Confession Time

[ThomasPaine]

I pooped my pants one time at camp. :S oh were talking homebrew stuff.... ;P



I've stuck my hand into the bottling bucket once. Ive also been known to over sample as the samples were too good

I too stuck my arm in cool wort to unclog a valve. One of my favorite batches. Didn't tell anyone who tried it of course.

 

[kombat]

My pipeline is running low, and I didn't want to get caught beer-less over the holiday weekend when beer stores are closed. But I'm too cheap to buy 4 days' worth of craft beer. So yesterday, I bought a 28-pack of Coors Lite tall boys.

 

[Pyg]

My pipeline is running low, and I didn't want to get caught beer-less over the holiday weekend when beer stores are closed. But I'm too cheap to buy 4 days' worth of craft beer. So yesterday, I bought a 28-pack of Coors Lite tall boys.

As you were checking out did you pull the brim of your hat low & nervously look around hoping not to be noticed?

 

[Firewalker11]

My pipeline is running low, and I didn't want to get caught beer-less over the holiday weekend when beer stores are closed. But I'm too cheap to buy 4 days' worth of craft beer. So yesterday, I bought a 28-pack of Coors Lite tall boys.

I get the whole I had to buy beer thing but really? Coors Light?

 

[kombat]

I get the whole I had to buy beer thing but really? Coors Light?

Of course. I could've bought Bud, but then how would I know when it was Cold Certified(TM)?

 

[madscientist451]

if you compare a Zinfandel by Grarly Head, 7 Deadly Zins, Ravenswood, Rex Goliath or any of the other huge labels to a top shelf Zin from a winery in one of the known California appellations like those in Sonoma, Napa Counties and along the coast, you will find the Appellated, Vinted wine to be much better in most cases, and at least $20-30 per bottle. If OP wants to pick something that his friends will appreciate then the choice seems obvious to me.

Carry on...

Agree with the above, but since this is a brewing forum, if you really want to
have something that your friends appreciate, next fall get some wine grapes or a bucket of wine grape juice from a local supplier and make some wine of your own.
Its not hard at all to make good wine if you can get some decent grapes and the cost is like $2-3 a bottle. With a little practice and using the equipment you already have for brewing you can easily make wine that is just as good as the $15-30 a bottle stuff at the store.
Confession: I've get so busy making wine and cider in the fall I don't brew at all until after New Years's. Oh and Happy New Years all!

 

[Firewalker11]

Of course. I could've bought Bud, but then how would I know when it was Cold Certified(TM)?

 

[Kee]

Agree with the above, but since this is a brewing forum, if you really want to
have something that your friends appreciate, next fall get some wine grapes or a bucket of wine grape juice from a local supplier and make some wine of your own.
Its not hard at all to make good wine if you can get some decent grapes and the cost is like $2-3 a bottle. With a little practice and using the equipment you already have for brewing you can easily make wine that is just as good as the $15-30 a bottle stuff at the store.
Confession: I've get so busy making wine and beer in the fall I don't brew at all until after New Years's. Oh and Happy New Years all!

Since even experts get fooled, casual wine drinkers should be able to find wine to their taste at a reasonable price:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...s-failed-spot-type-served-multiple-times.html

 

[Zepth]

I batch primed my last kegs. The confession is the total lack of measurement. Pour precisely "about enough" sugar directly from bag into corny, rack on top. Time will tell how that works out.

 

[Venari]

Since even experts get fooled, casual wine drinkers should be able to find wine to their taste at a reasonable price:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...s-failed-spot-type-served-multiple-times.html

In times like this, I turn to Adam Conover for bits of wisdom to piss people off.

But this particular segment doesn't "ruin" anything, so it's not so bad.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PeKcWCC-tw[/ame]

 

[Kee]

In times like this, I turn to Adam Conover for bits of wisdom to piss people off.

But this particular segment doesn't "ruin" anything, so it's not so bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PeKcWCC-tw

I used to spend way too much money on wine. Last week (on vacation in Barcelona) I never spent more than 5 or 6 euros for a bottle and enjoyed every one tremendously.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Confession: I'm a *******.

