Yes. It was an ugly day all around. Without rehashing the whole ugly story, I was using a new mash tun for the first time. I had been using a 10 gallon Igloo with a bazooka screen - for this brew I switched to a bottom drain keggle. I couldn't make my mind up between a false bottom or "The Brew Bag", so at the last minute I just ordered some X-Large brew bag off Amazon for $8. I figured if I only got 1 brew out of it at least I'd have a better idea if I wanted to by "The Brew Bag" or a false bottom. The $8 bag appeared to be plenty big enough for a keggle; the description said it was 22" x 26". It arrived and I threw it aside until brew day. Brew day came and I got all my water mixed up and strike water heated in the MLT. Time to dough-in, so I opened up the package with the bag. It was 22" x 26" just like they said - unfortunately it was 26" W and only 22" tall. Trying to hold it open and get 21 pounds of grain into it was a chore. When the grain absorbed water it pretty much filled the bag to capacity. There was no way to stir it without knocking grain out into the strike water - but I did the best I could. I kind of got it pulled up as best I could with one hand, and tied some butchers twine around it to try and hold the grains is while it mashed.
To make a long story short - it wasn't the ideal day to be brewing anyway but I had bought the ingredients over a week before and the starter had been sitting in the fridge for a week - I didn't want to wait much longer - and then the mash/bag thing happened and I thought seriously, (several times) of just dumping everything and calling it quits. But I had a lot of grain invested. Just the 2 pounds of candi sugar alone was like $17 or $18, (not that I couldn't have stored that for awhile).
When the long, frustrating, miserable, annoying brew day finally came to a close I checked my OG and it was 1.056. The measurement wasn't off. 35% efficiency sounds about right.
The beer itself is the closest I've come to a drain pour. It's not good. There's a slight sourness that I can't put my finger on. I absolutely love Belgian beers but I'll admit some of the Belgian yeasts can be a little "barn yardy" smelling. This particular batch seems to have taken all the unpleasant qualities of Belgian yeast where aroma is concerned, and magnified them. The sour isn't really overpowering, (like a sour beer). It's there just enough to detract from any other flavors or notes that might otherwise come thru.
I ended up with exactly 48 - 12oz bottles of the stuff. I probably still have 30 or so left. Slowly but surely I'm working my way thru it. Age doesn't seem to help much