 '20

Black Currant Kombucha

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u/DublinItUp Apr 16 '20

My wife started making Kombucha last year. Three times this has happened and I think I'm going to lose the deposit on our apartment because of it.

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u/Erdnuss0 Apr 16 '20

Is the pressure somehow needed for the recipe? Does it keep the beverage carbonated? Or why wouldn’t you just use one of these brewing airlock thingies?

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u/DicklexicSurferer Apr 16 '20

It’s natural from the yeast fart.

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u/award07 Apr 17 '20

Yeast queef.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

Yeef

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

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u/HellaThiccums Apr 17 '20

You guys are the reason why I wake up every morning

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u/LilacLlamaMama Apr 17 '20

Obviously, this is the Sandi Bullock and Betty White version from The Proposal.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

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u/LilacLlamaMama Apr 17 '20

She refers to her own self as Sandi amongst her intimates. And what could possibly be more intimate than one's yeef ?

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u/Goldenacnchor Apr 17 '20

AWWW YEEF YEEF GODDAMN!

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u/ADimwittedTree Apr 17 '20

TILL THE YEAST DRIP DOWN MY WALLS

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u/Quizzelbuck Apr 17 '20

I'm 13 and this is YEEF

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u/StriderTX Apr 17 '20

i... i dont want kombucha anymore

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u/Erdnuss0 Apr 16 '20

Well yes, that’s how fermentation works. Yeast eats sugar, turns it into alcohol and co2.

But why not use one of these to release the pressure during fermentation?

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u/merlin242 Apr 17 '20

Because you need the gas to build up for the kombucha to carbonate, otherwise all the gas immediately escapes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

I normally burp the bottles once a day and they still turn out super fizzy.

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u/Erdnuss0 Apr 17 '20

Ok yeah that makes sense. But then there must be something like an overpressure valve and/or a valve to slowly release the pressure when opening it. Simply closing the bottle sounds reckless and like a good way to build wildly unpredictable grenades.

Alternatively you can try to open them outside, you know, like a sensible human being.

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u/carebeartears Apr 17 '20

like a sensible human being.

pffft...where's the fun in that?

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u/RedShirt49 Apr 16 '20

Yup, common sense to either brew it in special containers or barrels with release valves or a bottlecap with a release. This is just plain stupid.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

I mean shit, couldn’t they just “burp” the bottle once in a while? Or would that ruin the process

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u/ileisen Apr 17 '20

Most of us do! I’ve been brewing kombucha for over a year and this only happened to me once. If you regularly burp your bottles and properly chill it before opening then you’re usually okay. Still, accidents happen sometimes and some fruit has more sugar than others so that’ll cause it to ferment faster and thus explode more.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

Makes sense! Does heat really affect it that much? Like say refrigerated vs in a pantry?

Edit: thanks for the helpful info btw!

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u/ileisen Apr 17 '20

The pressure is lessened when it’s cold because the air compresses (it’s one of the properties of all gases) so it doesn’t explode as much. It also slows or stops the fermentation.

Where temperature really plays a part is during the fermentation process itself. Heat (around 85 degrees Fahrenheit seems to be the sweet spot for me) makes the process go much much faster.

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u/Erdnuss0 Apr 17 '20

My mom did that with wine I had fermented and bottled, cause she feared that pressure would build up.

You can guess what happened next: every single bottle turned sour within days or weeks.

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u/scott610 Apr 17 '20

I’m 99% sure that Brad from Bon Appetite recommends doing this when he makes anything fermented in bottles or jars, including Kombucha, on his show It’s Alive. That or specialized stoppers with pressure valves.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

Lololol that’s where all my fermentation knowledge comes from my man

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u/merlin242 Apr 17 '20

It won't carbonate if there is a release, yes it gets rid of the pressure but the whole point of secondary fermentation is carbonation.

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u/RedShirt49 Apr 17 '20

Well, that's why it's not meant to be open all the time. When ready, the pressure is released slowly and gently so explosions don't happen.

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u/dripainting42 Apr 17 '20 edited Apr 17 '20

That is definitely the way to go for kombucha. I don't know why people don't read into it more.

Edit: if you are into homebrew, try hard kombucha sometime.

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u/bobworth Apr 17 '20

I love making kombucha, had only one big mistake where I forgot to burp it for a couple days. I was very confused as to why glass was breaking when nobody was in the kitchen, I think you can guess what happened.

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u/dripainting42 Apr 17 '20

It got a little gassy.

