shafferpilot
Well-Known Member
So I decide that this evening would be a great time to break in my newly rebuilt mash tun. It's gonna be a wheat beer I've been formulating for a couple weeks now. I decide to take Jamil's advice on adjuncts and put a pot of water on to boil. The idea is to boil the water, shut off the burner and dump in the wheat, oats, etc. I put a lid on it and go crush grains and measure hops. An hour later, I put some cold water in the tun with the grains and dump the cream of wheat oatmeal in which get's me to right around a 120F protien rest......
Well, the water boiled, and I dumped in the stuff..... and the lights go out. NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO! They flicker a little and go out again. Oh, crap, the problem is local and they are gonna be a while fixing it. But what can I do? When the process is started, there's basically no way to bring it to a hault. So I run around the house collecting flashlights and candles. I tape a candle to my baseball hat and press on. Burned the $hit out of my hand with the liquid lava that is oatmeal. Then I realize that I'm gonna have to hand crush 6 pounds of grain Well at least this is the wheat beer or I'd have to crush twice that amount. Then the second I finish crushing, my arm about to fall off, the lights pop back on. All, well, at least I'm not brewing in the dark anymore
Anyone got a good name for the brew that's trying to kill me?
Well, the water boiled, and I dumped in the stuff..... and the lights go out. NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO! They flicker a little and go out again. Oh, crap, the problem is local and they are gonna be a while fixing it. But what can I do? When the process is started, there's basically no way to bring it to a hault. So I run around the house collecting flashlights and candles. I tape a candle to my baseball hat and press on. Burned the $hit out of my hand with the liquid lava that is oatmeal. Then I realize that I'm gonna have to hand crush 6 pounds of grain Well at least this is the wheat beer or I'd have to crush twice that amount. Then the second I finish crushing, my arm about to fall off, the lights pop back on. All, well, at least I'm not brewing in the dark anymore
Anyone got a good name for the brew that's trying to kill me?