Well making a beer last night (a heinikein clone) i finnished it and picked it up and went to carry the brew into the spare room to chuck it in the fridge, bang i droped it and 21ltrs of precious brew all through the kitchen! Spent the next 2hours mopping it up and its still stiky so gota give it another shot tonight. am spewing aswell as the lid broke. Can i buy another lid from anywhere do you guys know??
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disaster!!!
disaster!!!
Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will.
My worst was when I had racked a Cascade Spicy Ghost into a cheapo Bunnings container. The seal wasn't brilliant so I ended up losing 15L of brew over the course of a week. Luckily we're on stumps and polished boards so it ended up just seeping into the soil under the house. Luckily it was mostly fermented so it wasn't horribly sticky.
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DarkFaerytale
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i use tape on all my tap threads, just make sure it's food safe, if i remember to i'll have a look at the one i use when i get home tonight and tell you what it's called, i just pinch it from workKEG wrote:that's making me rethink my adventures into cheapo bunnings containers... what do you guys thing about using plumbers tape on the tap threads? you can't get them remotely tight without them jumping out a notch.
-Phill
Happened 2 weeks ago, Fermenter in cupboard, pulled it forward by the tap to check gravity reading (ie sample 
) and the tap started to come out..........
Thought I had screwed back in properly, came back a day or so later and had lost 8 litres
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Was the quickest sterilising of fermenters and racking you have ever seen
......Ran upstairs and my neighbour was there "What's the prob" She asked......"Homebrew emergency" was the reply
Cheers
Boonie
) and the tap started to come out..........Thought I had screwed back in properly, came back a day or so later and had lost 8 litres
.Was the quickest sterilising of fermenters and racking you have ever seen
......Ran upstairs and my neighbour was there "What's the prob" She asked......"Homebrew emergency" was the reply Cheers
Boonie
A homebrew is like a fart, only the brewer thinks it's great.
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Give me a flying headbutt.......
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Re: disaster!!!
Gladwrap's cheap - and a glass carboy is an alternative (more expensive) solution, but you only drop a full one once!!Timmsy wrote:Well making a beer last night (a heinikein clone) i finnished it and picked it up and went to carry the brew into the spare room to chuck it in the fridge, bang i droped it and 21ltrs of precious brew all through the kitchen! Spent the next 2hours mopping it up and its still stiky so gota give it another shot tonight. am spewing aswell as the lid broke. Can i buy another lid from anywhere do you guys know??
Love to hear some of your guys disasters and stuff up. Here is the place to spill your beans
Cheers,
TL
Wasnt a happy camper last night i tell ya. Nearly cried seeing all the beer on the kitchen floor. Tell you what it wont happen again.
I think glad wrap it the go. I rung up for another lid and they want $20 for one or 30 for a whole new fermenter. So glad wrap is like 4 or 5 bux for a 100 meters hahahahaha
I think glad wrap it the go. I rung up for another lid and they want $20 for one or 30 for a whole new fermenter. So glad wrap is like 4 or 5 bux for a 100 meters hahahahaha
Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will.