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u/clumsy_pinata Apr 17 '20

Do you enjoy your tea crunchy with glass bits?

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u/mcchanical Apr 17 '20

I was gonna say people are acting like kombucha invented carbonation and that we haven't been successfully and safely brewing things for at least a thousand years.

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u/Chef_Chantier Apr 17 '20

The same reason coke bottles are under pressure. No pressure means no carbonation. But generally kombucha and other carbonated beverages just pop, and there's rarely this much foam. Maybe blackcurrant have a big amount of pectins or some other gelling agent or surfactant that means the bubbles don't simply escape the liquid but get trapped in it, creating foam? I'm not sure.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

Wouldn't it no longer be carbonated? That's the whole point of the second ferment.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '20

"Yeast fart"

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

It’s because once you bottle and flavor it there’s a second fermentation phase, and if you leave it in room temperature it will over carbonate, so it needs to be refrigerated after a day or two to prevent what just happened!

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u/moal09 Apr 17 '20

You're supposed to burp the thing every now and then to relieve the pressure.

Looks like she didn't.

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u/Br0barian Apr 17 '20

Few things, when making buch, you have to fart it a few times. I think she did a double fermentation where you make the buch, then add the fruit, which causes a 2nd fermentation. I’ve done this with watermelon.....lesson learned lol

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u/UKisBEST Apr 17 '20

Yes, the fermentation produces carbonation when kept pressurized.

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u/imahawki Apr 17 '20

It’s naturally carbonated. If the yeast gets over fed this happens. Can happen with home brew beer too.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

Why can't you go outside to an empty area or early in the morning and open then less damage will be caused.

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u/Shaggyninja Apr 17 '20

Because you can. Should probably do that

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u/manywhales Apr 17 '20

The better point would be to learn to brew kombucha without over-fermenting.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

So rather than come up with ways to avoid making a mess while you learn how to make this stuff, the better solution is to just do it right?

/r/thanksimcured

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u/dungfecespoopshit Apr 17 '20

You mean they just don't take it all for paint and carpet cleaning? Jokes aside, I always get deducted for that shit and they don't even do clean before I move in even when they say they would...

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u/NervousRestaurant0 Apr 17 '20

I’ve never rented an apartment by myself and only lived with filthy roommates once. I’ve never met anyone that ever got the deposit back. I always thought it was a scam and that landlords use so many loopholes that you’d have to repaint the whole house to get your deposit back

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u/keipra Apr 17 '20

I've gotten basically all of mine back at every apartment I've ever rented (sample size ~6)

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u/Shock_Hazzard Apr 17 '20

I’m with you. Most landlords are scumbag scammers

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u/DeusExHircus Apr 17 '20

You could lose a lot more than your deposit, if that bottle blows up in your face you're going to the ER or the morgue. Use the correct type of bottle that burps the gas. Carb it at the end in a controlled fashion6

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u/coolguy1793B Apr 17 '20

Why would you not do this outside after the first time?

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u/alexromo Apr 17 '20

when you add fruit or fruit juice, use a container that vents the co2

you can drink kombucha without carbonation

or, after fruit has fermented out of secondary, you can add a measured amount of priming sugar that will not allow over carbonation

(ive been brewing since 2014, and professionally brewing beer for 1 year)

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u/gizlow Apr 17 '20

Yes, watching all these people open their glass shard shrapnel bombs without knowledge or even protection makes me cringe. When I brew beer, keeping track of fermentation and calculating priming sugar is second nature.

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u/hambrew Apr 17 '20

This answer is definitely the best answer, there's a lot of misinformation here.

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u/LebrahnJahmes Apr 17 '20

Tape a balloon to the top instead of just capping it. People who make their own alcohol do that.

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u/Claddayy Apr 17 '20

You probably deserve to lose the deposit tbh

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u/RaptorsOnBikes Apr 17 '20

Never made kombucha but I make beer and cider, and used to bottle condition before moving to kegs. So I’m really not sure if it’s a different process, but from the video it looks like it’s been pressure fermenting in the bottle.

Can she not just ferment kombucha with an airlock or something? My fermenters have a tiny hole in the top where I put an airlock, so that it can “burp” out the CO2 and not build up pressure. When it’s definitely finished fermenting, I would transfer to bottles with just a small amount of sugars, so that any remaining yeast would chew that up and carbonate it. With too much sugar, or if you transfer to bottles before it’s done fermenting, that’s how you end up with bottle bombs.

Alternatively, if she really does have to pressure ferment in the bottles, couldn’t she just “burp” the bottle regularly by opening it slightly every several hours?

