Don't Do That.

[kurds_2408]

Don’t buy apple cider without reading the whole label!

I had a batch of cider ready to keg. I hit it with sorbate about 10 days ago and decided to keg it this morning. At kegging I backsweetened it with some cider I just bought at the supermarket. Because I’m using it for backsweetening after sorbates I don’t care if it has preservatives or whatever.

So after I add it and rack it and get it kegged I taste a little sample and thought “why does this taste like vanilla?” So now I have 3 gallons of Sea Salt Carmel cider. That’s what happens when you’re not paying attention.

Not what I was intending but I guess it will be good for now around Halloween.

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"Well I'll be dipped in sh*t, that's a little red truck...."

 

[BongoYodeler]

@Deadalus Wow-Ha. (I couldn't decide between the wow emoji or the haha emoji). On one hand it's funny imagining it in my head, because it's SO something I would do. On the other hand, Damn!!

 

[Skeeter686]

@Deadalus Wow-Ha. (I couldn't decide between the wow emoji or the haha emoji). On one hand it's funny imagining it in my head, because it's SO something I would do. On the other hand, Damn!!

Exactly. That's why I read this thread... it makes me feel less like a complete idiot when I inevitably do something somewhere between dumb and catastrophically stupid.

 

[balrog]

something somewhere between dumb and catastrophically stupid.

Ok, we have a great working title for a country song here.

 

[Deadalus]

@Deadalus Wow-Ha. (I couldn't decide between the wow emoji or the haha emoji). On one hand it's funny imagining it in my head, because it's SO something I would do. On the other hand, Damn!!

It was funny, it was like being in a snow globe. I ended up having to clean the table top anyway as there was some spillage. My head is shaved bald and fortunately very little PBW got into the nearby power strip!

 

[day_trippr]

An alarm on my watch went off 10 minutes ago (1pm Tuesday) and I'm wondering "What the heck is that alarm about?"

Thought about what I'd done in the last few days, then jumped on the "What I did for beer today" thread, and found I kegged my latest Julius batch and put the kegs on 30 psi in a 36°F chamber at 1pm on Sunday.

Today is Tuesday. I didn't wear the watch yesterday.

Whoops! Don't Do That!

Looks like I'll have to use this procedure again. It worked for me once - with a sanitized empty keg connected to the over-carbed full one...

Cheers!

 

[fluketamer]

i know its been said before but again, never attach a picnic tap unless you are sure its not in the open position. its amazing how much beer can leave a keg in such a short time when its unintentional.

 

[beren]

An alarm on my watch went off 10 minutes ago (1pm Tuesday) and I'm wondering "What the heck is that alarm about?"

Thought about what I'd done in the last few days, then jumped on the "What I did for beer today" thread, and found I kegged my latest Julius batch and put the kegs on 30 psi in a 36°F chamber at 1pm on Sunday.

Today is Tuesday. I didn't wear the watch yesterday.

Whoops! Don't Do That!

Looks like I'll have to use this procedure again. It worked for me once - with a sanitized empty keg connected to the over-carbed full one...

Cheers!

Even easier. Figure out the correct pressure for your carb level at room temp, hook a spunding valve to the gas and let it sit. After it hits room temp you can disconnect it and shake the crap out of it, let it settle a min, and hook it back up.

 

[beren]

i know its been said before but again, never attach a picnic tap unless you are sure its not in the open position. its amazing how much beer can leave a keg in such a short time when its unintentional.

And triple check your ball valves are still closed before you add any liquid.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

i know its been said before but again, never attach a picnic tap unless you are sure its not in the open position. its amazing how much beer can leave a keg in such a short time when its unintentional.

Also, never attach a picnic tap when keg is transported in a vehicle for the same reason

 

[day_trippr]

Even easier. Figure out the correct pressure for your carb level at room temp, hook a spunding valve to the gas and let it sit. After it hits room temp you can disconnect it and shake the crap out of it, let it settle a min, and hook it back up.

Good idea! I had given some thought about warming and venting the keg but I was concerned that would allow O2 back in. Using a PRV should prevent that from being a problem.

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

Never EVER attach a tap of ANY kind to ANY keg being transported in the back of a car where it "is really unlikely to shift around" during transport.

It will shift.

It will shift to a position that actuates the tap.

Oh yes.

It will.

 

[beren]

Good idea! I had given some thought about warming and venting the keg but I was concerned that would allow O2 back in. Using a PRV should prevent that from being a problem.

Cheers!

Naa when all that gas is blowing out nothing can get in.

 

[doug293cz]

Naa when all that gas is blowing out nothing can get in.

Depends on how fast the gas is blowing out, and whether or not the flow is continuous.

Brew on

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Never EVER attach a tap of ANY kind to ANY keg being transported in the back of a car where it "is really unlikely to shift around" during transport.

It will shift.

It will shift to a position that actuates the tap.

Oh yes.

It will.

Something we only do once!

 

[Agent]

Something we only do once!

Speak for yourself....

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

You're best to design an in trunk keg holding and serving apparatus.... that said I still don't hook up either line until I arrive at my destination.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Love the Pepsi Cola tap handle for that application!

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Love the Pepsi Cola tap handle for that application!

Thanks!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Never EVER attach a tap of ANY kind to ANY keg being transported in the back of a car where it "is really unlikely to shift around" during transport.

It will shift.

It will shift to a position that actuates the tap.

Oh yes.

It will.

Yeah, shift happens.

