TANSTAAFB
Well-Known Member
Here's a new one on me...helped my FIL build his first starter last night for his first all grain brew this weekend. Had to convince him one smack was DEFINITELY not enough for a 10gal batch, even with a starter. Goes fine...boil, cool, pitch, stick on my stir plate, spinning away. I've made dozens of starters. Even woke up at about 1 and checked it...spinning away.
Woke up this morning and heard that noise. You know the one. The grinding rattle of a thrown stir bar. I walk into the kitchen to reset it and find a toppled (but thankfully not broken) 2L Erlenmyer flask and a huge mess in my kitchen. Apparently when it threw the bar it vibrated itself off the stir plate and dumped all the yeasty beasties (and insanely sticky wort) on the counter, stove, floor...AAAHHHRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Started my day off bad, FIL was a dick when I called him to tell him about it, was late to work, had to skip the gym and go to the LHBS to replace the yeast this afternoon then come home and build another starter...and my damn Spurs lost to Boston. Pop's hobby is strokin out fans then pullin it off and actin like he meant to do it all along!!!
So I taped the damn flask to the stir plate and put a bucket of StarSan in front of it
So Noobs, sometimes even experience doesn't make things go perfectly...Murphy lurks in all breweries sometimes
Woke up this morning and heard that noise. You know the one. The grinding rattle of a thrown stir bar. I walk into the kitchen to reset it and find a toppled (but thankfully not broken) 2L Erlenmyer flask and a huge mess in my kitchen. Apparently when it threw the bar it vibrated itself off the stir plate and dumped all the yeasty beasties (and insanely sticky wort) on the counter, stove, floor...AAAHHHRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Started my day off bad, FIL was a dick when I called him to tell him about it, was late to work, had to skip the gym and go to the LHBS to replace the yeast this afternoon then come home and build another starter...and my damn Spurs lost to Boston. Pop's hobby is strokin out fans then pullin it off and actin like he meant to do it all along!!!
So I taped the damn flask to the stir plate and put a bucket of StarSan in front of it
So Noobs, sometimes even experience doesn't make things go perfectly...Murphy lurks in all breweries sometimes