Have a great plan to get started early on brew day with 4 1/2 gallons of strike water in the kettle on the stove the night before. Then the next morning, still half asleep, turn on the wrong burner. Discover error 30 minutes later. Don't do that.
I had a friend at uni who once got drunk and admitted she got a thrill from "hiding" chilies about her person. Quite literally, don't do that.
Balance a washed glass Carboy on it's top... On the counter... Just for a feeeeeew seconds while you walk to the other side of the kitchen to grab a towel.
Don't do that...
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Hold down the piece of trim you are nailing with your hand on the wrong side of the nail gun. I punched a 2" finishing nail through my finger today. Nail skipped off the trim and went into my finger right below the knuckle and came out right above my fingernail, right through the bone! Finally got it pulled out of the bone, and man it hurt!
DON'T DO THAT!!!
I had the brilliant idea to "squeege" out the inside of a diptube with a chunk of paper towel and an unfolded coat hanger. I got it maybe 6 inches into the diptube before the paper towel chunk bunched up and became stuck. Then I finally realized this was a stupid endeavor and decided to push it back out from the other side. Nope. Just jammed it in there worse.
Don't Do that! Seriously, don't do it.
Brilliant! How did you get it out?
What actually works better is a 3' long 3/8" draw brush. Or, if you're really into squeegeeing, a narrow wad of cloth tied to a string (actually 2 strings, each tied to an end) and pull back and forth. The coat hanger comes in handy again to pull the string through, or use an electrical fishing tape.
Soak the paper towel with water that should soften it up so you can get it out in pieces. Don't do that again.
Well, since it isn't all brew related...
Filling up a 2 liter soda bottle with gasoline, placing it on a bench in front of a bonfire, then standing about 30 yards away and shooting it with a .45acp. Don't do that.
[Edit to add- and I was old enough to know better]
Gotta know what happened or I'll have to try it myself
Unfortunately no dice. been soaking for weeks. Its in there like a hamster in Richard Gere.
You could try putting the diptube in place on the keg, hooking gas up to the liquid out post, and cranking up the pressure (within safe reason) to push it out into the keg. ?
I have SCUBA cylinders. 3500 PSI
Betcha THAT would push it out!
Just an air compressor with 100 psi or so should do it as well. But more pressure is more fun.
Really. I mean it this time. Really REALLY. I will be *ABLE* to boil 4+ gallons in a 4.65 gallon pot. I can *DO* this!
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Don't do that. You really can't do that.
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I don't even understand what is going on there.... What happened to the pot? It looks shredded?
(I often put 13.5 gal in a 15 pot)
Buy your friends Marlboro softpack and put them in you back pocket and drive to his house, don't do that!
I don't even understand what is going on there.... What happened to the pot? It looks shredded?
It's a shroud around the kettle to improve heating efficiency.
Don't get airlifted to hospital after a boilover...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11511002
You had me at "try to do an ass to grass squat". Don't do that.Try to do an ass to grass squat on the last rep of the last set of the max weight you've ever lifted at that rep range before. Especially without a spotter capable of assisting with that amount of weight. Yeah, don't do that.
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