About 6 years ago I had just started a job at a resort as the head of maintenance (before then my background was in construction and farming) and there was a HUGE pile of scrap metal that had built up over the years that I decided to scrap/salvage. Anyway, there were 4 full sized kegs I wanted...

sounds like a devils lettuce related incident(s)! :D I trip out if my airlock spits a drop of starsan in the fermentor.though.

I'd say so!

I had switched from an airlock to a blow-off tube once I saw things were getting squirrley. I just misjudged the yeast I suppose.

:eek::eek: I no longer feel sorry for myself! hope you have a big ass shop vac!

indeed!

So during this my last brew session I made a total rookie mistake: I forgot to leave the hops in the kettle. I figure "No big deal, I'll just use a blow-off tube." It was a big deal. After I came home from work the next day I saw my carboy happily bubbling away, so I went out side to play with...

Hi Everyone, Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is safety and I have been brewing wines for almost 20 years and beers for about 6. I really like all the tools available here although some of them are confusing and somewhat rigid in the parameters of use. I look foward to learning from...