@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.