Always look on the bright side of life

You didn't boil off an extra gallon, you made it extra special.

That's not an infection, it's a farmhouse.

There have to be more, right?

You didn't add in the wrong ingredients, it's a limited-time-only sapecial edition.

We don't say STFU NOOB, we say RDWHAHB.

You don't have a ruined batch, you have a practice run.

Started drinking a little early I see...

In that Case....

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo]YouTube - Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life[/ame]

Well, I boiled off extra for the second batch in a row because I suck at batch sparge calculations (going to switch to fly because I hear it's better efficiency, but mostly because it's easier). The farmhouse came about when I said 'I forgot to clean my mash tun for a month after my last brew. I used a lot of star san, but we'll see... hell, I'll just call it a farmhouse.'

You didn't forget to add the sugar during the boil, you're doing an incremental feeding to let the yeast process complex sugars first.

You didn't break your racking cane, you made a DIY dip tube for your bottling bucket. (Thanks, Revvy!)

You didn't break your glass carboy, you added speed holes. That makes it go faster.

You didn't put your bottle conditioning beer into the fridge too soon because you were an impatient newbie, you were developing your abilty to recognize green beer.

SumnerH said:

You didn't forget to add the sugar during the boil, You left it out on purpose with the hopes of making decent beer

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Fixed it for you

IrregularPulse said:

Fixed it for you

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Heh, nice.

You didn't screw up and add too much hops, you made an IPA.

You didn't have a boil over on the stove, you convinced SWMBO to let you buy a turkey fryer and brew outside!

IrregularPulse said:

Fixed it for you

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Oh, there's plenty of other fermentable in there. But Belgians often use some sugar, too.

6 lbs LME + 2 lbs DME + 1.5 lbs caramunich (steep) + 2 lbs dark candi sugar + 15 oz dextrose

Who doesn't love Monty Python, thanks Revvy

Troubs said:

You didn't have a boil over on the stove, you convinced SWMBO to let you buy a turkey fryer and brew outside!

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Quality ^_^

You're not bringing homebrew to chemistry class (guilty!), you're transporting live yeast culture

You're not addicted to homebrewing, you're a dedicated and passionate artisan.

You're not buying way too much craft beer, no matter what SWMBO says. You're researching styles.

You didn't find the last hop addition sitting on the counter after you just finished cleaning up, you wanted even more hops available for dryhopping!

I like this game!

You didn't dump the beer because it was skunked, you were inoculating the septic tank.

Troubs said:

You didn't have a boil over on the stove, you convinced SWMBO to let you buy a turkey fryer and brew outside!

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Sadly, this one doesn't work for me - I can't imagine brewing outside during the time of the living dead (March through October) in Florida - especially during summer: 96 degrees every day with 80+% humidity and thunderstorms that can develop out of blue sky within a half an hour are bad enough, I certainly don't want to stand next to a propane burner in that environment.

skadalajara said:

You're not buying way too much craft beer, no matter what SWMBO says. You're researching styles.

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I like this one the most

IrregularPulse said:

SumnerH said:

You didn't forget to add the sugar during the boil, you're doing an incremental feeding to let the yeast process complex sugars first.

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Fixed it for you

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the 999 Barleywine I made got incremental feedings... (which actually did help it to attenuate well, even if I meant to add it during the boil)

Also I think it is decent

My personal favorite.

I'm at a bar with a few friends. Wife calls on the cell. "Are you going to be gone all night getting drunk?"

Me: "I'm not here to get drunk, I'm here doing research."

You didn't skunk your beer, you're attempting to determine light penetration efficiency throughout the malt spectrum.