Bottling up a batch. Got it all capped and put away, came back to do clean up, Hmmm whats this liquid on the stove, yep didn't add the priming sugar.
Brewed a 4.5L starter for an Oktoberfest lager, forgot to account for the size of the starter in the batch volume. Carboy is filled to the curve, krausen is currently threatening the airlock.
Bottling up a batch. Got it all capped and put away, came back to do clean up, Hmmm whats this liquid on the stove, yep didn't add the priming sugar.
Didn't take FG before priming and bottling my first Saison. I remembered just in time to have just enough left in the bottling bucket to measure.... 1.040!!! Luckily no bombs, but I did condition them in ice coolers just in case they blew.
My brain fart: Bottling 10 gal using one bottling bucket, pulled the wand off and proceeded to rack the second half of batch on the priming sugar... wasn't paying attention till my socks got wet, I lost about 1-1/2 gal. I tasted it off the floor ( I know I know ) wasn't sweet at all. So I ended up with 3-1/2 gal of beer primed at 2.7vol for 5gals so far I've lost 7 in my large Rubbermaid container it's an amazing sound when they go off!!!!
beargrylls said:you bottled at 1.040 and the bottles didn't explode?
woknblues said:You are eatin' a beer s@#t sandwich there bro. Sounds maddening.
On my recent first hop boil, I put 1/2oz of pellets into a 2" tea ball. Very little exposure to the wort, very dense stuff to scrape out of tea ball.
Just got home from a long horrible day at work only to discover that one of my keezer taps sprang a leak. There was hard cider everywhere. All over the top of the bar, underneath it, inside the freezer box and coffin box, all over the floor in two different rooms... Everything is a sticky mess, and now I'm out ~4 gallons of delicious cider. I just want to cry. Oh well, guess I'd better start the disaster cleanup....
hunter_la5 said:After several hours of cleaning, I tore apart my keezer to look for the source of the leak. Couldn't find anything at all. Then after I put it back together, my brew-cat jumped up on top of the coffin box and started playing with the tap handles.
I'd better go dig a hole in the back yard to bury the little SOB...
After several hours of cleaning, I tore apart my keezer to look for the source of the leak. Couldn't find anything at all. Then after I put it back together, my brew-cat jumped up on top of the coffin box and started playing with the tap handles.
I'd better go dig a hole in the back yard to bury the little SOB...
This is the face of Evil...
stvo said:My brain fart: Bottling 10 gal using one bottling bucket, pulled the wand off didn't shut spigot, and proceeded to rack the second half of batch on the priming sugar... wasn't paying attention till my socks got wet, I lost about 1-1/2 gal. I tasted it off the floor ( I know I know ) wasn't sweet at all. So I ended up with 3-1/2 gal of beer primed at 2.7vol for 5gals so far I've lost 7 in my large Rubbermaid container it's an amazing sound when they go off!!!!
Moved everything to the fridge today gonna wait a week to open a few see what happens.... the damage below
whitehause said:Last pic.....I found the seam!
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