I did everything wrong On Purpose.
I picked up a Coopers beer kit on sale the other day, I was originally going to get an extra can of extract and make a 5 gallon batch with it, however since I already have 3 good batches at various stages right now I decided I'd try an experiment with the Coopers kit.
The directions say you can use hot tap water, so I did, rather than buying another can of extract I made it a 2 1/2 gallon batch. I pitched the yeast dry (didn't proof it first) and while I did sanitize everything I didn't get carried away with it. I'm going to let it set in the primary for two weeks then go right to bottles.
I figure if this brew comes out good maybe it will relieve some of the stress on the batches where I do everything as good as I possibly can and still worry. If it doesn't, it will reinforce the need to pay attention to the all the little details.
I picked up a Coopers beer kit on sale the other day, I was originally going to get an extra can of extract and make a 5 gallon batch with it, however since I already have 3 good batches at various stages right now I decided I'd try an experiment with the Coopers kit.
The directions say you can use hot tap water, so I did, rather than buying another can of extract I made it a 2 1/2 gallon batch. I pitched the yeast dry (didn't proof it first) and while I did sanitize everything I didn't get carried away with it. I'm going to let it set in the primary for two weeks then go right to bottles.
I figure if this brew comes out good maybe it will relieve some of the stress on the batches where I do everything as good as I possibly can and still worry. If it doesn't, it will reinforce the need to pay attention to the all the little details.