Don't Do That.

smurfjuice · May 8, 2016

Oops ...

Newsman · May 10, 2016

Don't hang out with your girlfriend until 10:45 when you live 30+ minutes away and have to get up at 6AM for work!

branman · May 10, 2016

^^^ That calls for a sleep over...
Do that!

betarhoalphadelta · May 10, 2016

Newsman said:
Don't hang out with your girlfriend until 10:45 when you live 30+ minutes away and have to get up at 6AM for work!

branman said:
^^^ That calls for a sleep over...
Do that!

Or go have a sleepover with your girlfriend when you know you have to get up at 5 AM to come home to your wife* and get your son ready for school...

It's complicated.

But actually, do that. It's worth it ;-)

* Soon to be ex-wife...

chubbsjp · May 10, 2016

Don't turn your wort chiller on while you're brewing inside and routing the water out the window, then walk away only to come back and notice the hose popped off and your entire family's shoes, backpacks, etc. are soaked

Novacor · May 12, 2016

Don't have a nice chili dinner washed down with a couple of still pretty green homebrews. Talk about toxic gas at work the next morning!

petey_c · May 12, 2016

Novacor said:
Don't have a nice chili dinner washed down with a couple of still pretty green homebrews. Talk about toxic gas at work the next morning!

Better to kill your fellow employees than your family...

ImNoExpert · Jun 2, 2016

Add calcium chloride to a carbed keg and expect you can get the lid back on before the foam over.
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Don't do that.

Also, in your haste, don't improperly seat the lid causing it to shoot beer two feet in the air. Only lost about a quart, but the clean up was the real punishment.

andrewmaixner · Jun 2, 2016

ImNoExpert said:
Add calcium chloride to a carbed keg and expect you can get the lid back on before the foam over.

Don't do that.

Also, in your haste, don't improperly seat the lid causing it to shoot beer two feet in the air. Only lost about a quart, but the clean up was the real punishment.

Note that you can dissolve it in a little water first, then you would be OK.

ImNoExpert · Jun 3, 2016

andrewmaixner said:
Note that you can dissolve it in a little water first, then you would be OK.

I agree and knew that, but thought I could get away without it. Lesson learned the hard way!

philipCT · Jun 5, 2016

ImNoExpert said:
Add calcium chloride to a carbed keg and expect you can get the lid back on before the foam over.

Don't do that.

Also, in your haste, don't improperly seat the lid causing it to shoot beer two feet in the air. Only lost about a quart, but the clean up was the real punishment.

So I'm sure you had a good reason to be adding calcium chloride to fully carbed beer, so why was that?

ImNoExpert · Jun 6, 2016

philipCT said:
So I'm sure you had a good reason to be adding calcium chloride to fully carbed beer, so why was that?

I was looking for a more malt forward taste and rounder mouthfeel than what I ended up with.

doug293cz · Jun 6, 2016

ImNoExpert said:
I was looking for a more malt forward taste and rounder mouthfeel than what I ended up with.

So, after all the mess, did it work?

Brew on :mug:

ImNoExpert · Jun 6, 2016

Yeah, although I may add more. I'll dissolve it in water first, though!

JBOGAN · Jun 8, 2016

A layer of frost/ice built up on my lager chamber(fridge guts) decided I would chisel some off. Grabbed what i thought was a blunt end chisel..Nope, it was a 3/4 hole drill bit and the giant hiss that I heard was me directly hitting a compressor line. Don't do that!

Making a dunce hat before I head up to the Depot...

erick0619 · Jun 8, 2016

JBOGAN said:
A layer of frost/ice built up on my lager chamber(fridge guts) decided I would chisel some off. Grabbed what i thought was a blunt end chisel..Nope, it was a 3/4 hole drill bit and the giant hiss that I heard was me directly hitting a compressor line. Don't do that!

Making a dunce hat before I head up to the Depot...

Ooof I can feel the pain. But how did you mistake a chisel for a drill bit? Too much HB?

Califonia · Jun 9, 2016

Try and reconnect your freshly cleaned and rebuilt liquid out QD on your full keg, testing for leaks, BEFORE you reassemble and install your also freshly cleaned faucet back into the tower. Don't do that!!

