Brewday Disaster

Yesterdays brew, the Red Ale started out normal. However while the wort was boiling I took the opportunity to take my spare carboy filled with starsan (sanitiser) and sanitise my keg. Unfortunately my fingers slipped and it fell to the tiles smashing. It spread sanitiser all over the place as well as huge chunks of glass and even worse, small ones. Also it tore two of my fingers open.

Finishing brewday with the loss (of the use) of two fingers on my right hand (right handed) was a challenge. Also since I had lost my ready prepped fermenter I had to wait until I transferred the smoked mild to the keg, clean the carboy out and then transfer it. To make matters worse, my hop strainer clogged and I had to slosh the beer around with a paddle for 30 minutes to transfer the beer. The beer was sitting there for a long time before I got the chance to add the yeast. Also the yeast rehydration process was put on hold after the accident so I pitched it dry from the packet meaning even longer with no yeast activity.

I just hope that even after all this, that the beer turns out ok.

On the other hand, the smoked mild I kegged did not reach its intended gravity. It does however have a strong smoky flavour and I think I like it so should turn out pretty well when conditioned.