I hoped to have my keezer up and running for NYE, and spent time I didnt really have that day on getting it ready. All told it was a few hours since the collar was stained sealed and mostly assembled. The kegs were naturally carbed so I just needed the gas to serve. Put on the regulator, clamped my tubing, opened the manifold valves, hooked the gas up to the keg, turned on the gas, grabbed my glass, opened the faucet and...

nothing.

Pissed around with it for a while but had to give up to get dinner ready for guests. Assumed I had a leak somewhere. Whatever, future Cheesy can deal with that.

The next day, after all that, I figured out the problem. If you want to use CO2, it's awfully helpful to have the regulator shut off valve in the ****ing OPEN POSITION.

I could blame it on being a total noob but I should have known better

 

[Queequeg]

Confession: I calibrate my pH meter at 65C and take the mash pH directly in the tun.

 

[Venari]

I calibrate my pH meter at 65C and take the mash pH directly in the tun.

Off topic: I confess I like the X-files reference in your name.

On Topic: I confess it has been far too long since I've brewed a batch of anything

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Confession: I'm a *******.

I hoped to have my keezer up and running for NYE, and spent time I didnt really have that day on getting it ready. All told it was a few hours since the collar was stained sealed and mostly assembled. The kegs were naturally carbed so I just needed the gas to serve. Put on the regulator, clamped my tubing, opened the manifold valves, hooked the gas up to the keg, turned on the gas, grabbed my glass, opened the faucet and...

nothing.

Pissed around with it for a while but had to give up to get dinner ready for guests. Assumed I had a leak somewhere. Whatever, future Cheesy can deal with that.

The next day, after all that, I figured out the problem. If you want to use CO2, it's awfully helpful to have the regulator shut off valve in the ****ing OPEN POSITION.

I could blame it on being a total noob but I should have known better

Confession: I've done the same exact thing and wondered why my freshly tapped keg of DIPA wasn't pouring right. The next day, I checked everything and saw the damn check valve in the off position. OOPS!

 

[Firewalker11]

Confession: I left the counter chiller tube where the beer travels open and not capped then used it to chill my beer... A spider and a wad of spider related YUCK! shot out into my fermenter. Only lost 6 oz of beer but what a waste!

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Confession: I've done the same exact thing and wondered why my freshly tapped keg of DIPA wasn't pouring right. The next day, I checked everything and saw the damn check valve in the off position. OOPS!

Glad I'm not the only one haha.

To make matters worse, I managed to put the tail pieces together wrong (I put the seal on the wrong side of the tailpiece). Took me a few days to realize that it was dripping and to figure out what the problem was

 

[normonster]

This thread is a bungle. My god it's amazing any of us make beer.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

This thread is a bungle. My god it's amazing any of us make beer.

Yup, let alone carbonated beer...

Just found out my warm conditioning co2 setup has a leak. 5# tank is empty. Time to rip the manifold off and switch it to a single keg setup and then check for leaks. ****.

 

[starsman20]

I calibrate my pH meter at 65C and take the mash pH directly in the tun.

Confession??? Wow that seems like a great idea. Think I will try it.

 

[Renegades_Brew]

Yup, let alone carbonated beer...

Just found out my warm conditioning co2 setup has a leak. 5# tank is empty. Time to rip the manifold off and switch it to a single keg setup and then check for leaks. ****.

Discovered my co2 setup in my kegerator is leaking as well... Well... I discovered it after dispensing 1 growler of beer to take to a NYE party. My two keg setup now needs to be troubleshot to figure out which seal went bad.

 

[Queequeg]

Confession??? Wow that seems like a great idea. Think I will try it.

Apparently the bulb does not fair well

 

[Nico93]

confession:
we use gpl gas to the burner (but we are switching to methane) and during the boil the last brewday, we started hearing a strange sound like "psssssssssssst" and we asked ourself what was doing this sound but we don't care much about.
after ten minutes we came back and the psssst was more intensive, the boil was stopped...
the fire of the burner had laundry the hose that carries the gas from the cylinder to the burner! the "pssssst" sound was the gas escaping from the hose! when the holes became to big the burner stop!
so we were very lucky!
lesson learned, keep an eyes on the hose and keep it far from the fire

 

[Onkel_Udo]

I cannot stress this enough...I confess I just like beer. As in Ale or lager with a predominate flavor of beer.

