Because I somehow lost the box with my hydrometers, refractomer, and beer thief, and because today was bottling day, I had to make a run to the LHBS to at least get a hydrometer and thief. I took my father-in-law along, and he seemed to have a good time. Then he helped me bottle my Galaxy hop, 2-row pale malt SMASH. The passionfruit aroma and flavor from the Galaxy hops is great, but next time I might do something a little more interesting or robust with the malts.
We also checked the gravity on the porter that is going to be dosed with bourbon and bourbon-soaked oak cubes when it's time for secondary. Unfortunately the SG is still at 1.027 after two weeks of fermentation. There are still some small remnants of the krausen on top, and I tried to gently stir up some yeast from the bottom. We'll see how it looks in a week. This was our first beer using White Labs yeast in the vial, and we lost a fair bit when it sprayed while we were opening it. As a result, we under-pitched.
Under-pitching, losing gear... what else did I screw up for beer lately?