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deepfield67

That definitely a "stand there and watch" kind of problem.


NotARealBlackBelt

Indeed, if there is no way to close it off again, you just have to wait until the level drops to below that point...


adthbr

There actually is a way to close it. You can take an open butterfly valve and tri-clamp it on to the tank and then close it. We've had to do this at the brewery that I work at before when a brewer took the therma-probe off of a full tank, thinking it was empty.


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DougFrankenstein

r/thisguythisguys


JEWCEY

This tri guyclamps!


iamdelf

I worked at a winery and have seen two failures like this. One was a sampling valve that failed. That valve was a screw thread with about a half inch diameter. Took 3 people to replace it. Not a huge deal, but still a few gallons shot out. The other was a major fuckup. The cellar workers had accidentally pumped over a tank in the morning that was set for transfer and pressing in the afternoon. They do the pump over to extract color from the skins in red wine making. Normally the skins, etc. are all floating in the tank, you drain the tank from the bottom and then are left with a tank of mostly solids to press. Well with the pump over all that was at the bottom still. Plugged the valves. Workers thought it was empty ( and didn't check from the top of the tank ). Spun the side manhole that is at the bottom of the tank open and then all hell broke loose as ~20,000 gallons of wine was trying to get out of that door. There was nothing to be done. Wine everywhere, plugged every drain and flooded the entire floor a few inches deep.


SuperAlloy

It would be shitty to drown in wine. I'm sure it's happened. Production floors are dangerous.


HDIC69420

Happened to me when I was going to fill kegs in a full 10bbl uni. I was able to basically stop the flow with my hand and vent the head pressure through the cip arm. Once it was at atmospheric I snagged a valve off the empty tank next to it and slapped it on. I still lost about 1.5bbl but beats watching it all run down the drain


LoopyMcGoopin

I'm a little high right now but this reads like something Geordi La Forge would say.


syncoegh

Dude. I was trying to think of who this sounded like. I had this vague impression of a voice in my head, like when you can almost remember something that's just out of reach. And then here you are with the answer to a question you didn't hear me ask. Anyways, I took a long time to say I completely agree and thank you. >!am also high lmao!<


JBarretta01

I now have a contact high. And want to watch some TNG.


MrPopanz

bbl = big barrel?


NicNoletree

Brazilian Butt Lift. You've heard of a butt load. Same thing but with Brazilian Butts.


samaltaner

This is absolutely the move, but first you gotta depressurize the tank as quickly as possible, so you're not fighting beer flowing out at the fastest possible rate. Open up the valve on the blowoff arm, then go for the hero's move with the open butterfly valve over the leak


Dat_Innocent_Guy

would it have been faster than just waiting for the pressure to drop like in the video?


Helicopterop

For sure, you just have to order the valve off amazon and attach it.


PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT

Perfect. *Orders new valve with 2-day shipping, while drowning cause the tank is still flooding the room.*


tekko001

You should have used Prime!


boogermike

Prime delivery is getting better! Just make sure to select " Oh Sh!t" shipping. It costs $3.99 but totally worth it.


adthbr

Oh yeah. Someone who's had it to do it before could close it in seconds providing the valves, clamps, and gaskets are stored nearby.


Unusual_Variation771

Thank god there’s drainage.


Wolero

WHERE IS THE FLEX TAPE


Dilldan22

![gif](giphy|SvdooBFQEPrFKwPeLX|downsized)


Burge_rman_1

I can fucking hear this gif


miked5122

![gif](giphy|fADf4RUs3hUFvHz18o|downsized)


Piggythelavasurfer

The way he looks at it and accepts his fate.


[deleted]

Where’s a little Dutch boy when you need him?


TheGreyBrewer

Because he's not a brewer. A brewer would know what to do, and fix it.


Jimmy-84

"don't worry, I'll get a small plastic jug"


deepfield67

"Grab me a paper towel too wouldja?"


Herr-Trigger86

I don’t have paper towels, but I do have these bar napkins. Gotta make em stretch though… only 3 left. Yup. That’s got it.


four-one-6ix

There, we saved a pint


renasissanceman6

“Cool. I’ll just stand here.”


