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Brew Session Halted

The subtitle of this post should be – always take inventory of your brewing supplies (all of them) before you brew.

I got up early in the morning to get the kettle going.  At 20°F and the wind blowing gusts of 30MPH, it’s a bit challenging.

I got my yeast starter out and I started to gather my grains for mashing.  I found my caramel malt was nicely milled…

Unfortunately, the 10 pounds of 2 row were not.  Staring at the bag, I wondered if I had ordered milled 2 row malt or not.  I checked my order sheet and my online account and saw that I had made a mistake.

Defeated, I packed everything away and went back to bed.

So, what did we learn here?

1. Always check everything you ordered before you schedule your brew date.  I have done this in the past, but I was lazy this time around.

2. I need to buy a grain mill.

3. Make sure you have a good friend that brews as well to help you through issues like these.

Thankfully, Mike has a mill and I can grind up the malt at his house.  So embarrassed.

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5 Comments

  1. Cory

    Similar story, I ended up making an apfelwine with nottingham last weekend because I forgot that I was out of wine yeast. Now I need to remember to get another pack of nottingham before I start my chocolate porter.

  2. When I got up that morning I thought. “wow its super windy out there today”. I wondered when you planned to brew the Cali Common, but I figured certainly it wouldn’t be that morning!

  3. Yeah, the gods were against me that day.

  4. Jorge - Brew Beer And Drink It

    I was bringing my wort to a boil and decided to measure my hops to make sure I had 1/2 oz, and it turned out I only had 1/4 oz!

    Good thing is I was planning on adding the .5 oz at 45 min, so instead I boiled them for a full 60… beer turned out great, but damn does it suck when things don’t go as planned when you brew?…

  5. Ya dude.

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