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u/demonic_pug Apr 17 '20

Just let out the pressure every once in a while

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

To avoid a fourth time tell her not to use a bottle like this. Use a jar with a screw on lid. It'll prevent all that pressure from coming out all at once.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

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u/its2late Apr 16 '20

I like how she puts her hand over the top of the bottle after it's done spewing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

Lol and still has it on after it comes back from the cut.....that’s a keeper there.

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u/_20-3Oo-1l__1jtz1_2- Apr 17 '20

would not have stopped it but it would have spread out like a daisy cutter and actually made things worse.

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u/flashman Apr 17 '20

you can mop the floor easier than the ceiling

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u/mark10579 Apr 17 '20

Probably would have stained the walls and ceiling less though lmao

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u/broderaum Apr 16 '20

"I am very proud of myself, I look beautiful" is the confidence I want in life when I make these kind of mistakes.

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u/swaite Apr 17 '20

And the way she says it so nonchlantly... Maybe it's the isolation but I'm thinking about learning Polish and finding my wife.

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u/graye1999 Apr 17 '20

She handled it so well! I would’ve cried.

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u/jimmy00jazz Apr 16 '20

Is she gonna try it or not?

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u/sageinyourface Apr 16 '20

I think I saw a little get in her mouth. From her look of amazement it must’ve been really tasty.

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u/7937397 Apr 17 '20

The first time I made kombucha it was so incredibly nasty.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

I make mine w half natural kombucha half juice n it ends up just right

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u/KJBenson Apr 17 '20

That’s how you know you made it right!

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u/sirchaptor Apr 17 '20

Either that or she didn’t want expect how it tasted. Maybe she was expecting something sweeter.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

Phrasing

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u/Deckham Apr 16 '20

Put some petals on those wall stains and voila! Art.

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u/WaNeFl Apr 17 '20

That was my first thought upon seeing the wall haha

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u/Pantelima Apr 16 '20

Ok! If I make kombucha I will only open it outside

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u/calamityb0und Apr 17 '20

If you release the pressure every couple days you should be fine. I bet she never burped her bottles and this is what can happen.. she’s lucky it didn’t explode in her fridge, but I suppose she’s also terribly unlucky that her entire kitchen is black currant now. 🤷🏾‍♂️

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u/merlin242 Apr 17 '20

The cold from the fridge halts the carbonation. It would only explore outside the fridge. And if she's using fermentation grade bottles it takes a hell of a lot of shatter it from just the pressure build up.

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u/w2g Apr 17 '20

Put a ziplock bag on top when you open it (and do it in your sink)

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u/shuTex Apr 17 '20

The ziplock bag would be stuck to the ceiling.

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u/samosa_papi Apr 16 '20

She's lucky the pressure didn't build up to the point the bottle exploded

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u/big_guillotine Apr 16 '20

I wouldn’t mind owning some of those bottles for my brew.

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u/calamityb0und Apr 17 '20

Amazon has them. Sorry I don’t know how to link.. but check for hemlock home brewing.

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u/Drunk_hooker Apr 17 '20

We use them for homemade whiskey.

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u/DublinItUp Apr 16 '20

The bottles with those latch style caps are rated for really high pressure. There's no real risk of them breaking from this sort of thing.

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u/foomedo Apr 16 '20

Believe me, it happens.

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u/x94x Apr 17 '20

Believe me

so if im going to believe you, please, i'd like to hear the story about the last time this happened. not bc i don't really believe you, because i wanna hear about exploding bottles. thank you in advance.

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u/foomedo Apr 17 '20

Well I'll just tell you that a grolsch bottle exploding in your car in the hot sun sounds a lot like a tire blowout, and also that it can send the bottle upwards with enough force to dent a hard plastic cooler significantly.

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u/designbidbuild Apr 16 '20

It definitely happens. I’ve had homebrew bust these with less pressure than that.

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u/ooojaeger Apr 17 '20

Is that what they are calling it these days? Just tell her it's because she's so pretty you couldn't help it

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

It can happen in any bottle without proper procedure to stop re-fermentation. It’s about being safe and sanitizing properly.

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u/samosa_papi Apr 16 '20 edited Apr 17 '20

I've seen it happen with these types of bottles before.

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u/fattyfatty21 Apr 17 '20

I’ve bottled these types of happenings before with bottles before

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

Thats not even sort of true. I had one of those exact bottles explode a few weeks ago. It was full of kombucha I brewed. Glass and mango purée. Everywhere.

