thood6
Well-Known Member
So I attempted to bottle some of my RIS and put the rest of it in a secondary today. I haven't had this bad of a day doing anything brew related in my 25+ batches.
Let's count the things that went wrong:
1. After starting the siphon I checked the FG and it came in at 1.033. So i thought crap this thing didn't finish. But thats not terrible for the style and I figured the yeast petered out at 10% abv.
2. So I made my priming solution for 2.5 gallons and set off. However I SUCK at siphoning and ended up spraying beer everywhere and I'm sure oxygenating the crap out of it.
3. So now that i have .5 gallon less than I planned on top of a priming solution that is set for 2.5 gallons.
4. Lastly that half gallon of beer had to go somewhere and that somewhere was all over swmbo's stuff. Lovely. SHe told me to hold off on bottling until she could help me in the next 7-8 days.
So lets review. I have a 70$ stout that I've invested 6 weeks in that has the possibility if not probability of being infected, oxygenated, and subject to bottle bombs. And on top of that I'm definitely going to be in the doghouse with swmbo.
Man as soon as I think I have my system down, the beer gods just want to humble me and let me know that I'm not hot sh*t after all.
Anybody else have stories to make me feel better?
Let's count the things that went wrong:
1. After starting the siphon I checked the FG and it came in at 1.033. So i thought crap this thing didn't finish. But thats not terrible for the style and I figured the yeast petered out at 10% abv.
2. So I made my priming solution for 2.5 gallons and set off. However I SUCK at siphoning and ended up spraying beer everywhere and I'm sure oxygenating the crap out of it.
3. So now that i have .5 gallon less than I planned on top of a priming solution that is set for 2.5 gallons.
4. Lastly that half gallon of beer had to go somewhere and that somewhere was all over swmbo's stuff. Lovely. SHe told me to hold off on bottling until she could help me in the next 7-8 days.
So lets review. I have a 70$ stout that I've invested 6 weeks in that has the possibility if not probability of being infected, oxygenated, and subject to bottle bombs. And on top of that I'm definitely going to be in the doghouse with swmbo.
Man as soon as I think I have my system down, the beer gods just want to humble me and let me know that I'm not hot sh*t after all.
Anybody else have stories to make me feel better?