Broke my first carboy ... and then things got even worse

Well, it was probably bound to happen eventually, and today I broke my first carboy while cleaning it; but I guess that's not bad for over 10 years brewing and probably a hundred plus batches. I banged it against another carboy, so I'm lucky I didn't break both of them.

Anyway, I was still sulking about that when I had a second mishap. I had poured half of my kettle through a strainer into a bucket to catch the hops before transfer via funnel into a carboy. I lifted the bucket, noticed that the funnel was still in the sanitizing bucket, set the bucket of wort on the side of the bathtub while I reached for the funnel, and I'm sure you can guess what happened next. Well, there went half a batch down the drain, plus a little mess to clean up from some that spashed out onto the floor. But at least it fell into the bathtub and not onto the floor.

Bill Velek

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Bill Velek
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Bad deal on the carboy. I know I've clanked a couple carboys together a few times, but have been lucky so far.

You should have quickly put the plug in the bathtub. Then you could have solved the age old argument of which is better for fermentation - plastic, glass, or....porcelain. :)

Steve

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Steve Jones

Ha! Bathtub beer. That's old, old, incredibly old school..

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Dan Logcher

Bill Velek wrote in news:4e47f$47202c4e$d860153a $ snipped-for-privacy@ALLTEL.NET:

So far. But I think I'd keep a close eye on that second carboy for hairline cracks. If feel your pain.

I have nightmares exactly like that. I'm always in a panic as to how I'm going to get the soap scum out of my beer.

Bart

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Bart Goddard

+1 for the Futurama reference.
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Randal

That's what I was thinking too.

Mark R

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Mark R

You brew in plastic, drink from the glass and then, and only then, fill the porcelain :)

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Andy Davison

WOOOOOO!!!!! wooOOoo .... wooo.

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Dan Logcher

In Sydney, Australia, a pub down the Rocks area brews 'boutique' beers. The pub is one of the oldest in Australia and dates back to shanghai'ing sailors 1790's etc.

The pub is called the "First and Last" and brews using the original or "open" brewing method. Everything into a large vat - i dunno if it was porcelain or whatever. I tried a couple of the beers

- tasted a bit rough to me. Then went back to the standard tooheys or

4x.

Ian C P.S. Old brewers saying "There is no such thing as a bad beer. It's just some are better than others."

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Ian Cowan

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