Biggest extract brewing mistakes 2012..

[Fal]

In preparation for another year of brewing I thought I'd try and start a thread to share the biggest extract brewing mistakes of 2012 made so that I can learn off others

1. Buying amber malt because it was cheaper. I brewed 2 pale ale batches for a party using amber malt because it was slightly cheaper. To me it felt like I had 2 'drinkable' batches but definatly not the best i've done.

2. Pitching directly onto the trub of a previous brew. This was an experiment that went wrong, the krauzen popped the lid off the fermenter within a few hours of pitching. I did learn more about correct pitching rates but the batch was very dry tasting and the hop's flavour just didnt come through as mutch as i expected.

Anyone else willing to share their mistakes??

[Ciderhead]

Thinking my powerwasher was a great way to clean trub out of buckets

[rukkus]

Too much steam in the kitchen can and will get into an electrical socket, trip power in the room and need replacing :/

[Ciderhead]

Some people are so lazy....

it worked a treat, yeast monster running around the yard though

[Ciderhead]

Dodgy poppet on a keg wasn't replaced resulting in a complete rain of beer all over my kegorator and loss of nearly a full tank of gas

[Padraic]

Too much steam in the kitchen can and will get into an electrical socket, trip power in the room and need replacing :/

Steam melts the glue of laminated cabinets as well! (I've heard)

[Partridge9]

Rinsing out your better bottle with boiling water ..

when it clearly says no liquid above 70c on the side.

It turns your better bottle from a 19l to a 500ml evian bottle 

[johnrm]

Running boiling water through a little bottler warps it.

[brian_c]

Don't forget to take the glass thermometers out of the bucket full of starsan before emptying it down the drain.

[LordEoin]

You cannot boil hops in your kitchen kettle, no matter how drunk you are or how good an idea it seems at the time...

[rukkus]

Super heating can happen if boiling a starter in a microwave. First time I've seen exploding wort.