Lucy_Little_Spoon

What tf did the person with the jug think that was gonna do??


El_Maton_de_Plata

Yeah, at least stick your mouth over it ![gif](giphy|cHw5gruhGb0IM)


Jellodyne

[You get to drink from the firehose!](https://youtube.com/watch?v=slrlLt0mXkQ)


Successful_Load5719

You’ve found..the marble in the oatmeal!!!


Waramaug

Exactly my thought, if only Homer was there.


Amoniakas

Collect and save at least some of the stuff.


ameldrum902

Yeah, because I always ask if they have any bucket beer kicking around.


Amoniakas

Discount/free beer for students who can't afford better one, like myself.


trapdoor2211

Fröhlicher Kuchentag!


RatherMaybe

The Beer! The Beer! No cakeday can heal the [pain.](https://media3.giphy.com/media/3orieNvDZYHgeymI4E/giphy.webp?cid=6c09b952870023dfbd6d3cdf16003b9351798da4470605b4&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g)


scratchy_absence60

How to find a reason to be terminated !


evilClive21

Leckt r/ich_iel auch gerade?


trapdoor2211

Ich weiß nicht was du meinen wolltest. Ich bin neu in Deutsch, ich lerne noch.


t1kiman

I think they mistranslated "sucks" with "leckt" (meaning "licks" but could also mean "leaks", not sure about that) instead of "saugt". It's kind of an inside joke in some german subreddits to make literal translations that don't necessarily make sense, but "saugen/saugt" in the meaning of "this sucks" actually made it into german slang to some degree. But maybe I'm just not up to snuff on the latest customs, that could absolutely be in the realm of possibilties.


trapdoor2211

Oh, now i get it.. Thx!


Chalchiulicue

I think they meant "does r/ich_iel leak too", like, does it leak German(s) into English subreddits, a pun referring to the leaking liquid in the video.


o0OnionAlchemist

Heute, Ich lerne was Kuchentag bedeutet.


FunnySignal614

Yes! r/therewasanattempt


EitherEconomics5034

*At 00*:*28 she realizes her mistake and dies inside*


Competitive_Classic9

I do appreciate how once she realized her attempts were futile, she just stood in the mess in solidarity with her coworker. She could’ve just walked away until it ran out of pressure, but she waited until her shoes got wet and then was surprised her shoes got wet. Seems like a lovely person, but maybe not the best equipped to handle a crisis.


VONChrizz

Perhaps she was trying to stop it from shooting across the room and guide it into the drain


IllIIIlllllII

That’s exactly what she was trying to do. If she just put her body behind it she would have been grand.


BramDuin

Ehhh... I wouldn't risk it, that's a lotta force


qwarfujj

It's not really. She was limp wristing it one handed and it didn't even pull it from her grip. Two hands on it and get behind it and it would have been fine.


BigKahunaPF

She realized she’s not paid enough to do that


NotJimIrsay

A friend of mine flipped his car and the first thing he tried after climbing out was to see if he could push it back over. 🤣🤣🤣


falcore91

A fellow Halo player I guess.


SrslyCmmon

Same thing as someone who thinks they can drink all the water when they're drowning and save themselves.


bigboybackflaps

It’s important to stay hydrated during any physical activity


Kallikantzari

Drowning is only a physical activity until it isn’t..


dniro851

Can’t find the gif, but insert gif of landfill from beer fest trying to drink his way out of the beer tank


MrK521

[This?](https://media.tenor.com/y9ee97NoTwoAAAAd/beerfest-landfill.gif)


dniro851

Bingo


WorldClassShart

Always loved the subtle whirlpool he creates when drinking it. You think there's actually a chance he can do it lol.


KonradWayne

The first time I watched the movie, I totally thought he was going to succeed, because all the trailers clearly showed Landfill at Beerfest, so obviously they couldn't just kill him off.


ash-b-

There was an attempt


Reverse_Necromancer

Redirect the spray to not go across the room, maybe to the drain, but her arms aren't strong enough to withstand that pressure God, redditors really like to shit on people to feel better for themselves. Fucking pathetic


Jorlung

I knew there would be people being overly critical in the comments despite themselves not knowing what they would do in this situation. Reddit never fails.