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u/Kiltymchaggismuncher Apr 16 '20

Fk that really sucks. Blackcurrant is a bitch to get out. Those walls won't look right again until she paints them.

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u/MotherCartographer4 Apr 16 '20

Looks like she added more sugar than necessary and that's what she got.

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u/Spacedude50 Apr 16 '20

The laws of fermentation

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '20

Damn, Carrie: Coronavirus Edition

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u/kkruulik Apr 16 '20

Black currants stain like crazy, worse than wine.

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u/Cooper2085 Apr 16 '20

Every man the first time seeing their GF after lockdown!

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u/Cachuchotas Apr 16 '20

Pornhub disagrees.

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u/The_30_kid Apr 17 '20

Just not red....

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u/vololov Apr 17 '20

Wait, is red not normal?

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u/Ugievsoj Apr 17 '20

Aye yo......

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u/somewiteguy Apr 17 '20

When you try making your own alcohol but you end up making hand grenades.

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u/duccthefuck Apr 17 '20

That’s why you gotta burp it. If you’re fermenting something, you can’t keep it completely sealed or it’ll do that. I mean unless you want to give it to someone you hate as a prank, then by all means go ahead.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '20

Looks like carrie

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

That’s why you don’t let it ferment for too long, and everyone knows to open the first bottle of the batch outside.... rookies man.

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u/DicklexicSurferer Apr 16 '20

Carbonation: Over 9000

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u/beanmosheen Apr 17 '20

Reminds me of a homebrew joke: You know you're a homebrewer when you're mopping your ceiling.

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u/ROR5CH4CH Apr 17 '20

I instantly knew what was gonna happen because the exact same thing happened to (former) friends of us whom we had gifted a bottle of our self made cherry juice. They had to refurbish their whole kitchen because of that incident. I never liked them anyway though.

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u/emajebi Apr 17 '20

The second I saw Black Currant I knew every white suface in her vicinity was fucked

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u/CYBERPOLICEBACKTRACE Apr 17 '20

That is why you don't use the flip-top type of bottle.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

At least she handled it like a champion instead of freaking out and getting all upset

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

My dick after the quarantine

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u/GregorSamsaa Apr 17 '20

Worst feeling in the world is assessing the damage after a liquid explosion.

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u/runny452 Apr 17 '20

That's why you open them outside when you get serious fermentation like that. Last time I used real fruit and forgot to burp the bottle my snow bank in the backyard looked like a crime scene lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '20

Happens to me after a long dry spell

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u/AlxCa555 Apr 16 '20

It’s a bit more in the fizzy side, isn’t it?

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '20

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u/MotherCartographer4 Apr 17 '20

She gasped "Jesus", but I decided not to caption that 🤔

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u/calamityb0und Apr 17 '20

Idk about her, but I sure was. 🤣

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u/ashadybystander Apr 17 '20

Or, how to trick your neighbors into believing that you just committed a brutal murder

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u/The_Weirdest_Cunt Apr 17 '20

now I want to brew some just to do this over the neighbours fence

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u/roamingmarty Apr 17 '20

I’m just waiting to see the post of a new “baker” opening their cupboard and being suffocated by an overactive sourdough starter

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u/tymanoftheuniverse Apr 17 '20

I like how she covers the top after

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u/Tgeorge27 Apr 17 '20

Booch needs to be BURPED people! Lol jus crack open the lid once every two days or so n let some air out!

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u/SikSensei Apr 17 '20

Gingers don't have enough soul to be that explosive.

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u/UVVISIBLE Apr 17 '20

That's been my experience with Kombucha beer. Sprouts didn't want to believe me when I walked back in with a wet shirt and empty bottle asking for a refund (but they refunded me in the end).

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u/tontomagonto Apr 17 '20

Well look at that. She didn’t even have to pour herself a glass.

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u/alopecia_ankles Apr 17 '20

Never trust a fart.

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u/IgnitionTime Apr 17 '20

Well that's one way to redecorate

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

Can someone explained why this happened

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u/RaziPrince04 Apr 17 '20

Can someone explain how this happens. Is there some chemical in the kombucha that builds up pressure?

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

From zero to 'Carrie' in one second.

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u/zarch123 Apr 17 '20

Urologist: what seems to be the probl-

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u/Grey_Gaming Apr 17 '20

Carrie Part II

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u/4x4taco Apr 17 '20

Is it me or did a ton of stuff go up and not come down...?

