My last batch of beer (over 2 years ago 
), I had the beer fermenting with a blowoff tube into one of those huge, oversized beer mugs. In the mug, I had it almost half full of vodka (don't remember why I didn't use sanitizing solution). When I went to rack into bottling bucket, I hooked up the racking hose to the spigot and slowly opened it, paying close attention not to get any bubbles. I was concentrating so hard, I failed to notice that I forgot to crack the lid on the bucket. Suddenly, I heard a sound like someone sucking the last bit of coke out of their big gulp. I looked up to see that the blow off tube had sucked all of the vodka into the fermenting bucket, right into the beer! I guess it was better than dumping sanitizing solution in there. I ended up with supercharged beer! I don't remember noticing anything wrong with it after I opened the first bottle.
I figured I would share this because it was funny to me, plus I learned from it.
), I had the beer fermenting with a blowoff tube into one of those huge, oversized beer mugs. In the mug, I had it almost half full of vodka (don't remember why I didn't use sanitizing solution). When I went to rack into bottling bucket, I hooked up the racking hose to the spigot and slowly opened it, paying close attention not to get any bubbles. I was concentrating so hard, I failed to notice that I forgot to crack the lid on the bucket. Suddenly, I heard a sound like someone sucking the last bit of coke out of their big gulp. I looked up to see that the blow off tube had sucked all of the vodka into the fermenting bucket, right into the beer! I guess it was better than dumping sanitizing solution in there. I ended up with supercharged beer! I don't remember noticing anything wrong with it after I opened the first bottle. I figured I would share this because it was funny to me, plus I learned from it.
