So I did a search to see if there was an old thread on brewing incidents, and found only a single short old one, so I decided to start another.
I'm curious of anyone's stories of incidents, accidents, and general oops's during brewing, or wine making?
I have one, that was my brother in law, making wine - the first time he's made anything, wine or beer. While racking from one carboy to another, he for some reason thought the siphon hose was supposed to be taut, AND he also figured it was okay to leave this process unattended. (everyone reading this just did a collective "oh no") He's sitting in his living room, while racking and one of his kids comes up from the basement, and says, something's leaking downstairs daddy...he goes into the kitchen, and to his horror, he's been siphoning wine onto the kitchen floor, about 2/3 of a 5 gallon batch. It started leaking into the heating ventilation, which is why it started leaking in the basement.
That nearly ended his home brew hobby, but he kept going and learned a very valuable lesson!
I'm curious of anyone's stories of incidents, accidents, and general oops's during brewing, or wine making?
I have one, that was my brother in law, making wine - the first time he's made anything, wine or beer. While racking from one carboy to another, he for some reason thought the siphon hose was supposed to be taut, AND he also figured it was okay to leave this process unattended. (everyone reading this just did a collective "oh no") He's sitting in his living room, while racking and one of his kids comes up from the basement, and says, something's leaking downstairs daddy...he goes into the kitchen, and to his horror, he's been siphoning wine onto the kitchen floor, about 2/3 of a 5 gallon batch. It started leaking into the heating ventilation, which is why it started leaking in the basement.
That nearly ended his home brew hobby, but he kept going and learned a very valuable lesson!