Wildrebel
Well-Known Member
So today my buddy and I did a dual brew together. He was brewing a Flat Tire clone and I was brewing an American Pale Ale. We had everything set up on the balcony at my apartment and everything was going well.
After a while we started to smell propane. I knew something wasn't right because I've never smelled propane like that before when I was brewing. My buddy reached down to check the propane line and when he did a huge flame shot up his arm and singed his arm hair. We didn't know what to do because the flame was so huge. We couldn't get near the valve to turn off the gas because the flame was so big. I ran into the kitchen and grabbed the fire extinguisher and put the flame out. I don't know if it would have blown the tank up but I wasn't going to wait around and find out.
After the cloud of smoke subsided we had sodium bicarbonate on the surface of our beer. We researched it and found out it's not harmful. We didn't want to waste the kits we bought so we skimmed off the powder and kept going. I hope it doesn't hurt the beer but I hated to waste the money. If it doesn't turn out right we have something to blame it on I guess.
The reason I started this post is to let everyone know that It isn't a bad idea to have a fire extinguisher around when you are brewing.
After a while we started to smell propane. I knew something wasn't right because I've never smelled propane like that before when I was brewing. My buddy reached down to check the propane line and when he did a huge flame shot up his arm and singed his arm hair. We didn't know what to do because the flame was so huge. We couldn't get near the valve to turn off the gas because the flame was so big. I ran into the kitchen and grabbed the fire extinguisher and put the flame out. I don't know if it would have blown the tank up but I wasn't going to wait around and find out.
After the cloud of smoke subsided we had sodium bicarbonate on the surface of our beer. We researched it and found out it's not harmful. We didn't want to waste the kits we bought so we skimmed off the powder and kept going. I hope it doesn't hurt the beer but I hated to waste the money. If it doesn't turn out right we have something to blame it on I guess.
The reason I started this post is to let everyone know that It isn't a bad idea to have a fire extinguisher around when you are brewing.