Forever a NEWB

[b33risGOOD]

Funny thing happened today,
while brewing some discount extract (no boil coopers dark Ale) that I couldnt resist buying at half price, so what if its a little expired Everything could not have gone smoother, it's a kit after all. Untill...

I have everything in my primary bucket and need to add a little cold britta filtered water to bring down the temp a touch, what as im pouring doesnt the filter itself fall into my wort....F#$*!!!!

So I make the quick decision to plung my arm in and get it out asap lol. After reading so many stories about stupid things like this I just had to post. Im not even upset because it will probably be fine anyways.

 

[D0ug]

I hear of people dowsing their arm with mixed down StarSan when they need to attempt a maneuver like that. But yeah sounds like something I would do, and I am DEFINITELY a newbie.

Hope it turns out ok

 

[b33risGOOD]

I pitched double the amount of healthy active yeast so that will probably wipe anthing out. Why worry crack a brew.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Lol. NOOOOOOOB!

Kidding.

When siphoning to my new kegs last week, my siphon got stuck with hop residue, so I found myself dumping my stout into the purged keg, using my hand (dipped into NO RINSE) as a filter...........

Yeah the keg was purged, but man, what a noob thing to do!, lol.

 

[Fletch78]

For future reference, if noone else was in the room, and you don't tell everyone on the internet, it never happened.

 

[ultravista]

I know all about it now and will start telling everyone I know

 

[specialkaye]

For future reference, if noone else was in the room, and you don't tell everyone on the internet, it never happened.

This is probably the correct time to quote the, "No Pictures, it Never Happened" rule.

 

[b33risGOOD]

I also let my wort chill outside where its quite cold now (Canada) during a windy day with possible debris

Oh well this is for my house guests.

 

[sportscrazed2]

that reminds me can i use ambient temps to cool beer? if it's less than 32 degrees outside?

 

[RM-MN]

It depends on how much less than 32 degrees it really is. This morning I filled a laundry tub with snow, opened the faucet to fill it with water and left it on my deck while I started my brew. By the time I was starting the boil, there was half an inch of ice on the tub. I broke it up and by the time the boil was over there was another half inch of ice. I put the brew kettle in and kept moving it around so the water/ice circulated and in a few minutes the brew was cooled to 80 degrees and I still had plenty of ice in the tub.

The temperature was 3 degrees F. and the wind chill was about -10.

 

[greaper007]

You should be okay if the yeast kicks right away. You're making beer, not microprocessors.