Fruit...no thanks
Sour...heck no
Coriander, lemon zest, coffee, etc...not really

In the end, it is all about well made, flavorful beer that tastes like beer.

And this also goes for over-top hops, particularly anything that can actually smell like cat pee.

I embrace your right to try these things, but stay the frack out of my brewery.

 

[BadDeacon]

I cannot stress this enough...I confess I just like beer. As in Ale or lager with a predominate flavor of beer.



Fruit...no thanks

Sour...heck no

Coriander, lemon zest, coffee, etc...not really



In the end, it is all about well made, flavorful beer that tastes like beer.



And this also goes for over-top hops, particularly anything that can actually smell like cat pee.



I embrace your right to try these things, but stay the frack out of my brewery.

Preach!

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

I cannot stress this enough...I confess I just like beer. As in Ale or lager with a predominate flavor of beer.

Fruit...no thanks
Sour...heck no
Coriander, lemon zest, coffee, etc...not really

In the end, it is all about well made, flavorful beer that tastes like beer.

And this also goes for over-top hops, particularly anything that can actually smell like cat pee.

I embrace your right to try these things, but stay the frack out of my brewery.

I understand what you're getting at here (even though I'm guilty of going off the deep end occasionally), but I confess I can't stand when I share homebrew and that's the response that I get.

Me: So how do you like that IPA?
Other: Tastes like beer.
Me: Neat. What about that imperial stout?
Other: Tastes like beer.
Me: Ok...how about that triple decoction Pilsner?
Other: Tastes like beer.
Me: You're the worst imaginary friend I've ever had.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

I understand what you're getting at here (even though I'm guilty of going off the deep end occasionally), but I confess I can't stand when I share homebrew and that's the response that I get.

Me: So how do you like that IPA?
Other: Tastes like beer.
Me: Neat. What about that imperial stout?
Other: Tastes like beer.
Me: Ok...how about that triple decoction Pilsner?
Other: Tastes like beer.
Me: You're the worst imaginary friend I've ever had.

Beef...many shades from hamburger to brisket to petite filet.

None are made better by A1. Few can be made better by a Mango Chutney...on the side. A rub is good but slathered in sauce says I am the Natural Light of beef here.

Again, I applaud those that like to experiment beyond Bitters, pale ales, milds, Pilsners, weizens, bocks, etc. I personally only use those styles to describe to others what my beer is (some of the time). All that said, if it is "augmented" beer I have yet to enjoy it. Even Christmas beers that should marginally fit into my narrow view of beer...have not had but one I liked.

 

[normonster]

Beef...many shades from hamburger to brisket to petite filet.

None are made better by A1. Few can be made better by a Mango Chutney...on the side. A rub is good but slathered in sauce says I am the Natural Light of beef here.

Again, I applaud those that like to experiment beyond Bitters, pale ales, milds, Pilsners, weizens, bocks, etc. I personally only use those styles to describe to others what my beer is (some of the time). All that said, if it is "augmented" beer I have yet to enjoy it. Even Christmas beers that should marginally fit into my narrow view of beer...have not had but one I liked.

Du fuq? Sall beer bro. Brrr. Brewha. If all you got left in the fridge is a quadroimperialsourdiesel that's whaat yA drink.
[emoji12] giggity

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Discovered my co2 setup in my kegerator is leaking as well... Well... I discovered it after dispensing 1 growler of beer to take to a NYE party. My two keg setup now needs to be troubleshot to figure out which seal went bad.

Confession: i may be super "special." Just saw that my tank was shut off. Makes sense why the pressure keeps decreasing. :banghead:

 

[TurnipGreen]

I'm pretty sure we all do that.

.....the sampling thing. I definitely meant the sampling thing.