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To: libstripper

When I first started brewing beer, I had a few CO2 bombs explode in my closet while I was sleeping. I lived in Saudi Arabia at the time and, in my slumber, the breaking glass made me think somebody had thrown a dud grenade through my window. After a few more explosions shortly later, I smelled the beer that sprayed in my closet. The explosions caused no damage at all (except to my precious beer) but made a mess.

There is no physical reason why a dry ice bomb in a glass or plastic vessel would be any more potent. Pressure builds until the vessel fails and then there’s a rapid dispersion of CO2. A pressure vessel may be a make a bigger explosion with dry ice, but I doubt that it would be remotely comparable to a gunpowder explosion.


22 posted on 10/15/2013 7:26:17 AM PDT by Skepolitic
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To: Skepolitic
A former coworker of mine spent a couple of years in Saudi Arabia. He told me that friendly local Saudis were the best sources of information on how to make your own brew. They would even point him to the shops which sold the ingredients and the still parts . . . and volunteer advice if you were buying the wrong things.

After seeing a couple of Saudis put away more beer at an airport lounge in Bahrain than gets consumed at an average redneck wedding, I've got to wonder how much alcohol is consumed in the officially 100% Islamic country. And I'm not talking about the ex-pat community alone.

33 posted on 10/15/2013 10:03:50 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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