Been trying to find a 3 day stretch with both a good forecast (I brew outside) and an open schedule to brew the gose recipe I've worked up. I'm not sure how quick it will sour but people seem to say 24 to 48 hours for the Omega Labs Lacto Blend that I'm using so I need that window before I start.
Anyway, had only today free so brewed a pale ale with Centennial, Chinook, and Citra. Hit all the right numbers which is amazing because I had nothing but problems all day.
Mash was almost done so put some water on the burner to heat for the mash out. Meanwhile, went back in the house to enter notes about the mash pH and temps and heard a giant woosh kind of sound. Looked out the window and my burner hose was engulfed in flames. I ran out and shut her down but the hose was completely melted. I have no idea what happened.
Decided to extend the mash to 90 minutes and headed for the hardware store. They didn't have any hose assemblies. Sucked it up and went to my LHBS and they had hose assemblies but not the one I needed. The only burners they had in stock were Blickman's, so now I'm the proud owner of an awesome burner but with a hole in my wallet.
Had a bunch of other problems (groundwater temps had risen a lot the last few weeks so issues with chilling that I didn't expect) and my brew day somehow stretched to 8 hours. Finally pitched Denny's 50 a couple of hours ago at 63 degrees.
The beer looks beautiful though and I hit very close to all my volumes, pH's, and within 1 point of estimated SG. (Added some more water midboil as the Blickman evaporation rate was slightly higher than my old burner. The Blickman is basically a blowtorch.) The Bru'n water spreadsheet nailed my pH within .07 which is barely outside the tolerance of my meter.
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Topic: What's Brewing this Weekend? (Read 423716 times)
