Cue up Celine Dion…
“All by myself… Don’t wanna be… All by myself!” (Sorry. So sorry. I couldn’t help it.)
Oh yes, I brewed tonight, and this time it was without the resident brewmaster Kev (he’s busy buying xmas presents or something). I was in charge, suckas, and took no prisoners. Unsurprisingly, my first solo pitch was somewhat of a fiasco. (Well, not necessarily – if the brew turns out to be drinkable, I’ll label the evening a RAGING TOWERING SHOCKING AND WONDERFUL TRIUMPH. I wonder if I’m ever going to get over this “Oh god will I even be able to drink it?” fear…)
But there were challenges I didn’t expect, things I didn’t think about beforehand, thermometer troubles, and let’s not forget the spillage. On the other hand, I think I actually managed to take the hydrometer reading (or whatever it’s called), so there’s something, at least. IF I read the thing right, it was a 1.100 reading. But I have no idea if I actually managed to read the thingy right. I’m the girl who has thermometer troubles, remember?
I took a couple pictures and will post more stories tomorrow.
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I’m sure it will be fine. As long as you sanitized well, the beer will be ok. There might be less of it if you spilled a lot, and you might not know the alcohol percentage if the hydrometer reading was off, but no one cares.