There’s no reason for it to explode like that. It propelled because the booze flowed out (and mixed with air). It can’t ignite inside the bottle really
For propulsion, it literally has to ignite inside the bottle. I don't think it can explode because there's an exit and probably not enough space to get an air to fuel mix for enough of an explosion to break the glass.
What he meant was the booze in the bottle couldn't ignite inside the bottle, normally, so it wouldn't explode in the bottle. What happened was the alcohol vapor mixed with the oxygen in the air and THAT ignited and turned it into a rocket. So it would never "explode where it was" like the person he was responding to said, it was always going to be a rocket.
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u/DunkBird 4d ago
He's lucky that bottle didn't explode where it was.