3 am
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 2:27 pm
Why is it always at 3am that things go wrong?
Last night I woke up to the sound of what I originally thought was my cat pissing in the kitchen (not something he has ever done before). I got up ready to be really pissed off when I noticed that the stout I kegged from the stalled fermentation was leaking (see this thread). I had put on a picnic tap to draw a sample two days earlier and foam was spraying out from the hose. When I went to vent some pressure, the hose popped off and sprayed down my kitchen in a gallon of beer or so. Obviously by racking I got the yeast active again, and spent a good hour cleaning in the wee hours because of it. If it wasn't for the expression on my girlfriends face when I came back to the bedroom dripping in beer I would be very upset right now.
Last night I woke up to the sound of what I originally thought was my cat pissing in the kitchen (not something he has ever done before). I got up ready to be really pissed off when I noticed that the stout I kegged from the stalled fermentation was leaking (see this thread). I had put on a picnic tap to draw a sample two days earlier and foam was spraying out from the hose. When I went to vent some pressure, the hose popped off and sprayed down my kitchen in a gallon of beer or so. Obviously by racking I got the yeast active again, and spent a good hour cleaning in the wee hours because of it. If it wasn't for the expression on my girlfriends face when I came back to the bedroom dripping in beer I would be very upset right now.