Don't forget to put the cap all the way back on the iodophor. You may go to pick it up by that cap at a later point and consequently drop it. May permanently stain clothing and stain face yellow for a few days.
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brew a nice belgian blond, add 2 pounds of local suppernong grapes. Then forget to take them out for 4 weeks.
Don't do that. Terrible tannins from these grape skins
Don't get a second hand fridge and use it to cold crash a beer before confirming its thermostat is set to a sane level/working or wiring up an stc1000.
One bucket of frozen beer complete with s airlock containing frozen statsan.
Warmed it up slowly and beer came out alrignt.
Spend a good few seconds wondering blithely why the sounds of you pouring wort into the fermentor sounds so similar to liquid falling onto the floor before gradually working your train of thought around to the question of whether you closed the tap on the fermentor you are still pouring wort into.
On the plus side the bathroom floor is much more grippy now.
OK OK... you guys can stop yelling at me. I got off my lazy arse
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I have nothing to add....
Not because I haven't made any mistakes. Quite the opposite.
I'm reading through pages and pages of these posts....
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Leaving chuck keys in power tools is very bad form but on the mill and drill note don't leave your cordless drill attached to the mill thinking that you have left enough grain in the hopper to balance it while you grab the bucket with both hands to top it up. Happend on my last brew day and i lost a cup or two of grain. I replaced the missing grain with ale malt so no big issues but when the hopper tipped it went everywhere over my deck.
I have the mill sit on top of my MT on a couple of aluminium rails but i need to make something more stable so i dont have to worry about it tipping.
I need to get a scale that can handle up to 30pounds and tare a 5 gallon bucket...
Takes a long time to cool wort with an IC, if the single handle kitchen faucet is turned the wrong way.
On the positive side, this will get you some screaming hot water for cleaning, coffee, tea, pasta, canning, potpourri, chocolate fondue, blanch tomatoes or peaches, pluck a chicken, or tons of other stuff!
Yeah... don't forget to wear your glasses when using the electronic scale. Found out that .8 oz is the same as .05 pounds...Measure out .25 oz of hops and added it to the boil. Measured out the second .25 oz and added it to the boil. Realized that you've used the entire 1 oz of hops instead of the .5 oz that you should have. Checked the scale and it was set for kg rather than oz. Found out that the scale resets to kg when it powers back on.
Do do that.
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