My first one down the drain...

[BADCL0WN]

I lost one yesterday. One of the AHB $20 kits. The IPA. One minute it was there, the next minute I was pouring it down the gutter.

Just as I was finished chilling, I picked up my floating thermometer, and one slip of the hand...smack. I dropped it back into the pot and it broke.

I stood there for a second. In shock. Wondering wtf just happened. I stared into the pot for a good two minutes. Then I picked it up, walked it outside and dumped it in the sewer. I am still in shock a little. Sigh.

This was my first dump. Many batches. Some good, some bad, some great even. But a dumper just plain sucks.

Someone let me know how the IPA turns out. On second thought, maybe not.

Sigh.

 

[o4_srt]

I probably would have continued with the brew, then filtered out the glass, but a little late for that now, huh?

 

[Dome555]

I'm a little confused. It was a floating thermometer that broke when dropped into liquid? Or, you dropped it into an empty pot and then dumped the beer because this was a sign of bad moojoo? Either way sorry for your loss, a dumped batch is a bad day.

 

[Flywheel]

Sorry. Glass and beer is a mix I don't want to risk either. That's why I use:

http://www.midwestsupplies.com/dial-thermometer.html

 

[chitownbrewfly]

DUDE! The same thing happened to me, but the steel shot and everything settled at the bottom of the wort before I transferred it into the primary...Guess what...when I transferred to secondary: no shot....I am drinking that brew now and it is great...

 

[superbob404]

We have all been there & we are sorry for your loss...our prayers are with you & your recently departed brew....I feel like I should bring you a cassorole or something...

 

[tchuklobrau]

That is why i do not have a glass thermometer. and why my hydro readings do not take place near the brew. Sorry for your loss.

 

[rambler]

Im playing "Taps " for your loss right now. May I suggest a 21 ounce salute?

 

[BADCL0WN]

Thanks for all the well wishes.

For those asking, it was a glass floating thermometer dropped into the full pot of cooled wort after taking a final temp reading. Glass, shot, and the actual thermometer inside broke.

Pouting. Still.

 

[superjunior]

I like to play taps when this happens.


and a moment of silence..

 

[passedpawn]

Man, that sucks. But, the glass would have settled to the bottom... you could have racked off the top 3/4.

 

[rambler]

I just finished your 21 oz salute and feel like another.

 

[uncommonsense]

I feel ya bro. I dumped my first ipa. I was using cold packs to cool the wort and there was a hole in one of them. The gell inside fell into the wort. I wanted to cry. My prays are with you. But you can try again I did the next day.

Planing: Rare Old Mountain Dew (wheat and rye beer)
Primary: Dont Cry For Wheat Argentina (hefe with argentina cascade)
Secondary: ChaI.P.A
Drinking: Unnamed Ale