Everything went wrong IPA. And what I have learned from it.

[garcia]

I made an IPA, I'd share the rec. But I forgot to save it to iBrewmaster (2nd mistake) as I ordered the wrong hops and had to modify the original (1st mistake).
I added the grains to my mash tun and forgot my bazooka filter (3rd). 49 mins into the boil I ran out of LP (4th) and just added the remaining hop and chiller.
I went ahead and turned on the water for the chiller, and a 2-3 mins into it I realize it is leaking into the pot (5th).

A month later, bottling time. I open the bucket and realized I didn't lock the hop holder for dry hopping (6th). I proceed to siphon it, and half way through no more is coming out; the siphon is broken (7th).

What I learned. Beer tastes pretty good no matter how much you F it up.

I also learned to make lists, test equipment and get a bottling bucket. Live and learn.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Yikes. Sounds like you should call that a Murphys Law IPA.

Glad it turned out well. Now you know what not to do next time and your brews can/will turn out even better.

 

[kenmcchord]

I like that you kept going with it, through all the errors and problems. Seems to me that the moral of this story is that brewing beer can be very forgiving.

 

[CanAusBrewer]

I totally understand where you're coming from. I recently had an incident where I had a few too many pale ales and decided it would be a good idea to float my kettle inside a large volume of cooling water to chill the wort. Tipped the whole batch into the cooling water. Thought I had ruined my batch. Re-boiled everything and pitched my yeast. 5 weeks later I am drinking the best beer I have brewed yet! It seems that it is indeed very hard to screw up beer!