Frinkey
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Has anyone ever had a cursed batch of brew?
It seems that for me brewing is getting Harder instead of easier. I think my technique is there, but random things keep happening.
I made a yeast starter for the first time for the aforementioned cursed batch. It's a high gravity stout so I thought I'd need it. The brewing went fine, it was the transfer to primary and initial fermentation that went straight to hell.
First, I tried using a strainer I got from AHB. didn't work. Clogged quickly.
Then, I lost two, count 'em two stoppers into the carboy.
So I had to use a smaller one. I get a text from SWMBO (I love that acronym) saying "your beer exploded". Now this has happened to me before, CO2 pushed the stopper out and got trub EVERYWHERE, including ceiling.
I come home and the ferm lock had literally exploded. Just shattered! That's a new one for me!
I try to learn from every brew session:
A) Dont try and get every last drop of wort in your fermenter.
B) yeast starters are good, but not without blowoff tubes.
C) buy the right size stopper
Am I missing anything? Come to think of it, maybe it's not random things that keep happening to me, it's me doing stupid random things.
It seems that for me brewing is getting Harder instead of easier. I think my technique is there, but random things keep happening.
I made a yeast starter for the first time for the aforementioned cursed batch. It's a high gravity stout so I thought I'd need it. The brewing went fine, it was the transfer to primary and initial fermentation that went straight to hell.
First, I tried using a strainer I got from AHB. didn't work. Clogged quickly.
Then, I lost two, count 'em two stoppers into the carboy.
So I had to use a smaller one. I get a text from SWMBO (I love that acronym) saying "your beer exploded". Now this has happened to me before, CO2 pushed the stopper out and got trub EVERYWHERE, including ceiling.
I come home and the ferm lock had literally exploded. Just shattered! That's a new one for me!
I try to learn from every brew session:
A) Dont try and get every last drop of wort in your fermenter.
B) yeast starters are good, but not without blowoff tubes.
C) buy the right size stopper
Am I missing anything? Come to think of it, maybe it's not random things that keep happening to me, it's me doing stupid random things.