blackwaterbrewer

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as i ran my Odell's Easy Street clone from the kettle to the carboy, i went to check on the chicken on the grill during which time, the funnel clogged up and spilled a gallon of the sweetest wort onto the drive, then down into the street. after swearing and spraying the driveway off, i made a sweet tea from what i had:

-8 oz corn sugar
-4 oz honey
-6 oz of light malt extract
-8 oz chopped lemongrass

i boiled the tea for 5 min. with 3 qts of water, then chilled and added it to the fermenter.

after 2 weeks, it is pretty good. a little thin tasting, but not bad considering.

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Primary-
Lagering-
Primary-
secondary-
secondary-
on tap- lemongrass kolsch
on tap- stout
on tap- small mead
bottle-sweet mead
bottle-

passedpawn

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http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/dumbest-thing-ive-done-so-far-126971/#post1417867

I still cool my boilpot in the pool (with a floatie pool noodle wrapped around it, and IC inside).

hokster

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Last summer I was carrying a carboy full of red ale wort down to my basement. A step gave under me and I let go of the carboy, which I then proceeded to watch as it bounced down the steps and went *smash* on the basement floor.

Now I do all my primaries in plastic.

TommyBoy

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This is a Debbie Downer thread...

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Heros are made 10 gallons at a time.

Kegged/On Tap - Double IPA
Conditioning - Orange Ale

Homercidal

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Sorry, I have not yet had any real homebrewing disasters. I like your guys' though!

r3dn3ckstyl3z

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the only disaster i have so far (just now on 2nd batch) was on the first i wasn't monitoring my kettle when it hit the hot break. I caught it before it got too bad. It looked like someone poured a cup of honey water on my stove....

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Chris

Primary: Air
Secondary:Air
Bottle Conditioning:Imperial Stout

petep1980

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My second boil over managed to get malt behind the cover to my oven and a malty streak has been there since. I've moved outside and laughed off many simple boil overs since.

Oh, and I've had some nasty infections and one beer from LHBS where I pitched an ale and champaign yeast simultaneously and let's just say GROSS!!!!

Bopper

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You better knock on some wood!!!

The first time I carbed up using the shake method I failed to use a hose clamp on the beer out line. The line popped off and sprayed ALL OVER my living room - I was finding spots of beer that I missed while cleaning for months...and I maintain a clean house! Lessons learned: 1 - always, always, always use hose clamps; 2 - there is no reason to have the beer-out line connected when shaking the kegs

The second disaster was when I failed to use a blow-off tube when I first used my better bottle. The bung popped off and beer exploded everywhere. It was so bad I had to repaint the ceiling!!

MMW

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I remember this from a while back:

babalu87

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You should fix the steps