Guys, let's get serious for a minute here.
I brewed a TMNT SMaSH (Donatello style). The brew day went swimmingly... I crushed grains the night before and woke up bright and early to get to it. I flipped on the burner for the strike water and got my kid dressed and off to Grandma and Grandpa's house.
I had a drink when I got home, which was probably a mistake, because it was only 8:30. I kind of dicked around the house a bit and overheated my strike water, so I decided to take a shower instead of adding cold water.
Got out, threw away my can from the shower beer and told the wife it was time to mash in. She did an AWESOME job, poured it nice and slow while I stirred like a drunken whirling dervish. Hit my mash temp spot-freaking-on and insulated that sucker.
I had about 30 mins to kill, so I poured a ZD from the keg and proceeded to drink two more. I also watched about 10 mins of Bob's Burgers on Netflix, it was the episode where Bob (Jon Benjamin) makes a bunch of hilarious puns. Anyway, slammed some beers is the moral of the story.
So, I went to sparge and start the boil on my "first runnings." Sparged in my "sparging bucket" with 180° water. Couple o' dunks, and some more drunken stirring. It was super cool. Drank some more too.
BAM! Pre-boil OG... bang on. What up?
I started doing all the hop additions... all 1 oz, so it was tight not to have to weigh anything. Just all, BOOM! There's an ounce! How about another? BOOM! KI-YAAAIIIIII!!!
Well, when it came time to cut the flame, I grabbed my hopstand addition and popped it in the bag. Just then, my wife yelled that my kid was home and I spilled beer on my shirt... it startled me, ok? Show me a man that doesn't cower at the sound of his wife's voice, and I'll show you a damn liar.
Well, without thinking, my lizard brain dropped the hop bag in the kettle and I ran into the house.
I didn't say "Boom."
I know this was a mistake, so I went out about 10 mins later and yelled "BOOM!" at the kettle, louder than normal, since more is usually better.
I know it's a rookie mistake and I should have known better, but I was just so startled.
So, I guess my question is, should I dump this batch?