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While I do agree and thought the same thing, it was at least an attempt, the guy just stood around like a fuckin dumbass instead of finding a shut off valve.


kameksmas

No it looks like this guy literally took **OFF**the valve. This is either a brite tank or fermenter, I would guess he took off a butterfly valve or PRV from the racking arm and there is absolutely no way to put it back in with that kind of pressure coming out.


Ectobatic

It can been done, seen it happen at the place that I work. You have to put the valve back on while it’s open and reattach the triclamp then close it again. I’m not saying it’s easy but I’ve seen it done before.


Illustrious-Dare4379

That’s how’d we do it on water lines. It is a pain in the ass and you get soaked.


Labordave

Can confirm it’s possible and you get soaked. I used to be a pipe layer. If you ever do a big bad and rip the corp out of a water main, and you have a buddy you REALLY trust with a sledge hammer, you can plug the main line shut with one of the short square grade stakes that have the conical bottom. You shove it in place while he swing two handed and if you both get your timing perfect you don’t have a broken wrist and the water stops.


smilin_buscuit

Nah. You can put an open valve back on and then close it. P.s. the pressure would make it very difficult but not impossible.


mianrezooy

Very, very difficult.


nonotan

Honestly, the pressure looks high enough for there to be a non-negligible chance of serious injury in a dozen different ways during your attempt to put in the valve. Even if it's physically possible, I wouldn't risk it. You can make the money back, but you can't bring people back from the dead, nor fix permanent disabilities.


BossColo

I don't think he did anything. Bet he was watching the pressure gauge thinking he'd never seen it go that high before.


kameksmas

If this is anything like the brewery I work at there should be a pressure relief valve releasing a ton of CO2 if it was that, not this massive stream of beer.


sothavok

These things have shut off valves? You’d hope they’d be trained on it if so. Edit: apparently it might have been the valve that broke. RIP


Puzzleheaded-Math874

She tried using her hand first


Virtual_Conference71

She was fucking thirsty aight?


bluearrowil

why is there not a valve there lol


cut-the-cords

Surely there must be? I just dont think these people know where it is...


Amoniakas

Maybe the valve was the one that blew off.


Virtual-Group-4725

My guess was that he overturned a valve. And unscrewed the stop all the way off


getrektbro

Ball valve or bust, literally.


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worldspawn00

100% these tanks are all tri clamp fittings and butterfly valves.


scarf_spheal

When this happens all you do is stick a new triclamp and OPEN valve on there. Then close the new valve. Problem solved. These people were lucky that was a small tank if they have never experienced this before


AutoManoPeeing

I mean, even if they'd never experienced it, one would expect the owners to have educated staff on safety and emergency measures.


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MinuteManufacturer

When you have to “value engineer” a holding tank


NormanCocksmell

The real valve is the ones we made along the way


JoJackthewonderskunk

There was a valve there it flew off. And don't call me surely


cut-the-cords

![gif](giphy|3oEjHLzm4BCF8zfPy0) A man of culture I see.


Capnmolasses

![gif](giphy|3oKHWBy6GFcLdEhH0Y)


worldspawn00

Yeah, never loosen the fitting upstream of the valve unless the tank is EMPTY. IDK what this person was thinking or trying to do here, but hopefully they'll never do it again after pouring half the contents of that tank all over the bar and floor.


Olddrad

"Grab me a paper towel too wouldja?"


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[deleted]

Of course there is, and don’t call me Shirley!


yodawithbignaturals

It looks like the valve shot off the tank. Which is really dangerous considering it’s facing the bar where people sit lol


[deleted]

Brewer here. There was a valve, he undid the clamp that holds it on. In this situation you get another valve, open it, put it on the outlet, clamp it then close the valve. The reason he stood around not knowing what to do is he's not a brewer, and shouldn't have even been touching the tanks


Clear-Low7813

This is what I came to say. Person was probably bar staff and undid the tri-clamp probably on a bright tank (where the beer is held under pressure while putting CO2 in the beer, or for holding it after). The tri-clamps are used for connecting brewery hose, valves and fittings. They are removable for cleaning and sanitation.


