Confession Time

[BrewChem]

I like eating vanilla ice cream with LME on top, its amazing.

I'm not the only one though right?

I mix a tablespoon into a glass of milk all the time... sometimes with some chocolate syrup.. yum..!

 

[GHBWNY]

Confession: I brewed a 5 gal batch with 4 gal of ingredients. Forgot I had split some off for my SIL's 1-gal batch a couple weeks earlier. No doubt, it's the lightest Centennial Blonde out there.

 

[Decimotox]

I've returned hydrometer samples to the wort, pre- and post-fermentation. Never had an issue...but I've stopped doing it with my last few batches just in case.

Also, I pretty much always brew when I'm pretty buzzed. Somehow, I always end up with good beer lol.

 

[SomeDick]

I probably drink too much on brew day. Makes anything past grain steeping a little sloppier that it could be.

 

[JimboVorlaufski]

Doing a double batch one day, an IPA and a Bohemian Pils. Some friends came over and we started drinking. Between shootin the bull and drinkin too much I dumped the lager yeast starter in the IPA. :smack: Good news is it turned out great. I called it 'Czech out my Ale'.

 

[Grantman1]

Bless me fellow brewers, for I have sinned;

I never boil the water I use to re-hydrate dry yeast.

And my carboy brush is covered with rust....mmmmm iron.

 

[20grit]

I've never rehydrated dry yeast...

 

[Pangaia]

I never clean my copper IC. Just rinse it off before and after every use. Last brew's hop gunk and trub plus a little bit of dirt won't hurt me!

 

[user 70770]

Alright I'm coming clean.

I don't make starters any more but I've only had one beer in 10 years of brewing not take off

I pitch only one vial of yeast even for lagers

I only cool my beer off to 75F before pitching and finish cooling off in the temp controlled freezer

Can't think of anything else that would be considered sacrilegious.

Edit: Oh I forgot a big one... I never ever taken a hydrometer sample to check when a fermentation is done. I always use the vulkan way and mind meld with the beer to see when it is done.

 

[ericbw]

I check the FG but only for alcohol content. I don't do it before bottling or Kegging.

 

[BandonBrewingCo]

I was all "ah **** it, no infections yet, it'll be grand!"

And this boys and girls, is why my Revvy's Leffe Clone tastes like donkey dong

 

[sleepspeaking]

I need to order more fittings, cause I didn't think this March pump setup through.

 

[Dee_Lynn]

I was all "ah **** it, no infections yet, it'll be grand!"

And this boys and girls, is why my Revvy's Leffe Clone tastes like donkey dong

...And you know this how?

 

[Renegades_Brew]

...And you know this how?

Well there was this one time... at brewing camp... no, wait... different experience all together.

 

[BargainFittings]

I just read this entire thread. It took a few days.

I don't worry about sanitation on the hot side much but I do on the cold side.
I reuse starsan forever and I just rack off any particulates that accumulate in the bucket I store it in.

I use dry yeast for the most part unless I can get one of my brewer friends to give me yeast from the brewery and I leave my meads on primary for a year sometimes.

Finally started brewing ALOT this year. Was really slacking the last couple years on making beer.

Shocking confession: My brew setup is pretty simple - Yes I have all the toys but I revert to KISS due to time constraints alot of the time.

 

[BandonBrewingCo]

...And you know this how?

It was either that or Budweiser...

 

[Likebull]

I like to warm up my smack packs in the waste band of my pants while I brew. It's like a chicken sitting on it's eggs to keep it warm. Haha

 

[jschein]

I like to warm up my smack packs in the waste band of my pants while I brew. It's like a chicken sitting on it's eggs to keep it warm. Haha

That's not right

 

[SomeDick]

I like to warm up my smack packs in the waste band of my pants while I brew. It's like a chicken sitting on it's eggs to keep it warm. Haha

I love that.. Hah

 

[biochemedic]

I like to warm up my smack packs in the waste band of my pants while I brew. It's like a chicken sitting on it's eggs to keep it warm. Haha

Ha-ha, "waste" band...I see what you (? Unintentionally) did there...

But seriously, please tell me you sanitize the outside of the pack before you pitch!

 

[Likebull]

Yes, I do give it a quick spritz with star-San before I pitch.
It's basically a bad habit that turned into a ritual.
I do like the name "waste" band! Kinda catchy.
Maybe I'll make a "waste" band Wit!

 

[Wright]

I've never made a starter but I will start as it took my last batch of IPA 6 days to start fermenting.

 

[cyanmonkey]

I've never made a starter but I will start as it took my last batch of IPA 6 days to start fermenting.

Are you sure it fermented with the yeast you put in it?

 

[VVbrewery]

I have 2 flasks, a stir plate and almost always use dry yeast dumped directly into the fermenter. I also have 2 hydrometers, a refractometer and can't remember the last time I took an OG.

 

[timdsmith72]

I don't use an airlock. Or even snap the bucket lid in place. I just rest the lid on top and stick a thermowell through the grommet.

EDIT: I had to go to the LHBS yesterday because I wanted to make a couple of sample batches of mead in one gallon jugs and couldn't even find any of my airlocks.

 

[sleepspeaking]

i pass judgement on these posts as I read. Even if I'm guilty of the same.

 

[Wright]

Are you sure it fermented with the yeast you put in it?

No i'm not. The OG was 1.024 and needed to get down to 1.012.

 

[skraeling]

I started a siphon using my mouth two batches ago (I told no one).

 

[JimboVorlaufski]

I drained the last couple gallons of a pale ale keg into the last couple gallons of a stout keg, tossed in a vanilla bean and a couple chunks of charred white oak sticks that I soaked overnight in bourbon and and called it a Bourbon Barrel Vanilla Porter. It was damn fine. Only an uptight judge looking for fault might find one (too much black not enough chocolate malts), cant say I lost a minute of sleep on that nonsense tho...

 

[rlonardo]

I started a siphon using my mouth two batches ago (I told no one).

On a related note, I have a really short glass wine thief (definitely meant for a gallon jug) so when I take a SG sample from my 6.5 gallon carboy just the tip ban reaches the beer. So, of course I suck up through the other end in order to get the most of the thief - otherwise it'd probably take about 10 dips to fill up my graduated cylinder.