Mistakes you've made while brewing....

[Oh Crap]

Don't be shy   
I was brewing yesterday, everything going spot on, temps, volumes, numbers etc.. You get the drill
Boil off a little low but grand...
Start chilling....still chilling, wtf is going on I'm still chilling, 40 mins later I coped that I had hooked up the water in side of plate chiller the same direction as beer in....wort in water out, wort out water in, Childs play but I'm not a child...duh

[Leann ull]

There was another thread here somewhere full of em.
Leaving valves open is a personal favourite

[Oh Crap]

Don't mention valves.....grrrr

[darren996]

Ever try chilling while recirculating back into your kettle and forgetting to turn off the element? ., FACT - It takes a long time.. Don't try it its not fun.

[nigel_c]

Did a brew a while back and everything went off without a hitch. Next day still no sign of activity.
Did the usual swirl and oxygenate. Nothing. Was getting worried till I noticed the yeast still on the stir plate doing it thing.
Turned out grand in the end.

[Leann ull]

Ah feck it did I tare that or not
Ah sure 15g lets go 20
Ah sure 42g lets go 50
Ah sure 82g lets go 100

[Ryan]

First brew i ever made

started at 9pm. (started work the following morning at 7)

[Beerbuddha]

Giving people samples of first brew  as I taught it was awesome , it wasn't awesome.

[Shanna]

How long have you got some of the more memorable ones along with some lessons learned.

First all grain brew was a Russian imperial porter. Started brewing @21:00 finished boil @01:30. My son hid the connector for the outdoor tap and after spending two hours looking for it only to give up on frustration. Ended up chilling in a bucket in the kitchen sink with my chiller. Birds were starting to sing @4:15 when I got everything finished. Found the tap connector six months later in my son's bedroom. Lesson learned keep redundant copies of key parts.

Had an element short out from burnt on scorched wort that accumulated from three consecutive 90 minute boils for Russian imperial porters.Element was tripping when doing a 90 minute boil in a scotch ale that imparted a really nice unreproducable smoky after taste to the beer Lesson learned clean elements properly using tooth brush after every brew. Disassemble & physically remove any charred/burned wort using the back of a knife.

Heating element secured with a plastic collar detached from boiler leaking 25 litres of just chilled wort on to garage floor. Thankfully no other issue than 5 hours of effort down the drain.Lesson learned double check the collars before each brew. Even this wasn't fool proof as it happened a second time do eventually I replaced them with stainless steel lick nuts.

On an early brew got interrupted @flame out and forgot to switch off & remove power leads to the heating elements. Spent 15 minutes scratching my head wondering why the temperature drop of the wort was especially slow. I checked water temp & water pressure only to eventually twig the elements were still plugged in & switched on. Lesson learned @flame out leads switched off & physically removed before enabling the pump for chilling.

Bought replacement element for a boiler (originally had 2 * 2.7kw) heating elements. Had a weird sensation boiler was only half working as I could not maintain a rolling boil like previously. When reading a forum thread RE stainless steel lock nuts I realised I had bought 1.5kw heating element. Lessons learned always pay attention to confirm specification & if something is cheaper than elsewhere it's probably because it's not the same quality or spec as the more expensive item.

Spent months using the dish washer for cleaning bottles.and ended up with more gushers than a park full of geysers. Despite being told to switch the method of sanitation I persisted with predictable bad results. Lesson learned when somebody with more experience constructively critiques what your doing & points out a flaw in your system/procedure listen to what they are telling you & follow their advice.

Shanna

[2401keith]

It all ahead ov me!!!😂😂😂😂

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[LASERBOY147]

About the dishwasher. I sometimes clean my bottles in it without a tablet and then bucket dunk them in starsan after . Is that OK?

[dcalnan]

It won't clean the inside of them very well, but once they're scrubbed before going in that's ok.

[Leann ull]

Avoid the dishwasher to clean or sanitise bottles

[mr hoppy]

Why?

[molc]

Dishwasher has a lot of leftover organic matter that it will spray into the bottles, which in turn will give the bacteria somewhere to breed post sanitise.