A moron! ME!!!....Hard to believe, I know

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Such a great day! Sunshine all the way, scammed a day off work....Brew going perfectly.

Why the hell did I dump my sweet wort into the boil kettle without realising that there was between 1-3 gallons of water already in there!???

I'm having to boil it off now....doing it by eyeballing the aproximate volume...... mmmmm, caramel!

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Could be worse. Could have been 1-3 gallons of cleaner or sanitizer.

Still a bummer tho'. How many gallons had you already dumped before you realized?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Could be worse. Could have been 1-3 gallons of cleaner or sanitizer.

Still a bummer tho'. How many gallons had you already dumped before you realized?

I just realised something was wrong when My run off wouldn't fit into my keggle.

All brewhouse efficiency calculations are now off.

 

[BlindLemonLars]

I had one of those "Doh!" moments a few weeks ago, when I kegged my APA. I rinsed the oxi-clean out of my keg, answered the phone, came back and started racking WITHOUT rinsing the keg with StarSan! It was halfway done before I realized...oh well. Threw it into cold storage (I usually leave them at room temp for a few weeks first) and figured I'd have to drink it sooner rather than later.

Tapped it last week...it's perfect!

 

[Aleforge]

I did something really stupid over the weekend also. I was pre-boiling in my new large aluminum kettle and needed to remove the hot water. So instead of picking it up and burning myself I said "WOW this auto siphon will do the trick". Now I have a banana siphon!

 

[HenryHill]

It'll be dark, exotic and expensive when you're done, you better enjoy this one.

May I recommend a volume gauge, or a 5.5 gallon friggin' stick, at the very least?

 

[david_42]

At least you know the valve was shut. Hot wort running down your leg is a heck of a wake-up.

 

[HBHoss]

At least you know the valve was shut. Hot wort running down your leg is a heck of a wake-up.

Ya, especially when you're not even brewing.

 

[DeathBrewer]

I got low efficiency a few days ago due to personal arrogance in my mash technique. Does that count?

 

[zac]

Aleforge,

I have one of those in my stable too.

 

[HenryHill]

I just realised something was wrong when My run off wouldn't fit into my keggle.

All brewhouse efficiency calculations are now off.

That funny feeling in your stomach when you first realize "what's wrong with this picture"? Right?

 

[BioBeing]

I sprayed myself in the neck with 28% ammonium hydroxide in the lab today. Does that help?

 

[Aleforge]

Is that dangerous?

 

[theonecynic]

I tried to pour wort from my brew pot into the fermenter through a funnel (I'm using a bottle instead of my usual bin) - however my pot doesn't have a lip on it so wort went everywhere... I've also tried to siphon wort without removing the hops...

 

[AnOldUR]

My three tier system consists of the HLT on the counter, MLT on a chair and the brewpot on the floor. More than once I've started my first runnings with the valve on the brewpot open. Sticky mess on the kitchen floor!

Glad I have a dog.

 

[HenryHill]

I'd give it 9 out of 10 times that I open the valve to drain to the BK, only to immediately shut it because I wasn't ready with the pitcher to vorlauf.

 

[Loweface]

I sprayed myself in the neck with 28% ammonium hydroxide in the lab today. Does that help?

Ever get a HF burn?

 

[BioBeing]

Is that dangerous?

Can be. It is very corrosive. I just had to wash with lots of water though.

And no, no HF burns.

 

[Loweface]

And no, no HF burns.

Me neither (turns out it had been neutralised... scary)

Sooner or later though I'm going to do something really stupid with my brew stuff though...

 

[DeathBrewer]

I'd give it 9 out of 10 times that I open the valve to drain to the BK, only to immediately shut it because I wasn't ready with the pitcher to vorlauf.

I always leave the valves open after cleaning. The next brew session, sometimes they are still left open when I pour in water or wort.