Redhook Brewery Accident

I heard about this horrible accident up in New Hampshire and instantly wondered why someone was welding on an empty beer keg to cause it to explode? Turns out it wasn’t welding. Pressurized air caused the keg to explode catastrophically, killing the employee. What a horrible way to go.

From CBS here:

Officials say the worker had been filling kegs with air to clean them out when one of the kegs blew up. Shrapnel from the keg his the worker in the chest and head.

He died at the hospital.

I hope this doesn’t delay any shipments of their tasty Sunrye Summer ale!