I brewed Friday, Saturday and Sunday and all was going well on Sunday untill while brewing my Kitchen-Sink IPA (I was getting rid of a bunch of left over hops) and things started going bad…
So I figure::: some place in this screwed up process I have contaminated my beer.
BUT I figure all is not lost because:
I figure it could come across a bit young but a lot of people like it that way…
We will see.
May all your brew days be less crazed than this.
- The (StarSan soaked) T-shirt that I use to cover up the kettle while it is cooling down fell in the wort. Of course after it had fallen on the ground.
- The HLT above the Kettle overflowed with water and dribble down the side in to my cooling wort. I am brewing outside.
- The pump got clogged up with hops and quit flowing.
- I grabbed my Auto Syphon and started to use that but since the tube is short it fell out of the fermenter on the muddy ground 5 times... I rinsed it each time with my StarsSan bucket near by and restarted.
- My draw tube open on the conical was open and wort dribble out on the ground
So I figure::: some place in this screwed up process I have contaminated my beer.
BUT I figure all is not lost because:
- The OG was 1.65 so I should have a good amount of Alcohol.
- I used 4.5 oz for bittering: A combination of Warrior (3/4), Centennial (2), Palisades (1), and Nugget (3/4)so it has plenty of IBUs (11 Gallons)
- My plan is to keg it in two weeks and take one keg to a party that week and then take the other keg to another party the 25th… In that amount of time I don’t expect any infection to take hold.
I figure it could come across a bit young but a lot of people like it that way…
We will see.
May all your brew days be less crazed than this.