I'm a FU@3ING *****!

[jkhlt1210]

Sorry about the language but it's true! I had a simple brew to do and I ****** it.... Coopers pale ale can, 1kg LDME, 250g crystal 50 plus centennial, galaxy and Citra all 20g at 15mins. I steeped the crystal fine then boiled my hops and pitched my US05..... Without the ******* malt and pale ale can!!!!! ****!!!! So I hurriedly got a few litres of hot water to dissolve the can and malt and sloshed it into the fermenter. I threw in kit yeast too just for extra. ******* I feel stupid! I've got a BIAB schwarzbier tonight to brew up.... Second guessing myself now ******* *****

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

You have as long way to go until you have a proper brew day ****-up


You will know that day when it comes

 

[manticle]

Adding fermentables later is fine. Chill.

 

[jkhlt1210]

You have as long way to go until you have a proper brew day ****-up


You will know that day when it comes

You're too kind!! Do I go ahead with my BIAB tonight?? I don't want to screw up my third BIAB all grain brew!! I feel ridiculously stupid

 

[jkhlt1210]

Adding fermentables later is fine. Chill.

Seriously?? I hope it turns out. I only filled to 22 litres it will be about 25 or 26 now.

 

[manticle]

Don't feel stupid. It's a simple thing, easily fixed
Take a breath, have a beer, get everything ready and organised for the biab and either start tomorrow in a better frame of mind or tonight when you realise how small a stuff up it really was. Brewing is meant to be fun and just about any problem can be solved by staying calm and thinking. It's beer mate.

 

[Bribie G]

Those "doh" moments.

"Oh, you're an Aquarius too, that's great, Aquarians are natural sharers and we can have *** without having to have a deep and meaningful relationship"

Sorry, missed that, hey got to get into Bunnings for a 3 piece ball valve. Thanks for the lift home, see you at the Easter club convention. Cheers...

What was that she said? Can't remember.

 

[HardEight]

Wait till you have spent 5 hours brewing and then realise you have also added 1L of (PinkStainRemover) Phosphoric cleaner to your fermenter.

 

[jkhlt1210]

Don't feel stupid. It's a simple thing, easily fixed
Take a breath, have a beer, get everything ready and organised for the biab and either start tomorrow in a better frame of mind or tonight when you realise how small a stuff up it really was. Brewing is meant to be fun and just about any problem can be solved by staying calm and thinking. It's beer mate.

Cheers manticle I guess you're right. Hey at least I have 4 extra litres of beer!!!!! I will get my **** together tonight and set up for my BIAB! I'll crack open a little creatures bright ale and ponder my next move! Cheers everyone!

 

[jkhlt1210]

Wait till you have spent 5 hours brewing and then realise you have also added 1L of (PinkStainRemover) Phosphoric cleaner to your fermenter.

Jesus! What happened there?

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

You're too kind!! Do I go ahead with my BIAB tonight?? I don't want to screw up my third BIAB all grain brew!! I feel ridiculously stupid

I ****** up way more than three...

Dont let it worry you.

Beer is rather forgiving....just means it might be a little bit different...


Some off my best beers where from ****-ups

 

[Burt de Ernie]

Its not a **** up until the beer has been fermented, bottled/kegged, matured then tasted. Un

Only at this point if you have to ditch the beer(highly unlikely) its a **** up.

 

[fattox]

Today's AG **** up - my mill broke. I've literally had it a week and a half, I bought it off a fellow brewer here and had set the grind finer for re-milling some stuff I got at the local shop to a slightly finer grind for my BIAB system. Forgetting this, I started trying to run through a whole batch of uncracked grain. Mine is a corona style rigged for a drill/rattle gun. Lo and behold, rattle gun broke the screw which connects to the auger which means I need a new mill in the mean time until I can find a replacement auger bit! YAY.

 

[idzy]

Sorry about the language but it's true! I had a simple brew to do and I ****** it.... Coopers pale ale can, 1kg LDME, 250g crystal 50 plus centennial, galaxy and Citra all 20g at 15mins. I steeped the crystal fine then boiled my hops and pitched my US05..... Without the ******* malt and pale ale can!!!!! ****!!!! So I hurriedly got a few litres of hot water to dissolve the can and malt and sloshed it into the fermenter. I threw in kit yeast too just for extra. ******* I feel stupid! I've got a BIAB schwarzbier tonight to brew up.... Second guessing myself now ******* *****

A screw up would be not realising you forgot it until 2 weeks later. That to me sounds like some of the typical ebs and flows of brew day I will be the first to admit forgetting stuff...or adding too much.

2 weeks ago, I accidentally added an additional 20kg of Pale Malt...

 

[HardEight]

Jesus! What happened there?

I didn't realise it until after 2 weeks in the bottle... then on investigation found it was my first attempt at a double brew day on my new AG rig..
I started circulating cleaning solution through... then transferred the wort from the kettle to the fermenter... then resumed cleaning...
Not thinking about the L or so of cleaner in the lines... Too many beers... not enough experience...

Everyone makes mistakes... Just have a laugh and learn from them...

 

[danestead]

I forgot to add hops to the boil 1 day, for about 30mins. All of a sudden a 60min boil turned into a 90 haha

 

[jkhlt1210]

Thanks everyone! Nice to know I'm not alone!!! Just started the mash for my schwarzbier so hopefully I pick my game up. Definitely don't want to screw this up!!

 

[jkhlt1210]

There it is fingers crossed all goes smoothly!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

2 weeks ago, I accidentally added an additional 20kg of Pale Malt...

So I am not the only one to make that mistake.... h34r:

 

[jkhlt1210]

A screw up would be not realising you forgot it until 2 weeks later. That to me sounds like some of the typical ebs and flows of brew day I will be the first to admit forgetting stuff...or adding too much.

2 weeks ago, I accidentally added an additional 20kg of Pale Malt...

20kg???!!! Bloody hell!