That must have hurt. To save water (and skin) another option is to overheat your strike water and leave it in the mash tun instead of using a separate kettle of water to pre-heat.
Don't Do That.
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That must have hurt. To save water (and skin) another option is to overheat your strike water and leave it in the mash tun instead of using a separate kettle of water to pre-heat.
Murphys_Law
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DO upgrade to Perlick. However...
Don't insert faucet cap/brush and re-connect wet side line with OUT checking to make sure the tap is in the closed position. Yeah, don't do that! I just changed my shorts and t-shirt.
Don't insert faucet cap/brush and re-connect wet side line with OUT checking to make sure the tap is in the closed position. Yeah, don't do that! I just changed my shorts and t-shirt.
motobrewer
I'm no atheist scientist, but...
i did this once. i've never transferred that way again.
Clean your BC grain mill, then tighten all the screws/bolts down good. don't do that...Hope I got it right for brew day tomorrow...
Have two carboys fermenting next to each other. Forget which is which and add the pumpkin spice to the bitter (instead of the pumpkin beer) prior to kegging.
Don't do that.
Don't do that.
dunbruha
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Adding hop pellets to a Sanke keg for dry-hopping without using a bag, because, hey, the spear has a big diameter, and it can't get clogged, right? and not realizing that there actually is a really small gap that is created when the Sanke tap is opened, which caused the inside of the spear to become packed with hop debris, clogging up the whole thing.
Don't do that.
btw, anyone know how to open up a Sanke spear? (I know how to take off the external spring, but I don't how to take out the internal one.)
Don't do that.
btw, anyone know how to open up a Sanke spear? (I know how to take off the external spring, but I don't how to take out the internal one.)
dunbruha
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Thanks for the link! I had no idea it would be so easy to get that spring out! Everything is cleaned up now.
Cheers!
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Fearing I might overpressurize, I poked a small hole in the carboy cap, and when I start the siphon I put my thumb over the hole, and once the siphon starts, release my thumb and turn the gas down to the point that there is some small amount of gas leaking out.
Resonator
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I'm just going to fill the fermenter with water and star San while waiting for the water to boil.
Get distracted and forget to turn the water off at the 5 gallon mark, and soon hear the dreaded sound of water spilling all over the floor.
Don't do that...
Place a bunch of cardboard down to cover the floor when you're brewing.
DO THAT! It's saved me so much frustration, and having to clean up sticky spills.
I need to write a thread of how to successfully brew in a small city apt haha.
Masking tape is your friend
Get distracted and forget to turn the water off at the 5 gallon mark, and soon hear the dreaded sound of water spilling all over the floor.
Don't do that...
Place a bunch of cardboard down to cover the floor when you're brewing.
DO THAT! It's saved me so much frustration, and having to clean up sticky spills.
I need to write a thread of how to successfully brew in a small city apt haha.
Masking tape is your friend
Cheesy_Goodness
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rlmiller10
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I got step 1 down, but then I fudged step 2 and have pretty much taken over the kitchen instead of one of the recommended rooms. Wife is, shall we say... not pleased. :/
Make a beer ive made many times before......calculate out the hop bill for 100bbls not 3bbls.....36lbs of hops later its a fine mess....pitch yeast because you dont realize your mistake until you are cleaning up......dont do that
Singletrack
Because it's judgement that defeats us.
Confused 36 lb of hops with 1 lb in a beer made many times before? I don't see how...
...you could admit that one!
What will you do with this over-hopped beer? 3 bbls of it!
yea it was a bad day haha, my calculator i had set to bbls i confused with gallons and i was trying a different hop combo so nothing seemed odd to me for some reason ( fyi dont brew pissed off ). Its interesting right now smells amazing haha going to crash it see how much i can get to drop out and possibly filter it but we shall see, if i can salvage it then we shall have a special brew on tap here. 
I was out of Citra hops and paying 30+ a LB was not an option at the moment even in an emergency so I was trying to use other hops i had on hand.
I was out of Citra hops and paying 30+ a LB was not an option at the moment even in an emergency so I was trying to use other hops i had on hand.
yea it was a bad day haha, my calculator i had set to bbls i confused with gallons and i was trying a different hop combo so nothing seemed odd to me for some reason ( fyi dont brew pissed off ). Its interesting right now smells amazing haha going to crash it see how much i can get to drop out and possibly filter it but we shall see, if i can salvage it then we shall have a special brew on tap here.
