PatMac

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As a newcomer to this obsession of home brewing, it's nice to get on here and here about mistakes that all the experienced people have made and make little "don't do" notes.

What's been your worst experience in home brewing and what caused it? Hopefully this will pull out some good stories

Irish1225

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hmm...

1. first batch i had the capper break
2. chocolate extra stout isn't carbing as quickly as other batches, i've probably drank 5-6 bottles of unready beer already
3. picked up all my materials for my first AG at the LHBS but forgot to get them ground...used a food processor but still missed my target OG by 7 thousandths of a point...

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Primary - empty :(
Secondary - rogue dead guy clone
Bottle - irish stout, chocolate extra stout, nut brown ale, american wheat

on deck - fat tire clone (and lots of it)?

Birchgrove77

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Running out of homebrew - poor planning / increased consumption.

Braid

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Brewed all day with my buddies and got to the last batch. Hooked up the wort chiller, made sure it was running well into the sanke and starteed doing some clean up. The last batch was a stout that my friend was trying to make for the third time because one little thing screwed up each of the first two batches.


Well........ we went to check on the progress and that is when we noticed that a valve had been left open on his fermenter! We lost half the batch down his driveway and are now calling it "Gutter Stout."

Sometimes it's the simplest thing that'll get ya. But then again, I'm sure it was a mistake that led to the whole discovery of beer anyway!

Baldy_Beer_Brewery

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All my friends like to come drink my beer. I think it is caused by them thinking it is free since I make it instead of having to buy it. And it is also pretty damn good if I do say so myself. And that is about as negative as my home brewing has got.

TwoHeadsBrewing

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First batch was fantastic, but I drank most of it before it fully matured. By 6 weeks after brewing, I had only a 12 pack left. And damn was it good! I wished that I had waited till the 6 week mark to START drinking it. Oh yeah, and save a 6 pack for a few months from each batch just to see how it ages!

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Fermenting: ESB
Kegged: Extra IPA, Brown Ale, American Wheat, Blackheart Stout
Coming Up: Dunkleweizen, 3C Pale Ale


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Bernie Brewer

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Here's mine- I don't use heatsticks anymore.........

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/my-worst-brew-day-ever-10606/

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david_42

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Four pounds of flaked rye in a 10 pound mash, no rice hulls. Ever seen a 14-pound bran muffin?

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ChshreCat

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Bottling my first batch I developed a leak around the spigot that I couldn't get stopped so we had to bottle as fast as possible. Only lost about a bottle's worth of beer and we had the whole batch done in less than 15 minutes.

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delarob

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LOL uh no, but SWMBO has digestive problems so if you're saying you now have Fibeer, I know someone who may be interested..

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Homeless Waif Brewing Co.

In the Fermenter: Blonde Babysitter Ale


In the Beirmeister: HWBC Vienna Lager
Dopple Vision Bock