Hey everyone, need some soothing words of confidence, or the bitter harsh truth here. So I bail out of work early today to get cracking on a Pale Ale. I mash in, get within 1° (which to me with my equipment counts as hitting the temp), start the boil, follow hop schedule, hook up the immersion chiller and go inside to eat dinner. 15 minutes go by, I go check on the temp, dropping nicely. 15 more minutes go by, I check again, and my brew kettle is full. The discharge poly-flow somehow came off the chiller, spouting water into my wort.
Saving grace - wort is heavier than water. There was a distinctive layer of water on top of the wort, so I did my best to drain out just the water skimming off the top. I rush the wort inside to check OG (so p!$$ed I almost dump the whole kettle on the way in) and got an OG of 1.044, target was 1.050. Seeing the reading I pitched yeast and figured RDWHAHB, right? Has this happened to anyone? Here's hoping tonight wasn't all for nothing...
Saving grace - wort is heavier than water. There was a distinctive layer of water on top of the wort, so I did my best to drain out just the water skimming off the top. I rush the wort inside to check OG (so p!$$ed I almost dump the whole kettle on the way in) and got an OG of 1.044, target was 1.050. Seeing the reading I pitched yeast and figured RDWHAHB, right? Has this happened to anyone? Here's hoping tonight wasn't all for nothing...