(Downingtown, PA) – Victory Brewing announced a recall on two 2009 batches of Helios last night.

Here is part of the official statement from Victory on its blog:

“We are sad to announce that we have some Helios Ale that is over-carbonated. The batches that are affected by this recall include the bottling dates of October 26 and December 10, 2009. Testing conducted today on bottles from those dates yielded definitive results. Therefore, this recall has been initiated to address a flaw in the bottle conditioning process that has significantly over carbonated the beer, with resultant pressure in bottle exceeding the bottle’s burst rating. There is nothing unsafe about the Helios Ale itself, but there is danger of exploding bottles. There have been confirmed reports of bottles exploding. These reports include bottles sitting still, not being agitated, and have been received by us within the last 48 hrs.”

Visit the blog link above for more info including how to handle the bottles and how to make a claim if you have/had to make a claim. There have also been a few comments on foaming Wild Devil though no safety recall on that beer as of yet.

The brewery said that it was first alerted by posts on Beer Advocate. Moral of the story: if you have a bottle of beer exploding make a thread about it; it may have happened to others.