Let's talk outright frickin tragedies

[whitehause]

And here it is....... crappy situation:rockin:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/crappy-situation-334587/

 

[Toadsticker]

Home brewers who've shattered glass carboys full of thick rich stouts on a carpeted floor have obviously abandoned hope and with tales never told are no longer contributing to this forum.

It's called "16 years away from the hobby". Lol.
And I STILL won't use glass.

 

[Teromous]

simcoe SMaSH?

I laughed

 

[Zamial]

I dumped a 30 gallon batch of infected brew over a year ago. I did however put 5 gallons in a bucket w/ an airlock on it... The airlock kept drying out so I put a plastic bag over it...

It has sat like that for a long time. I am pretty sure it is vinegar but one day, it will be fun to yank the top back and see WTF I created...

 

[rgarry]

Wife accidentally hit a tap open with a laundry basket as she was leaving the room and didn't notice. Got home to 5 gallons of freshly kegged cider all over the laundry room. I almost cried.

I think I would have cried

 

[D5000]

I had a pound of hop pellets scattered on my living room floor.
While weighing them out things went awry.
The 'carpet fuzz ipa' turned out just fine.
I have been mostly fortunate, knock on wood,
Considering all the things that can go wrong.

 

[LyonsViper27]

This.
I (almost) never drink when brewing. If I do, it's one low ABV beer. I usually brew in the early a.m. (sometimes through lunch) -- which doesn't stop me from having one, but it doesn't push me to it.

I am usally sober when i heat the strike water. have a few while I mash, hammer a few more during the boil. Usally by the time im done chilling and carrying a 5.5 gallon pale of beer up 26 steps, Im completey gone

 

[malweth]

Here's a new one from tonight...
it's just a minor tragedy, perhaps.

I just built a new mill (corona) and got a 5 gallon water jug to use as a hopper. Tonight I'm milling 8 lb of grain and trying to adjust my crush for the first time. I think I got it down, but needed to recrush to get the ~2% uncrushed grains. I had the genius idea to dump my lower bucket into the, not entirely stable, 5 gallon water jug. Somehow this ended up with at least 6 lb of grain on the garage floor.

Luckily I had the foresight to clean the garage yesterday. I only lost 1/2 lb. I have not yet recrushed and may dough in with some few uncrushed grain. Hopefully the garage floor flavor won't come through.

 

[JoeyChopps]

You will be fine I've dropped grain all over and just swept it up ( yeah with a broom and dust pan) and everything has turned out ok

 

[StoutMeister]

got a text message one night with a video attached from SWMBO

was the aftermath from my 18 1L bail top bottles that went kaboom!

was a 3 month old belgian golden strong ale