JBOGAN · Jun 9, 2016

erick0619 said:
Ooof I can feel the pain. But how did you mistake a chisel for a drill bit? Too much HB?

I did mason work at one point and have a small chisel that has a paint line on it like my 1" in drill bit. Grabbed the bit from just glancing in my tool box drawer and what makes the situation even worse is the fact that I was completely sober.

JonM · Jun 9, 2016

Buildup of ice: hair dryer > chisel.

dsniegocki · Jun 9, 2016

JBOGAN said:
I was completely sober.

Don't do that. :mug:

erick0619 · Jun 9, 2016

JBOGAN said:
I did mason work at one point and have a small chisel that has a paint line on it like my 1" in drill bit. Grabbed the bit from just glancing in my tool box drawer and what makes the situation even worse is the fact that I was completely sober.

Oh man that's a bummer. But hey that's a good excuse to get an even bigger chest freezer and you can just tell swmbo that it just died. She does not have to know. Or at least that's what my father would tell me when he would get pulled over for speeding...

griffi · Jun 11, 2016

So you're trying to get a jump on tomorrow's brew day - figure you'll set up the system and make sure everything's clean. Run some hot water through your pump and kettle. You think "that fermenter needs a once over" so you dump a couple of scoops of pbw in there and proceed to fill it with the hot water from the kettle. As the big mouth bubbler shrinks to a third its normal size, you think "oh **** that's right, I bought plastic." Don't do that...

mongoose33 · Jun 11, 2016

griffi said:
So you're trying to get a jump on tomorrow's brew day - figure you'll set up the system and make sure everything's clean. Run some hot water through your pump and kettle. You think "that fermenter needs a once over" so you dump a couple of scoops of pbw in there and proceed to fill it with the hot water from the kettle. As the big mouth bubbler shrinks to a third its normal size, you think "oh **** that's right, I bought plastic." Don't do that...

Did you have that sealed up and negative air pressure as the water cooled caused it to collapse in on itself, or did it melt the plastic?

OmmeGerd · Jun 11, 2016

mongoose33 said:
Did you have that sealed up and negative air pressure as the water cooled caused it to collapse in on itself, or did it melt the plastic?

That can also happen to plastic carboys when you fill them with hot wort because you forgot to turn on the water to your counter flow chiller.

Don't do that.

griffi · Jun 11, 2016

It wasn't sealed but the water was almost 180 going in through the hole. It melted and contracted at the same time... ******* move...

EtchyLives · Jun 13, 2016

Just siphoned my Rye IPA into the keg, which was fresh cleaned and put back together. Got it all sealed up and walked over to the beer fridge to hit it with about 45psi and purge it. Hook up the gas and crank the regulator and... Nothing. CO2 tank was empty and the local refill place is already closed. Hopefully there's enough positive pressure to keep it through the night...

Don't do that.

unionrdr · Jun 14, 2016

Leave things go in the man cave/brewery when 60th b-day draws near. work on relationship while brewing ingredients sit idly by. Now only brew for summer is a stout left over...DON'T DO THAT!!!

Jwin · Jul 2, 2016

Leave 1-2psi on your 60l speidel overnight for cold crash. Great theory. Bad idea.
Hey honey, I know what I want for my birthday now.

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unionrdr · Jul 2, 2016

...or for anniversary...a 3-keg kegerator comes to mind. Dang bottles...

Jwin · Jul 2, 2016

unionrdr said:
...or for anniversary...a 3-keg kegerator comes to mind. Dang bottles...

Already there. My wife, after ten years, has come to recognize my ability to try and improve a process but instead, break stuff.
I just hope the beer is OK. Got a few fruit flies in the basement and the lid blew off, opening the fridge door in the process.
I only had one keg ready to fill.
Had to ahower and get to work so I grabbed another that I emptied last week, sprayed it out with hot water and sloshed some star San around. Filled and chilled. Figure if I drink it fast, it might be ok. Definitely defeated to purpose of o2 exposure.

Don't Do That.

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