skb
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I just had a serious beer making f**kup I had to share as I am not brave enough to go upstairs yet…
It all started a week and a bit ago when I had a few friends over and we had a brewing day, more heavily based on drinking than brewing as SWMBO was away with the kids for 4 days ! We made a batch of beer and well got the water a bit short and for a few reasons I need it fermented a little quicker. So 2 days ago (day 8 of ferment) I moved the 60L fermenter inside the lounge room onto the good furniture etc. The wife actually agreed as we want the beer to move along as it was for a friends party. I had my friend help me lift it up onto the furniture so when done I could also just empty into kegs, and cold crash there.
I need to adjust the volume up 5Ltrs as to accommodate the error on the brew day, and the OG also showed that I could do this and hit the right target. Given still activity on the airlock I thought great time and minimized the infection, so I boiled water for 25 min (overkill) and sterilised everything and let it cool during the day.
So tonight I went to do the task and the lid was hard to get off, so what I normally do when the fermenter is empty I put my leg against the tap and twist the top …. Simple yes …. Hell no, I broke the tap off the fermenter and the beer started to rush out and I had to jam my finger in the hole to stop it, just as the wife walks into the room !!! OMG the mess and even worse I had to use her (while very angry) to help me tip the fermenter on the side enough to replace the tap……… OMG … So in one hour I got myself in the shit, probably ruined a beer with infection and have got myself a big cleanup job !
It all started a week and a bit ago when I had a few friends over and we had a brewing day, more heavily based on drinking than brewing as SWMBO was away with the kids for 4 days ! We made a batch of beer and well got the water a bit short and for a few reasons I need it fermented a little quicker. So 2 days ago (day 8 of ferment) I moved the 60L fermenter inside the lounge room onto the good furniture etc. The wife actually agreed as we want the beer to move along as it was for a friends party. I had my friend help me lift it up onto the furniture so when done I could also just empty into kegs, and cold crash there.
I need to adjust the volume up 5Ltrs as to accommodate the error on the brew day, and the OG also showed that I could do this and hit the right target. Given still activity on the airlock I thought great time and minimized the infection, so I boiled water for 25 min (overkill) and sterilised everything and let it cool during the day.
So tonight I went to do the task and the lid was hard to get off, so what I normally do when the fermenter is empty I put my leg against the tap and twist the top …. Simple yes …. Hell no, I broke the tap off the fermenter and the beer started to rush out and I had to jam my finger in the hole to stop it, just as the wife walks into the room !!! OMG the mess and even worse I had to use her (while very angry) to help me tip the fermenter on the side enough to replace the tap……… OMG … So in one hour I got myself in the shit, probably ruined a beer with infection and have got myself a big cleanup job !
