So its 2:30 in the morning and my brew day just ended. It was supposed to be done two and a half hours ago...
I was really excited for today. I had just finished upgrading my set up to use Death Brewer's stove top all grain method (with a few upgrades) and the plan was to take on the Pink Elephant DT clone. :rockin:
![472584_542616725631_106001242_30625151_1671065523_o.jpg 472584_542616725631_106001242_30625151_1671065523_o.jpg](https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/data/attachments/52/52538-49389e8dd993019b06f86d9fa0c3f884.jpg)
So I got everything set up and started my mash. Too bad i decided to forget how to read...Mash at 125 for 10 minutes then heat to 144 for 45 minutes read as mash at 125 for 45 minutes then heat to 144. So I mashed in, set the timer for 45 and walked away. Rereading my schedule 40 minutes in I realize my mistake. That was 45 minutes lost and I was a bit annoyed.
With the mash over it was time to pull the bag and let it drain. While holding 12 lbs of grain soaked in water over the pot (arms getting tired), the bag begins to rip...I do not have an extra. So on to a combination of a colander and a few pots and pans to collect the sweet liquid. More time lost and i still have to sparge. So I stiched up the bag quickly and sparged drained and started my boil.
Since the set up is new I never figured out my boil off and had too much water in the pot. My 90 minute boil turned into 120. Not to mention that I totally forgot to the the candi sugar and didnt have enough cane sugar for the recipe. I tossed in what I had and will have to toss some more into the carboy later on. Now its late and im a bit pissed off
but i cooled, transferred to the carboy, aerated and pitched the yeast. All that is left now is the clean up.
In my tired mind dumping the hops into the garbage disposal seemed like an easy and convenient way to get rid of them...I was very wrong
The hops won that battle and I spent 30 minutes scooping them out and plunging to get any water to drain.
With all the mistakes and mishaps I can at least say that I hit my target OG (adjusted for the lack of sugar) and everything seemed to turn out just fine in the end
So now its almost 3 am and I will finally be going to bed. I needed to vent a bit and hope you enjoyed my reading about my pain. ![Mug :mug: :mug:](https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/smilies/sdrinking-100-154.gif)
I was really excited for today. I had just finished upgrading my set up to use Death Brewer's stove top all grain method (with a few upgrades) and the plan was to take on the Pink Elephant DT clone. :rockin:
![472584_542616725631_106001242_30625151_1671065523_o.jpg 472584_542616725631_106001242_30625151_1671065523_o.jpg](https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/data/attachments/52/52538-49389e8dd993019b06f86d9fa0c3f884.jpg)
So I got everything set up and started my mash. Too bad i decided to forget how to read...Mash at 125 for 10 minutes then heat to 144 for 45 minutes read as mash at 125 for 45 minutes then heat to 144. So I mashed in, set the timer for 45 and walked away. Rereading my schedule 40 minutes in I realize my mistake. That was 45 minutes lost and I was a bit annoyed.
With the mash over it was time to pull the bag and let it drain. While holding 12 lbs of grain soaked in water over the pot (arms getting tired), the bag begins to rip...I do not have an extra. So on to a combination of a colander and a few pots and pans to collect the sweet liquid. More time lost and i still have to sparge. So I stiched up the bag quickly and sparged drained and started my boil.
Since the set up is new I never figured out my boil off and had too much water in the pot. My 90 minute boil turned into 120. Not to mention that I totally forgot to the the candi sugar and didnt have enough cane sugar for the recipe. I tossed in what I had and will have to toss some more into the carboy later on. Now its late and im a bit pissed off
In my tired mind dumping the hops into the garbage disposal seemed like an easy and convenient way to get rid of them...I was very wrong
With all the mistakes and mishaps I can at least say that I hit my target OG (adjusted for the lack of sugar) and everything seemed to turn out just fine in the end
![Mug :mug: :mug:](https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/smilies/sdrinking-100-154.gif)
![Mug :mug: :mug:](https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/smilies/sdrinking-100-154.gif)