I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post in but I need to vent! I am a father of two little girls (5 & 2) and a husband (our 8 year anniversary was yesterday). So my life is pretty busy with family, work and just plain life. So my hobbies of home brewing and video games (Xbox One) are only done at night after the kids are in bed and usually the wife too, so it doesn't interfere with family time. I travel for work, so I cherish all the time I get! Fishing is my other hobby but unfortunately that doesn't happen too much these days.
Anyways, last night after the family was in bed I decided to brew an IPA recipe I found online to ferment in my new "Fast Ferment" conical fermenter. So I started the whole process around 11pm. I went out to the garage, setup inside the garage with the door partially open due to the rain. I was well into the brewing process, maybe more than half way through. I placed the second set of hops into the muslin bag, placed it into the kettle then walked inside quickly to wash my hands and toss the hops packaging. I was gone no more than two minutes and I found a smashed egg on my garage floor! I could tell that someone threw it from outside based on the splatter! Luckily it didn't hit anything from what I could tell! This was around 1:30am!! I walked outside and didn't see anything else covered with eggs, but found an empty shell in our yard where I think the punk(s) was standing when he/she threw it! I continued to finish brewing and clean everything after I pitched the yeast, then went to bed around 4am.
I am still burned up about this whole thing! Yes I'm mad about them possibly ruining my batch of beer! What I'm more upset about is the possibility of them knocking something over and starting a fire since I was brewing! When ever I need to walk away from the brew kettle, I make it supper fast. I never like to leave it unattended for any period of time. Plus I'm upset with the lack of respect kids (I'm assuming it was kids) have these days!
Sorry for the rant, but I needed to get this off my chest and I figured this would be the best place to vent some.
Anyways, last night after the family was in bed I decided to brew an IPA recipe I found online to ferment in my new "Fast Ferment" conical fermenter. So I started the whole process around 11pm. I went out to the garage, setup inside the garage with the door partially open due to the rain. I was well into the brewing process, maybe more than half way through. I placed the second set of hops into the muslin bag, placed it into the kettle then walked inside quickly to wash my hands and toss the hops packaging. I was gone no more than two minutes and I found a smashed egg on my garage floor! I could tell that someone threw it from outside based on the splatter! Luckily it didn't hit anything from what I could tell! This was around 1:30am!! I walked outside and didn't see anything else covered with eggs, but found an empty shell in our yard where I think the punk(s) was standing when he/she threw it! I continued to finish brewing and clean everything after I pitched the yeast, then went to bed around 4am.
I am still burned up about this whole thing! Yes I'm mad about them possibly ruining my batch of beer! What I'm more upset about is the possibility of them knocking something over and starting a fire since I was brewing! When ever I need to walk away from the brew kettle, I make it supper fast. I never like to leave it unattended for any period of time. Plus I'm upset with the lack of respect kids (I'm assuming it was kids) have these days!
Sorry for the rant, but I needed to get this off my chest and I figured this would be the best place to vent some.