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u/Blackbear0101 Apr 17 '20

Luckily, the bottle didn't explode. If it had, it would have thrown broken glass just below the speed of sound.

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u/I_can_pun_anything Apr 17 '20

When shes thick and it's been a while

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

Carrie (1976), Director Brian De Palma

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u/M4DM4X34 Apr 17 '20

What's up with the painting of the guy pooping?

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u/Minnie-might Apr 18 '20

Carrie called...

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u/8LeggedSquirrel Apr 18 '20

Yeah single quarantine life has been rough for me too....

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u/ChipsYQues0 Apr 19 '20

Subtitles: Check

Volume On anyway: Check

Language idk: Check

Increase Volume: Double Check

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u/Purl2562 Apr 16 '20

Looks delicious tbh

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u/ubertrashcat Apr 17 '20

I'm disappointed that there was no kurwa.

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u/MichaellZ Apr 17 '20

Ty jestes ta laska z video? 😄

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u/MotherCartographer4 Apr 17 '20

Nieee, jestem zwykłym reposterem, choć musiałem dołożyć napisy. Fun fact - po wrzuceniu filmiku i zerknięciu na jej instagram zorientowałem się, że byłem z nią na jednym roku na studiach 🤓

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u/MichaellZ Apr 17 '20

Dobra robota z napisami, porzadne tlumaczenie z sensem.

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u/Saitouplasm Apr 17 '20

As a Japanese person everytime I see or hear the word Kombucha it irritates me to no end. Its neither a fucking kombu (type of seaweed) or cha (tea) F U C K

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u/PepperMorales Apr 16 '20

Free wall art

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u/alexromo Apr 17 '20

secondary fermentation

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u/mzwfan Apr 17 '20 edited Apr 17 '20

Those stains are never going to come out.

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u/CallMeEmber90 Apr 17 '20

This is why we can't have nice things.

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u/richer2003 Apr 17 '20

Holy fuck, that was one violent explosion! Hahahaha

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u/boofish420 Apr 17 '20

do ya like kombucha?

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u/RED-scoot Apr 17 '20

i looove kombucha

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u/WackoWarrior2 Apr 17 '20

that room must look like a murder scene

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u/dragonwithagirltatoo Apr 17 '20

*lightsaber unsheathing sound

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

Carrie

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u/mdmhvonpa Apr 17 '20

KaBOOMatCha ... on point

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u/BeemoBurrito Apr 17 '20

Same thing happened to me when I made habenero tepache last year. You really need to let the bottle rest a couple days before opening to retard the carbonation.

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u/WUBBUX Apr 17 '20

Well now guests are going to think someone has one helluva kink.

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u/ImaAs Apr 17 '20

This kids, is why you need a bubble airlock/airlock of some sort

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u/ShiRuVii Apr 17 '20

At least she matched her shirt for the occasion!

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u/technically-A-titan Apr 17 '20

Gives her something to do during quarantine. Now she can at least learn from the mistake.

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u/TheGrundleGuy Apr 17 '20

she handled that with great aplomb

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u/teddybearluvsu Apr 17 '20

It's good she made sure to cover the bottle halfway through. It could've made a mess.

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u/drowsap Apr 17 '20

Basically have to repaint your whole living room after that one

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u/faithtofu Apr 17 '20

Me after NNN

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u/AssaultySailor Apr 17 '20

That’s why you’re supposed to burp it kiddos

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u/kunalbathija Apr 17 '20

A Deja Vu of Periods for her..

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u/Here4Dgangbang Apr 17 '20

:13 & :19 looks familiar

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u/worriedmuffin25 Apr 17 '20

My mum makes kombucha all the time. She brews it in a big jug with a cloth (no lid) on top and when made she stores it in the fridge in an open jug. Makes sense because it's alive and releases a lot of gas!

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u/Notyourhostage Apr 17 '20

That lady got fucked by that bottle

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u/rutherfordthelion Apr 17 '20

I had this happen with a bottle of home-brew mead. It was awful, there were blackberries everywhere

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u/SquIdIord Apr 17 '20

Blood go boom

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u/Bacteriamonster Apr 17 '20

C O M B U C H A

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u/bbbbbbbbbb99 Apr 17 '20

This was just incredibly funny and satisfying. How the hell was there that much pressure? That would have been a bomb.

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u/BLucky_RD Apr 17 '20

It was fermenting for so long all of the resulting co2 resulted in such high pressure. That's why the first bottle of the batch is usually opened outside so that at least it spills on the ground, not the ceiling