What a trying brew day. Was brewing a small batch of belgian blonde to serve as a starter for a westy 12 brew in a few weeks. I got a late start, as always, and thing went well right up to the boil. Well, right before the boil, I headed to the freezer to get the hops out and realized that my memory for what was in the freezer didn't match what was actually there. Where the fark are my EKG and KGs? Decided on Hallertauer for bittering and flavor and saaz for flavor and aroma. Just before I came to that decision though, I heard that unmistakable sound of sizzling sugar. I managed to forget that I had full pot coming up to boil. Had a much longer than anticipated boil and when combined with the boilover, I ended up overshooting my gravity by .03 and only had about 4.75 gallons into the fermenter.
On a positive note, I found out that it takes exactly 9 gallons of water to cool 5 gallons from boiling to 80 degrees. I collected all of the chill water in the MLT and added a scoop of oxiclean. That thing was due for a cleaning...
All in all a good brew day.