Cheesefood
Well-Known Member
So how did your brew day go? I'll post some highlights of mine.
I brewed with Rdwj and it was a comedy of errors for both of us. We started 4 hours later than we originally wanted to, because i had to get some morning chores done.
So, he's brewing a Hobgoblin and I'm brewing VCCA3. Let's review the errors:
I'll preface it by starting with how I forgot to bring the beers I'd bottled the previous night.
1. Stupid me, I mixed up the grain buckets and mashed his grains. We noticed this right as he was about to mash mine.
2. Rdwj boiled first and brought out the spray bottle for boil overs. It helped keep down his boil overs. Since I was brewing with wheat, I knew I'd need it too. After a few squirts, I noticed a sour smell. Finally I opened up the bottle, and it smelled like vinegar. Rdwj tasted it and...guess what? We've been spraying down our beer with vinegar.
3. Adding hops - I'd also forgotten my Lil Sparky Hop Sock and I don't have a hopstopper. In fact, I'd brought a copper scrubby (a'la Orfy) and forgot to put it on. <gay joke opportunity>So there was a whole lot of blowing by both Rod and I to get my wort flowing</gay joke opportunity>.
4. Got all my wort collected and ended up with only about 4 gallons. Had to top off.
5. For the second time in a row brewing with Rod, he'd left his ball valve open on his primary. Wort on the basement floor.
6. After packing up, I'd left some stuff at his place and had to turn around to get it.
We had some good laughs. It's just not a brew day if it goes smoothly! I pitched some 1056 slurry when I got home last night and it's just now starting to show activity.
How were your brew days?
I brewed with Rdwj and it was a comedy of errors for both of us. We started 4 hours later than we originally wanted to, because i had to get some morning chores done.
So, he's brewing a Hobgoblin and I'm brewing VCCA3. Let's review the errors:
I'll preface it by starting with how I forgot to bring the beers I'd bottled the previous night.
1. Stupid me, I mixed up the grain buckets and mashed his grains. We noticed this right as he was about to mash mine.
2. Rdwj boiled first and brought out the spray bottle for boil overs. It helped keep down his boil overs. Since I was brewing with wheat, I knew I'd need it too. After a few squirts, I noticed a sour smell. Finally I opened up the bottle, and it smelled like vinegar. Rdwj tasted it and...guess what? We've been spraying down our beer with vinegar.
3. Adding hops - I'd also forgotten my Lil Sparky Hop Sock and I don't have a hopstopper. In fact, I'd brought a copper scrubby (a'la Orfy) and forgot to put it on. <gay joke opportunity>So there was a whole lot of blowing by both Rod and I to get my wort flowing</gay joke opportunity>.
4. Got all my wort collected and ended up with only about 4 gallons. Had to top off.
5. For the second time in a row brewing with Rod, he'd left his ball valve open on his primary. Wort on the basement floor.
6. After packing up, I'd left some stuff at his place and had to turn around to get it.
We had some good laughs. It's just not a brew day if it goes smoothly! I pitched some 1056 slurry when I got home last night and it's just now starting to show activity.
How were your brew days?