Bulged can bottom

[harryhood]

I was at my local store buying Murphy's Stout this weekend and I noticed that
most of the cans were bulged out at the bottom. I found that a bulged can I had at home has an astringent after taste while the normal can was as tasty and smooth as usual. The bimbo that runs the place said the bulge was probably "caused by overfilling at the factory",real snotty. :confused: Idiot!
I just looked at her and decided that a penis wrinkle like her wasn't worth wasting my breath on, so I just walked out. Beer shouldn't be in bulged cans right?

[chazwicke]

Wonder if they had frozen at some stage of thier journey. I've seen cans that froze have bulges but usually at the top.

[danno]

I'm with Chaz, and I'd also guess they froze pretty hard, I've left beer overnight in close to 0º F weather and haven't had them bulge out. Pop cans, yes, beer no...

[DreamWeaver]

I'm not an expert here but I think just the opposite. Heat. Back in the 80's I drove semi for 10 of those years logging over a million miles. I often hauled Budweiser from St. Louis to the Jacksonville Brewery then pick up a load brewed in J'ville, FL and take it to St. Louis. Never did figure out why they did this. Some cans were marked for certain states that had deposit on the cans & bottles.? Having said that, I once picked up a load in St. Louis and got about half way (in the summer of 89) and my truck broke down. I was Hotel Hell stranded while the tractor was being repaired, the trailer was not refridgerated and sat a week in 100*F heat. Prolly 140-160 inside. When I finally got going & to J'Ville they inspected the load and all of the bottoms were popped out. The cans would not even stand up. They would fall over because they were rounded from being heat expanded and popped out. J'Ville refused the load & I ended up taking that load to NJ and some Distro bought it. I always wondered who the lucky drinkers were?

[unkle bik]

Probably improved the taste of that krap.
Bud: the antiChrist of beer.

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by DreamWeaver
I'm not an expert here but I think just the opposite. Heat. Back in the 80's I drove semi for 10 of those years logging over a million miles. I often hauled Budweiser from St. Louis to the Jacksonville Brewery then pick up a load brewed in J'ville, FL and take it to St. Louis. Never did figure out why they did this. Some cans were marked for certain states that had deposit on the cans & bottles.? Having said that, I once picked up a load in St. Louis and got about half way (in the summer of 89) and my truck broke down. I was Hotel Hell stranded while the tractor was being repaired, the trailer was not refridgerated and sat a week in 100*F heat. Prolly 140-160 inside. When I finally got going & to J'Ville they inspected the load and all of the bottoms were popped out. The cans would not even stand up. They would fall over because they were rounded from being heat expanded and popped out. J'Ville refused the load & I ended up taking that load to NJ and some Distro bought it. I always wondered who the lucky drinkers were?

Hmmmm....Was that NJ buer named Soprano? :D

[chazwicke]

buyer

[davesarman]

Originally posted by chazwicke
Hmmmm....Was that NJ buer named Soprano? :D

probably

[skahtboi]

Or...just to pose another theory, could the bulge in the cans be a result of the nitrous widgits breaking and releasing their gas in a closed can?

[harryhood]

I had bought a bulged can in the past and the widget functioned fine. The beer had a nasty aftertaste tho.I contacted Murphy's direct and the US sales manager said he would have the local sales rep replace my beer and they will get with the distributor and fix the problem. Seems like pretty good customer support if you asked me!