I just dropped a measuring tape into my beer

[Chuginator]

I swear, the things I read on this forum!!

I've heard of putting a measure of this in and a measure of that, but not a tape measure.

Best wishes on the beer. Keep us posted!

Actually - you had a pretty good idea on re-boiling the wort. I wouldn't have thought of that!

 

[Ohio-Ed]

I'll give you three guesses why my Red Ale is now named "Rusty Wrench Red".

A 12" adjustable wrench fell into the MT. Of course my "issue" was pre-boil, but I'm betting your's turns out fine too.

 

[Bradinator]

Acetobacter is what makes vinegar
It takes oxygen, eats your alcohol and pisses vinegar out

I already don't like him. Why couldn't it be a symbiotic bacteria that improves beer by making more beer from air?

 

[Bradinator]

Well I checked the gravity again and it was still 1.003 so I racked it to bottles this morning. The beer itself looked healthy and the sample taste did not hint at infection. It is still very young, much younger then I would normally bottle (1 week old) so I am going to give it 4 weeks minimum aging before trying one.

I labelled the beer as well: "Good Measure Pale Ale".

 

[Bradinator]

I threw a couple of these in the fridge and had them last night. The beer turned out great. No infection, off flavours or anything. Beer is some pretty tough stuff!

 

[scarlessmeanie]

Hey, at least you didn't stick your hand into a kettle full of hot wort. =D

 

[HollisBrewCo]

I had a window fan try to kill itself by jumping into my boil kettle once. GFI kicked in instantly so no electrocution. IPA came out great and the fan still works !

 

[Bradinator]

I had a window fan try to kill itself by jumping into my boil kettle once. GFI kicked in instantly so no electrocution. IPA came out great and the fan still works !

Could you say that the beer turned out "Fan-tastic"?

Yuck. Yuck. Yuck.

 

[joelmole]

Could you say that the beer turned out "Fan-tastic"?

Yuck. Yuck. Yuck.

He was using a poorly modified malt, read that it needed more FAN, and took it literally.

 

[ajwillys]

Keep all your bottles cold if you can. If there is any infection in there (all non-sterilized beer has *some*), it will continue to pressurize the bottle as it continues to eat and might create bottle bombs if you're not careful. Keeping cold will drastically slow the process.

 

[Bradinator]

Its about 3 weeks in the bottles now and I haven't had a gusher yet so I believe I am safe. Considering how well this beer turned out I don't think its going to last more then a month.

 

[IffyG]

I vote that this thread becomes on of the things people get linked to when they wonder if they messed up their beer. Glad to hear things worked out for you, I thought for sure this one was going to be a goner.

 

[eltorrente]

Its about 3 weeks in the bottles now and I haven't had a gusher yet so I believe I am safe. Considering how well this beer turned out I don't think its going to last more then a month.

Cool - good to hear. I knew it'd probably be alright in the end.

Oh yeah, I would strongly suggest that you set at least 1 sixpack aside for a future session several months from now. This was a memorable brew, so make it last a bit longer if you can.

 

[Bradinator]

I vote that this thread becomes on of the things people get linked to when they wonder if they messed up their beer. Glad to hear things worked out for you, I thought for sure this one was going to be a goner.

You and me both buddy.

 

[lumpher]

1.003? not a normal fg for a regular yeast

 

[AmberAlert]

At least you know where your tape measure is around the house. For some reason kids think they're the coolest toy ever.

The worst thing I've dropped in a bucket is an old carboy stopper, which was unsanitized and old/cracky. It didn't do anything to primary, thank god, but the batch managed to get acetobacter in secondary. I ended up with a 2% abv because of it.

 

[Bradinator]

1.003? not a normal fg for a regular yeast

It's been a hot summer and I mashed way lower then I wanted (my thermometer was off). I has three beers come out sub 1.005 before it clicked and I went and calibrated it.

Beer is quite dry, but still good. To be perfectly honest I prefer dryer beers, even if they don't match the style I am brewing.

 

[rycov]

Anything that might have infected your beer will inch along very slowly. If it doesn't smell like feet, I'd say you're OK

haha. sweet.

also you can ask your buddys how this beer measures up to their favorite beer.