Brew Fail (Actually Kegging Fail)

[brewnewb]

I thought I'd share a recent failure that was exposed yesterday. My neighors wives like a fruity beers. I made a cheap extract concoction over the summer with light DME, 1oz cascade, sugar , 05 yeast and added blueberry extract at keg time.

I brewed this again a few weeks ago and decided to split the batch into a couple of 2.5s. One blue and one blackberry. I added blueberry and filled keg one. I added blackberry to keg 2, and tilted my fermenter a little and started filling it.

I walked away for a minute and got distracted with something. BAD MOVE. I came back and my tubing was filled with trub and all clogged. I pulled it out hoping not much made it into the keg.

Well, I tapped it yesterday and the damn keg was clogged. I could not get it to push anything through the beer line. I tried cleaning the drip tube by blowing some co2 in it but it clogged right back up.

I dumped 2.5 gallons of what we call Blackberry CAB (Cheap Ass Beer) down the drain. It smelled like blackberry pie.

NOTE TO SELF - Pay attention when brewing, bottling or kegging!

[Pudge]

I walked away for a minute...

Ouch. Wife makes fun of me when I grab an empty glass, my phone, roll of paper towels, etc when I head towards the garage to do anything brewing related. I've been burned before.

[FedoraDave]

Yeah, in spite of the fact that there is definitely down time while brewing, when it all hits the fan, you better be ready.

At least it wasn't a premium recipe. CAB is, more or less, expendable.

[Kealia]

Sorry to hear about the loss. I think we all get comfortable and when we lose focus that ONE TIME we get bit in the ass.