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kinnasst
04-14-2007, 07:08 PM
I brewed my Nice, Boring Pale Ale (pronounced with irony) today. Everything went great. No problems getting exactly the ingredients I wanted. The malt smelled biscuity and nutty. The hops smelled spicy and citrusy. The beer was the best smelling beer (on the stove, anyways) that I've brewed. In fact, the house still smells good. This was shaping up to a wonderfully complex, fun-to-drink, nice, boring pale ale.

But, alas, the beer gods were not looking kindly upon me today. The freakin' thermometer broke. I don't know how, but the thermometer broke. In the wort! Thus, my afternoon's labor was contaminated with broken glass, little metal balls, and very likely other stuff that has no place in beer.

I've never had to dump a batch before. It actually hurt.

This sucks.

:mad:
dparsons
04-15-2007, 03:38 AM
They are testing your resiliance. Brew again and you will be rewarded!

:cool:
gestyr
04-15-2007, 06:58 AM
Exactly. It is a test. That batch you dumped was a sacrifice to ensure future rewards.
Otis_The_Drunk
04-15-2007, 07:17 AM
Your sacrifice was received, they have belched their appreciation.
Your next brew will be heavenly.
zoom6zoom
04-15-2007, 03:28 PM
That hurts. I've gotten rid of any breakable thermometers, now I use a digital one with a SS probe. Were actually pretty cheap at Harbor Freight.
larin1477
04-15-2007, 05:34 PM
I bring condolences on your loss...do not give up...resiliency is always rewarded!
P-Train
04-15-2007, 05:52 PM
Give up now.

All is lost.






















































































































































































































































































































































































Okay, don't give up. Worse things have happened to people.

Learn from mistakes and do it again.

We all have.
barleyburps
04-16-2007, 02:21 AM
. . . from whence it came. . .so it shall return. . .
barleyburps
04-16-2007, 02:24 AM
perhaps you should aquire a statuette of St. Arnou for your brewery. . .
kinnasst
04-18-2007, 06:24 PM
Thanks for the sympathy. I'm going to try again this weekend.
HogieWan
04-18-2007, 10:41 PM
Originally posted by barleyburps
perhaps you should aquire a statuette of St. Arnou for your brewery. . .

I need to get one of those seeing as my sig is his quote
deucedaily
04-19-2007, 03:47 PM
Originally posted by larin1477
I bring condolences on your loss...do not give up...resiliency is always rewarded!

Spoken like a true Sox fan. They actually won the series on my birthday in '04. Going to see them in b-more next week. It will be good, but it's no Fenway...
HarkJohnny
04-19-2007, 04:20 PM
been there. done that. dumped it. moved on. :D
dparsons
04-20-2007, 03:48 AM
Originally posted by HogieWan
I need to get one of those seeing as my sig is his quote

Is Arnould related to Stan?