Things were going swimmingly. I split 2 22oz IPA's from my second batch with my neighbor. They were delicious. He insisted on the 2nd one. my first batch, a sweet stout, still wasn't quite ready (i checked on tuesday) so since i'm a stout man, i was brewing a sam smith oatmeal clone as batch 6. my process is getting pretty good, i think i have it down. its tyhe best boil ever. a rolling boil, with hardly a threat of boil over. i grab a stout from batch #1. its ready. its delicious. i'm on cloud 9. i drink 3 22oz while boiling the oatmeal stout. Then it all came crashing down...
my fermenting bucket is filled with sanitizer/water for the 5 gallons and with all the equipment that was needed to be sanitized. i am transferring that equipment to the bottling bucket as my wort is close to pitching temp. i pull out the bigger equipment (strainer, fermenter lid etc) and start dumping. in slow motion i see the hydrometer go first before anything! i thought it was tucked safely into the thief! broken. i continue...
i only have one hydrometer so i know i'm not getting a sample. lesson learned. my wort hits temp and i transfer. i carry it inside and shake the white labs vile one last time. i know of its potential to hiss and explode so i open slowly. just a little too far and now i have yeast spraying on my kitchen counter. thats when i realize that i didn't even aerate.
now i have a vile filled with foam and a wort that is not aerated. i pitched the foam that was left. then mixed. i hope there was enough yeast. we'll see in three weeks.
i got sloppy. lesson learned.
my fermenting bucket is filled with sanitizer/water for the 5 gallons and with all the equipment that was needed to be sanitized. i am transferring that equipment to the bottling bucket as my wort is close to pitching temp. i pull out the bigger equipment (strainer, fermenter lid etc) and start dumping. in slow motion i see the hydrometer go first before anything! i thought it was tucked safely into the thief! broken. i continue...
i only have one hydrometer so i know i'm not getting a sample. lesson learned. my wort hits temp and i transfer. i carry it inside and shake the white labs vile one last time. i know of its potential to hiss and explode so i open slowly. just a little too far and now i have yeast spraying on my kitchen counter. thats when i realize that i didn't even aerate.
now i have a vile filled with foam and a wort that is not aerated. i pitched the foam that was left. then mixed. i hope there was enough yeast. we'll see in three weeks.
i got sloppy. lesson learned.