 

[Broken Crow]

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

"Invaluable in traffic jams, or on sundays" ... interesting, I love it, and the looks on their faces, perfect.

 

[doug293cz]

Love the Pepsi Cola tap handle for that application!

That's for the police...

Brew on

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

That's for the police...

Brew on

Exactly... "no officer *hiccup* it's just pop, wanna glass?"

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Well it's not The Real Thing™

 

[EscapeArtistBrewing]

When unboxing your new Komos Outdoor Kegerator, the one with a locking mechanism at the bottom-front that elevates a pin into the door to lock it...
...and when you are tilting the unit forward to install the feet...
...you may want the full weight of the unit to press on the lock mechanism, inadvertently and permanently shoving the pin into the door, probably breaking the lock, and preventing you from opening the door to find the key that is probably inside the unit.

Don't do that.

If you do, plan on calling MoreBeer to ask for another key and possibly more help....

Sigh, with double face-palm.

 

[Pkrd]

If you do, plan on calling MoreBeer to ask for another key and possibly more help....

Have you considered changing your username?

 

[EscapeArtistBrewing]

Have you considered changing your username?

Adding forehead-table-pound to double-face-palm.

 

[HM-2]

When mashing a large (circa 1.080 OG) double IPA in about 7.5 gallons of water (minimal sparge) in a Brewzilla Gen 3.2- you know, the ones with the big stainless steel malt pipe for holding your grain- don't forget to actually put in the big stainless steel malt pipe for holding your grain.

I can confirm that without the malt pipe sparging is really hard and quite time consuming, as is removing the grain from the kettle in preparation for the boil (by hand with a large chinois sieve, if you're interested). And having to do a partial clean halfway through your brew day is no fun either.


Thankfully I had a couple of 5 gallon buckets handy to drain my mash into, but preparing to pull out the grain basket only to realise "hang on, there aren't any holes for the handle to go in" was not a great moment.

Got great conversion, though!

 

[Snuffy]

Got online and did a quick mental evaluation of what I needed and then placed the order and was quite happy that I had plenty of peripheral stuff on the list to meet free shipping requirements. When it came in, I went to put it away and discovered I already had more than enough PBW and Whirfloc and could have used more Starsan, DME and hop bags. Note to Self: Ordering first and checking inventory later - Don't Do That.

 

[balrog]

Got online and did a quick mental evaluation of what I needed and then placed the order and was quite happy that I had plenty of peripheral stuff on the list to meet free shipping requirements. When it came in, I went to put it away and discovered I already had more than enough PBW and Whirfloc and could have used more Starsan, DME and hop bags. Note to Self: Ordering first and checking inventory later - Don't Do That.

Story of my life. Excitement and sketchy memory always overrides preparation and all that silly checking inventory stuff.

[Edit: also happens in the kitchen with Sesame oil, mayo, oregano, etc]

 

[HM-2]

[Edit: also happens in the kitchen with Sesame oil, mayo, oregano, etc]

I did a cupboard inventory at the weekend and discovered I have 5 (!) shakers of oregano.

 

[balrog]

I did a cupboard inventory at the weekend and discovered I have 5 (!) shakers of oregano.

How many Paprika though?
Or how about that 6yr old large bottle of onion "powder"? And by "powder" I mean impenetrable white cylindrical block of impossibly densely molecularly fused onion that would cut diamonds.

 

[lumpher]

Or how about that 6yr old large bottle of onion "powder"? And by "powder" I mean impenetrable white cylindrical block of impossibly densely molecularly fused onion that would cut diamonds.

Only 6 years old? I bought mine in I think it was 1836...

In the spirit of "Don't do that"... Made me go look in my cupboard. Found a large bottle of onion powder, a large bottle of Cumin, and a large bottle of Oregano, all over 15 years old. If you want to buy a large bottle of spice, unless you want to pass them on to your kids and grandkids, don't do that...

 

[HM-2]

How many Paprika though?

Two normal, one sweet, a small shaker of smoked, plus a 1kg plastic tub of thel latter that i bought in 2010 (BBE October 2012), have used all of about 200g of, and which although remaining in a powder form rather than a singular clump is now the colour of walnut wood instead of red.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Story of my life. Excitement and sketchy memory always overrides preparation and all that silly checking inventory stuff.

[Edit: also happens in the kitchen with Sesame oil, mayo, oregano, etc]

Mayo

Onion powder was funny because my wife dried some and the ground into a powder and put it into a shaker. When I went use said 'powder for my jerky marinade I found said impenetrable block...
Was able to shake said block out and grate into the marinade.

 

[Closet Fermenter]

Don’t ask me how much pepper, (black & crushed red) sage, ONION BRICKS, and garlic powder I have; I refuse to go check.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Don’t ask me how much pepper, (black & crushed red) sage, ONION BRICKS, and garlic powder I have; I refuse to go check.

And refusing to check all but guarantees you'll be buying one of each on a shopping trip in the near future.

 

[balrog]

And refusing to check all but guarantees you'll be buying one of each on a shopping trip in the near future.

Two.
I hate running out.

Clearly I hate running out; but clearly I hate checking first, even more.

It's a classic blunder, the most famous of which is to get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less-known than going against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

Or having to grate a "powder" block of onion.

 

[oakbarn]

And triple check your ball valves are still closed before you add any liquid.

I use BruControl but have a step where I check the Fermenter Valves CLOSED BEFORE I transfer the WORT. You can guess why!