RecruitNBrew
Well-Known Member
Just had to share my blunder to possibly help others from encountering the same situation.
I was ready to bottle my Cal Common last night and thought I was way ahead of the game. I had sanitized my bottles the night before and covered them in a sanitized bin. I boiled up the priming sugar and had that cooling. Next, I racked the beer from my carboy to the bottling bucket. Everything was CRUISING along! (I was even enjoying a homebrew at the time)
I set out my bottles on went to look for the caps that I thought I had recently ordered. None to be found!!!! I swore that I had ordered some, but it was just a figment of my imagination. I went back to the email confirmation and found that I had not added them to the order. What a Jackass I was thinking to myself!!
Then my thoughts went to the beer. What do I do??? Thankfully, I had not added the priming sugar yet. My garage is hot, so I decided to siphon the beer back into the carboy as gently as possible and put it back into my fermentation chiller (it only fits the carboy).
I'm a little worried about the extra oxygen I added to the beer during all the transfers, but I think it should be ok.
My wife had a good time making fun of me and I took it in stride while observing the gospel RDWHAHB (I was on to my 2nd at that moment)
Today, I have to drive 20 miles to the nearest LHBS (not so local!) to get some freakin' caps.
Moral of the story: Make sure you have all the right tools BEFORE you start the job.
I was ready to bottle my Cal Common last night and thought I was way ahead of the game. I had sanitized my bottles the night before and covered them in a sanitized bin. I boiled up the priming sugar and had that cooling. Next, I racked the beer from my carboy to the bottling bucket. Everything was CRUISING along! (I was even enjoying a homebrew at the time)
I set out my bottles on went to look for the caps that I thought I had recently ordered. None to be found!!!! I swore that I had ordered some, but it was just a figment of my imagination. I went back to the email confirmation and found that I had not added them to the order. What a Jackass I was thinking to myself!!
Then my thoughts went to the beer. What do I do??? Thankfully, I had not added the priming sugar yet. My garage is hot, so I decided to siphon the beer back into the carboy as gently as possible and put it back into my fermentation chiller (it only fits the carboy).
I'm a little worried about the extra oxygen I added to the beer during all the transfers, but I think it should be ok.
My wife had a good time making fun of me and I took it in stride while observing the gospel RDWHAHB (I was on to my 2nd at that moment)
Today, I have to drive 20 miles to the nearest LHBS (not so local!) to get some freakin' caps.
Moral of the story: Make sure you have all the right tools BEFORE you start the job.