old topic ressurection - How Careless have you been?

[Growler & 1/2 Pint]

Hey all,

Thought I'd ressurect this topic mainly cos its always amusing and reassuring to see that other people have had mid brewing homebrew disasters apart from onesself.

Brewed a cream ale last night and was filing the fermenter from the faucet when the cap at the end of the faucet fell off depositing the cap and the washers that go with it in to my beer. Whats worse was that I didn't realise until I was about to pitch the yeast

it gets better.......

Just finished brewing an IPA today on my day off and when I was aerating my wort by stiring vigourously my watch fell off my arm into my fermenter. Now I don't care about the watch so much, but the beer! ... and the time and patience that went into brewing that beer! Oh the humanity of it all.

Time for a homebrew. I figure if Grandad used to brew in the back shed using a teatowel as a airlock I might be safe

[Chris]

At least when you're watch fell off, it meant that you didn't have to worry about pitching yeast- you already had.

You now may have an ITA- India Tinea Ale...

[OldBugman]

my watch fell off my arm into my fermenter. Now I don't care about the watch so much, but the beer! ... and the time and patience that went into brewing that beer!

hehe Time.

BOOM TISH

[Growler & 1/2 Pint]

I'm gonna call it "Old Sweating Watch Band" an IPA with a delicate hint of cracked leather

[Boonie]

I'm gonna call it "Old Sweating Watch Band" an IPA with a delicate hint of cracked leather

How about "Tick Tock Bock"? It rhymes, so that'll do.

Besides leaving the tap on a few times, I always manage to push the bloody grommet around the airlock into the beer


Worst accident, standing on an unsteady Milk Crate (Sober), falling off the crate and damaging shoulder.

Funny for some one else watching. I actually landed on my feet but my reaction of moving (my already bung) shoulder that fast to save myself, tore something in the shoulder.

[Smegger]

One thing I'm prone to do (have done it on my last two brews), is test the water temperature with my fingers whilst filling the barrel. Yes, at times I am that foolish

No poor results so far though!

[gregb]

Went to pick a hop bag out of the boil with my bare fingers. I was probably half an inch or so away when I realised that it was a really bad idea.

Some times God looks after idiots.

Cheers,
Greg

[Tipsy]

Some times God looks after idiots.
Greg

Thats coz only idiots believe in God

Sorry to all the God fearing people out there

[Iron-Haggis]

One time I started filling up my fermenter and didn't have the tap screwed on properly. And it took me a little while to realise meanwhile a fair bit of the wort had leaked out over the kitchen bench and floor.

[SpillsMostOfIt]

That's what you get for brewing in the kitchen!

All brewers should only ever brew in a properly-designed and provisioned brewing facility. To do otherwise is simply courting disaster.

Gosh, I hope my wife is reading this...

[Iron-Haggis]

It may work better if it was someone else saying everyone should have a properly designed and provisioned brewing facility.

[Growler & 1/2 Pint]

Brewing Facility? Ha, I laugh at your brewing facility!

I brew on an electric stove in the kitchen, front closet has two secondary carboys in it, bathroom cupboard has two primary fermenters in it. The clothes closet has a stack of bottles conditioning. we have 4 fridges total- two are kegerators, one for bottles and one for food (an afterthought really), four kegs + brewing equipment, empty bottles etc...

ALL IN A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT! Shared by myself, my wife and our dog.

We're looking to add a fifth fridge for controlled lagering/fermenting.

[SpillsMostOfIt]

Puts a different slant on it...

I thought I was toeing the line when I have three fermenters going at once - one primary in the wine cooler in my study, two secondaries in a bathroom (no external walls) and the bottles in my 'beer cellar' under the stairs!

My kit lives in a wardrobe in a spare room and I brew out in the courtyard.

Now, what I'd like is...

[Growler & 1/2 Pint]

It helps to have a better half who's into homebrewing, otherwise I reckon I would have been in the doghouse long ago.

[Boonie]

That's what you get for brewing in the kitchen!

All brewers should only ever brew in a properly-designed and provisioned brewing facility. To do otherwise is simply courting disaster.

Gosh, I hope my wife is reading this...

I have a set-up downstairs, under my house. It is 2 metres high, so it is perfect.

I have a sink which has a small bench area to cap on..

I then have 4 cupboards which hold over 600 bottles of longies with crates of stubbies sitting on top of the said cupboards. They are around the sink and a couple of steps away from where I brew.

I also have a large shelf above the sink where the fermenters sit. It can fit 5 up there, but I only have 4.

I think that everyone should have a set-up which suits them.

If you have the room go for it, if not marry some-one who loves HB like Growler & 1/2 Pint.

Cheers

Boonie

[Boonie]

Pulled this one back up due to my errors, see misfortune, last night.

First I made "Belgian Specialty Sugar" with Raw Sugar, it had an interesting smell to it , anyhow, once I had this done I threw it straight into a pot of water with .5kg LDM that had been heated. No worries there at all. I normally let the Belgian Sugar cool(Freeze it), but I am impatient this particular night.

All was going well and I thought I'd just run to the fridge and grab some Goldings hops. In the 15 seconds it took me to walk 3 Metres pull out the hops and turn around, it boiled over and there was lovely toffee all over the stove. No wonder my wife thinks I should brew on the sideburner of the BBQ.

It doesn't stop there. This was to be a cupboard cleaner beer as I had purchased some stuff on ebay and I thought I'd throw the CSR Brewing sugar in as well. Grabbed the top corner and shook it, whilst walking towards the kitchen, to settle the sugar to the bottom. Riiiiiiip, the mix went everywhere.

I swore at God and asked him why he was teasing me

I will post the recipe that I made on the recipe section and you can laugh. I threw in heaps of stuff after this as I has the shites

Cheers

Boonie

[mikey]

One time I started filling up my fermenter and didn't have the tap screwed on properly. And it took me a little while to realise meanwhile a fair bit of the wort had leaked out over the kitchen bench and floor.

Done that two or three times. It's a doig to clean up especially in the kitchen - my brewing room - with the missus standing guard.)