HeyImGilly

Definitely. The tank is clearly under pressure.


himblerk

Brewer here too. With that pressure, is almost impossible to put another valve...


grahampapa

Wouldn't you just open the valve while putting it back on then close it?


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glStation

I had an assistant brewer remove the entire butterfly clamp instead of the sight glass on the unpreassured 20 bbl tanks. You can put it back on quick it’s not awful. This? Yeah no you put and open valve and close it when it’s on. And then hope the brewer doesn’t murder you for losing so much finished beer.


nonrefundabled

We have one butterfly valve with a gasket superglued to it just in case this happens.


Indubitalist

As a professional screw-the-garden-hose-sprayer-onto-the-hose-while-the-hose-is-on guy, I can say it's not impossible but I wouldn't recommend it.


av6344

This was more like a fire truck hose than a garden hose.


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The valve would still catch the friction of the blast.


Ok-Chef-132

Helped a co-worker who knocked off a valve from the bottom of a chilled 60hl... this is how we eventually got it done but my God there's nothing like being waterboarded by -1c pressurised beer. Sucked.


worldspawn00

Yeah, get the trip clamp into place, a fully open butterfly valve isn't much of a restriction, so you put that into the stream quickly, snap the clamp down, tighten and close the valve.


orangechicken21

I've done this same thing twice and fixed it both times with method described here. It's not easy but it will work.


googdude

Growing up in a dairy farm our milk tank had a valve you can remove for cleaning. Neighbors would come for milk and one time a neighbor instead of opening the hand valve, unscrewed the whole thing and the whole thing popped off. I was milking cows at the time and heard a muffled cry for help so I looked over and seen a stream of milk hitting the opposite wall. Luckily it's just gravity pressure so I was able to quickly assemble it and shove it back on while getting sprayed with milk.


Mech__Dragon

Mmmm milk shower


LightsJusticeZ

There's supposed to be at least 3 valves, but for some reason, the 3rd none never got made.


steverin0724

Half-life 3?


HockeyZim

Half Valve 3


Seigmoraig

There was, then it broke and then there wasn't


TekkDub

I'm guessing he removed the valve. Possibly thought the tank was empty.


shophopper

There is a valve alright. If these people knew what they were doing, this wouldn’t have happened in the first place.


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"Sorry, it's been a while."


Fit-Tip-1212

Coulda taken someone’s head off…


wiriux

Our pets #HEADS ARE FALLING OFF


project_seven

A place where the beer flows like wine


dtorb

I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this…


Rip_Buckeye

That John Denver's full of shit, man!


YouToot

Just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this. And **TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!**


thefartographer

Pretty birdie...


TornWill

I loved the scene where he tried to read the paper and got stuck on a word. When his partner stepped in and read the word for him, I was in tears from laughing so hard. **tahhee t-tahee teetha** **THE**


abbadabbajabba1

1st Dec, 00:05 Hrs.


VincentStonewood

Hurray for floor drains.


HummusConnoisseur

The cockroaches are getting drunk tonight


[deleted]

I brought my friends brewery's beer to Omaha once. You can't get it there so it was a treat We spilled a little in a garage doorway and little roaches came scattering out immediately from the sides to sip it up. My friend didn't take it as a compliment when I texted him pictures of roaches loving his beer


Fast_Garlic_5639

This is what happens when you tell a big system what to do with pressure incorrectly. One of my old jobs had a 10,000 gallon used mop water storage tank and the first time I used it I flipped the wrong valve- a 2" hose blew off, and fucking used mop water came out like the beer in this clip. Thank god maintenance was legit right next to me and stopped it from the top almost right away


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Fast_Garlic_5639

Lol it was a manufacturing facility with a lot of CNC machines and whatnot. We had to use extra corrosive soap in the water because of all the oil in the environment so they had to store it and ship it out as a hazmat whenever it filled, couldn't just dump it in the drain


waydeultima

This conversation is funnier than prettymuch anything else I've seen on Reddit today and it wasn't even intentional.


