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.
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.
Mike
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!
John
Yeah, the gods were against me that day.
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?…
John
Ya dude.