Brew Day Mishaps
This past weekend the original plan was to brew up our original porter combined with what was supposed to be an imperial version of the porter as well. It seems as the brewing gods had it in for us from the beginning:
- The propane tank ran out of propane when kicking off the first boil.
- Hooray, it was only the reserve tank that was empty.
- Nope, the actual tank ran out of propane shortly after.
- Hooray, we had a spare tank to get us through the two batches.
- CO2 tank runs out, requires a quick trip to the sporting goods store.
- Imperial Porter was supposed to have a gravity reading of 1.110, comes out with a reading of 1.070.
- Screw it, we’ll just add something to it later to make it a unique porter. We’ll just add some yeast…BANG
- Lid to our yeast storage container blows and spews yeastie goodness all over the walls and not into the carboys.
I don’t think we have had more things go wrong on a single day of brewing. However it wasn’t a total loss. We still have 18 gallons of porter fermenting waiting for experimenting. We also got to hang out with a really cool cat, Marcel. A lot of use bay area beer guys know this guy, and he is super knowledgeable about everything beer.
As Thomas Edison vaguely said…”I did not fail at making an imperial porter, I simply found a way not to make it.”
Posted on January 11th, 2010 by tsmith
4 Comments
Sorry to hear…but it is humorous to reflect on. I’m sure at some point in the future you guys will have a “remember when…” moment and recall the day much more fondly.
Cheers!
Sorry I missed it, would have been epic to see. How late did ya’ll run that night?
Oh my glory. So sorry for your loss. That sounds horrific.
Sorry to hear about the mishaps, but I’m sure the porters will turn out fine. Plus, I’m sure a lot of that came from me talking your ear off
. Thanks for the hospitality and letting me sample your beers. The IPA and Pumpkin were both very good. You guys have a good thing going, and I am looking forward to seeing your progress in the near future. I had a great time and am looking forward to the collaboration beer… speaking of which:
http://hopville.com/recipe/148233/other-smoked-beer-recipes/collaborative-smoke-2010-01-15-version
Let me know what you think. I think we should do this shortly after SF Beer Week.