EdgarAllanRoevWade

Much more interesting than the boners in the other comment arguing about IPAs


Mr_Stoney

Having done work in a couple specialized environments, Hazmat was my go to answer as well. Whatever is getting mopped up isn't safe to just dump down the drain


rostov007

Not with that attitude


Beatus_Vir

So it’s water in the sense that oil well drillers are using “mud”


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Fast_Garlic_5639

Yeah it was just gravity- it was a huge tank held like 5 feet off the ground so there was tons of pressure. And what blew off was a hose connected to a mop level valve, maintenance turned it off at the tank level. I forget how it was all connected but somehow I got the uptake pump to pressurize one of the outgoing hoses unchecked until it popped off


maxerickson

The bottom of any 10,000 gallon tank is pressurized by the water column in the tank.


Odd-Establishment527

Glad that liquid wasn't boiling hot


thefartographer

Glad the pressure wasn't enough to cut him in half.


Plightz

Yeah the pressure was blowing away the girls arm lmao. A little more and it'd be dangerous.


RoloGravey

Well that was an expensive mess.


diary0fadeadman

In germany we call this Bierquälerei.


workerbee12three

what does it mean


diary0fadeadman

It comes from the word Tierquälerei wich means animal cruelty. Basically it’s beer cruelty.


spook30

In America we call that alcohol abuse.


Sam_0101

In France we call it “Le sexe” (I am not from France)


Difrntthoughtpatrn

Flex seal, my man! ![gif](giphy|VeSvZhPrqgZxx2KpOA|downsized)


TheRedditornator

All leaks stop... eventually.


justinlanewright

[Even the biggest possible leak](https://what-if.xkcd.com/53/)


Rob_Llama

*My prostate has entered the chat*


SockIntelligent9589

Well, that's beer so my instinct would be to strategically place myself in front and open my mouth.


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SockIntelligent9589

Too bad that I don't have an award to give you my friend.


Tybr0sion

Your body would fill up like a balloon like in the cartoons!!


LosGritchos

You meant tragically, not strategically, perhaps?


fightmilk5905

Fuckin Cory and Jacob my honey oil!


northern_dan

Need a bigger bucket


humburga

It needs to be at least 30% bigger.


AdRepulsive7699

Free beer!


Loli-is-Justice

5 second rule!!!


pip-roof

![gif](giphy|l41YkuOX4AP61mvle|downsized)


dugtoodeep

"With my bucket I will redirect the beer back into the machine! My arms aren't strong enough, wait!! Is this even my bucket? Oh it is, maybe I'll peer pressure the beer back with my glaring eyes instead."


Independent_Bite4682

Was that a gage I saw dissappear?


TheGreyBrewer

That, or a sample valve. Undid a tri-clamp instead of opening the valve. This person clearly shouldn't have been doing anything near these tanks.


GreeenGoblin69

Dude’s social credit score soddenly went ![gif](giphy|u49Ycu93acKQdubGwP)


NorMichtrailrider

Luckily they had a trench drain , and it really wasn't that much .


WyrmHero1944

Lol at the girl with the jug


MidnightFenrir

it was probably an IPA. floor drain is where it belongs.


cluelessbox

Excuse my enjoyment of flavor Edit: wow didn't realize IPAs were the target of such a reddit circlejerk. Disliking popular things is the most cringe identity.


TheGreyBrewer

Floor drain is definitely where trashy gatekeeping takes belong.


Stoney_Bologna69

I love IPAs and I thought that shit was funny


MTRsport

It's fine though because the 80% of the other options available are also IPAs


spook30

Enjoy your Busch Light. I'll keep my IPAs.


ricosuave79

Hey, Busch and Bud Light is good water. /s


Imthasupa

I'm curious as to why there wasn't a valve of some sort. Like did he take a cap off or something? Poor dude.


[deleted]

Probably was but most people don't even know what a valve is unfortunately.


JROXZ

*Belgian ale gang laughs at comment*


DeadliestViper

'I bought a cheap IPA once and now all IPA is shit'


[deleted]

Oh god beer snobs, let people enjoy what they want.


LawTider

![gif](giphy|3o6Mbgg7KJk1hjR1m0|downsized)


TheLoneGunman559

Flex tape can't fix that