davebl
Well-Known Member
So, lets start, last Sunday.
I get up to make my Blonde Ale with a Kolsch starter I had built up. After I had heated strike water and started my mash, I got ready to heat sparge water. That's when my burner decided to take a dump. So quick dash for a new tank of LP and a new regulator and hose.... still nothing. The burner won't light. So I do what any good homebrewer does, order a Bayou Classic SP-10 (the 185,000 BTU dude). I couldn't find a replacement burner that day so I had to toss out the whole mash.
So now we're at today, Friday. I am leaving for a week vacation tomorrow. SWMBO is out of town, my brand new burner arrives today, I have a bag of grain to make BM's Litehaus Wheat, and just happen to have a Cream of Three Crops ready to transfer so there's a nice Saf 05 yeast cake waiting.... perfect. I can get a batch made and I won't be here for a week while it's fermenting away.
So after I had mashed PERFECTLY and finished my first sparge, I walk over to the burner to grab my 2nd batch sparge....... then it happened.
My brew pot was resting on two cinder blocks, fell over. Now don't worry, the dog was inside, and I was alone so no one was hurt, but I also have no one to blame.
I guess things could be worse... but I just need a shoulder to cry/pout on. Just one week and two failed batches. At least now I can sit here and sip on my Avery Anniversary Fifteen.
Thanks for listening.
I get up to make my Blonde Ale with a Kolsch starter I had built up. After I had heated strike water and started my mash, I got ready to heat sparge water. That's when my burner decided to take a dump. So quick dash for a new tank of LP and a new regulator and hose.... still nothing. The burner won't light. So I do what any good homebrewer does, order a Bayou Classic SP-10 (the 185,000 BTU dude). I couldn't find a replacement burner that day so I had to toss out the whole mash.
So now we're at today, Friday. I am leaving for a week vacation tomorrow. SWMBO is out of town, my brand new burner arrives today, I have a bag of grain to make BM's Litehaus Wheat, and just happen to have a Cream of Three Crops ready to transfer so there's a nice Saf 05 yeast cake waiting.... perfect. I can get a batch made and I won't be here for a week while it's fermenting away.
So after I had mashed PERFECTLY and finished my first sparge, I walk over to the burner to grab my 2nd batch sparge....... then it happened.
My brew pot was resting on two cinder blocks, fell over. Now don't worry, the dog was inside, and I was alone so no one was hurt, but I also have no one to blame.
I guess things could be worse... but I just need a shoulder to cry/pout on. Just one week and two failed batches. At least now I can sit here and sip on my Avery Anniversary Fifteen.
Thanks for listening.