I had my first big loss this last weekend. I'm still a little broken up about it.
I have a double tower tap system that I've been working on the last few months. I've had a Hefeweizen on tap for a couple weeks now and loving it. Well, Friday I tapped what was supposed to be my House Ale (a pale ale session beer). It tasted delicious so I had a few friends over to celebrate the occasion. All went well until I woke up Saturday morning to a strong beer smell. I opened the chest freezer to find the remaining ~3 gallons of my ale flooding the floor. Apparently I've got a leak in the beer line somewhere. If the freezer hadn't formerly been used as a meat locker by someone else I would have grabbed a long straw and setup camp, but alas I was forced to wet-vac it.
I always knew I'd be forced to dump a batch sooner or later, but I'd figured it would have been because of infection or something.
I guess it's just an excuse to brew another batch.
I have a double tower tap system that I've been working on the last few months. I've had a Hefeweizen on tap for a couple weeks now and loving it. Well, Friday I tapped what was supposed to be my House Ale (a pale ale session beer). It tasted delicious so I had a few friends over to celebrate the occasion. All went well until I woke up Saturday morning to a strong beer smell. I opened the chest freezer to find the remaining ~3 gallons of my ale flooding the floor. Apparently I've got a leak in the beer line somewhere. If the freezer hadn't formerly been used as a meat locker by someone else I would have grabbed a long straw and setup camp, but alas I was forced to wet-vac it.
I always knew I'd be forced to dump a batch sooner or later, but I'd figured it would have been because of infection or something.
I guess it's just an excuse to brew another batch.