CRAP! what to do?

So i began a brew today and when adding the hops had a small boilover and thought nothing of it, Then my flame starts getting really sooty so I take off the kettle and discover that only half the burner is lit. I guess the sugar pliugged the holes. It had only been boiling for 5 minutes. What should I do?

is there any way to save this or do i just dumb the ~50 in ingredients in the pot

Keep going hehe. Would it continue to boil?

cvstrat said:

Keep going hehe. Would it continue to boil?

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nope, with half the burner out it has a bunch of un-burnt propane that catches fire where you adjust the ammount of air allowed into the buner
Im afraid im screwed at this point

Forge ahead!!! Never dump!!!!

I bet whatever is clogging your burner will burn off.

Yeah crank it to 11 and keep goin. Take something sharp and clean out the holes. No need to give up that easy. Maybe stop the boil for a min, scrub the hell out of the buner with hot water and a brush to open up the ports.

ok just got the burner running again, i stopped the boil at about 10 minutes in, should i just resume the count down where I left off?

would not hurt to restart and boil for the full hour, you might need to compensate for boil off but probably not. Either way 10 min shouldn't do too much harm.

it never fails something goes wrong, but its not failed , fix it... don't dump it.

ill just run an extra 5 to split the difference

hopsoda said:

would not hurt to restart and boil for the full hour, you might need to compensate for boil off but probably not. Either way 10 min shouldn't do too much harm.

it never fails something goes wrong, but its not failed , fix it... don't dump it.

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I was telling my buddy I have yet to have a brew where SOMETHING didnt go wrong (this is my 5th brew)

I ran out of propane mid boil and had to drive to the store. I just picked up where I left off. Beer came out great.

it gets easier each batch , just learn from your mistakes and plan to have a few more , soon it will all come together and you will have a flawless brew day.

hopsoda said:

it gets easier each batch , just learn from your mistakes and plan to have a few more , soon it will all come together and you will have a flawless brew day.

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I can dream

once I started transferring my beer from my kettle into an ale pale and I left the room,
when i cam back 10 min later there was beer everywhere ... the spigot on the bucket was left on.:rockin:

(that beer was not saved... floor beer is probably bad.)

funny story, was filling my bucket for sanitizer and forgot to close the spigot hahaha

lesson learned. Don't leave your beer alone , in the boil , transfer, exc ... just don't do it. boil overs suck too.

well its in the hands of the yeast now

A prayer would be in order here. Please bow your heads.

Our lagers, which art in barrels
Hollowed be the names.
You will be drunk,
We will be drunk,
At home and in the taverns.
Give us this day our daily heads,
And forgive us our spillages,
As we forgive those who spill against us,
And lead us not into bar fights,
But deliver us from hangovers.
For thine is the malt, the yeast, and the hops
Forever and ever Amen.