I was out of Citra hops and paying 30+ a LB was not an option at the moment even in an emergency so I was trying to use other hops i had on hand.
feel free to forward a few bottles for independent opinion as to flavor etc.
feel free to forward a few bottles for independent opinion as to flavor etc.
Oh itll be special for sure, you might just have to make a trip out here for the reveal haha.
andrewmaixner
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yea it was a bad day haha, my calculator i had set to bbls i confused with gallons and i was trying a different hop combo so nothing seemed odd to me for some reason ( fyi dont brew pissed off ). Its interesting right now smells amazing haha going to crash it see how much i can get to drop out and possibly filter it but we shall see, if i can salvage it then we shall have a special brew on tap here.
I was out of Citra hops and paying 30+ a LB was not an option at the moment even in an emergency so I was trying to use other hops i had on hand.
I'm confused, citra is like, $23/lb at homebrewer regular prices in the internet. You can't get it cheaper?
Message to my cat:
When Mom is reading threads on HBT, do NOT come up and grab her elbow - which makes her jump, hit her hand on the desk, and yell. LOUD.
Dear cat - DON'T DO THAT!!!
When Mom is reading threads on HBT, do NOT come up and grab her elbow - which makes her jump, hit her hand on the desk, and yell. LOUD.
Dear cat - DON'T DO THAT!!!
I try not to buy out homebrew suppliers. All i could find in bulk was 30+ or it was a couple years old still high priced. Also this was right before the new harvest so alot of places were out of their stock. either way it was an all over bad day
Decide to throw 1/10th of an oz of whole hops in the boil kettle with no screen and still recirculate.
Don't do that!
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Don't do that!
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Resonator
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Forget to look at the ceiling after an explosive fermentation.
Don't do that.
Forget to look at the ceiling after an explosive fermentation.
Don't do that.
Orthobrewsky
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Yesterday, I had 2 liters of starter wort in a 3 liter flask just coming to a boil on a butane burner when it suddenly exploded. I had it up rather high on a table and was sitting very close.
Don't do that. You might not like it.
Don't do that. You might not like it.
PlexVector
Mellow Goose Brewing
wondering why the temp isn't falling after cleaning the keezer! forgot to put the temp sensor back in! Half frozen kegs!
Don't do that!
forgot to put the temp sensor back in! Half frozen kegs! Don't do that!
BrewerBrad82
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Sitting on the floor in front of a conical trying to dump yeast after fermentation (elbow on bottom dump fitting so the valve is pointed right at me). Said yeast is compacted and will not budge. Connects CO2 supply to top of conical to add a few PSI to assist in yeast removal - nothing happens. Sticks sanitized keg dip tube brush into valve to loosen yeast. Much laundry ensues.
Don't do that.
Don't do that.
Sounds like the three stooges! lol
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motobrewer
I'm no atheist scientist, but...
wondering why the temp isn't falling after cleaning the keezer!
Don't do that!
Or, remove temp probe from freezer while lagering:
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Don't do that.
Eisbock?
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I think I over pitched! That's 4 gallons of heads pace pretty much gone... looks like I'm top cropping tonight. Almost had a "Don't do that"
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Waiting till the next day to use the hose to clean the krausen ring after it dries...don't do that.
andrewmaixner
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PBW + soft rag + solid bung + shake PET carboy: DO THAT!
Anyway, soak it in pbw overnight and the dried gunk will practically fall right off (glass or plastic)
motobrewer
I'm no atheist scientist, but...
lol! it was an oktoberfest, that wasn't very good.
i've eis'd before, but never in a carboy!
motobrewer
I'm no atheist scientist, but...
oh man, that's a recipe for disaster, considering people use PBW hot. DO NOT put hot water in a glass carboy, seal it, and shake it. DOOOOOOO NOT.
It was to do with my Cooper's Micro Brew FV. I only had about a quart of PBW solution left in my jug, so I came up with this solution. Here's a pic;
I set the FV on it's side on top of my Home Depot bucket after pouring in the PBW yesterday & tightly screwed on the lid. The small puddle of PBW easily soaked the dried krausen loose in no time on that spot. The krausen ring was at the top 1/4'th of the handle indent that can be seen to the left of the airlock grommet. Then just rotated to the next spot, etc. Just gotta rinse it today & clean/sanitize the spigot & FV before storing on the fermenter stand for the next round. Here's an older pic of the stand when I just got the Canon & was rearranging things;
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