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What is it with homebrewing? (OT)
By:Bill Jankowski
Date: 2/21/2001, 11:35 pm
In Response To: Re: Will the wife kill me for glassing in the hous (Ben Staley)

: My wife griped a lot about brewing beer in the house but never mentioned the
: epoxying.

: Have fun!
: Ben Staley

Ben,

We're in the same setup (lots of drafts in the basement), so epoxying hasn't been an issue (MAS). But the beer brewing was enough of an issue that I came home with the ingredients for a batch and my lovely wife met me at the door with a spanking new propane burner and told me to boil outside. I was secretly thrilled.

I suppose I deserved grief about brewing. When I was still fermenting in the coat closet, I decided to try to dry hop a batch. So I threw in some leaf hops, put in the stopper and the 3/8" blowoff tube, and let it go. I got a great karusen, huge cap, and those hop leaf floated up to the top. Hop flower leafs are somewhat wider than 3/8" (at least the variety I was using), and plugged up the blowoff tube. The yeast kept going, the pressure built up until BANG! the stopper blew up and foam spewed 6 feet up the wall and all over our coats. That batch finished the secondary fermentation in the basement.

Messages In This Thread

Will the wife kill me for glassing in the house?
Scott Hicks -- 2/21/2001, 1:32 pm
the question is " Will the resin fumes kill me"
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/22/2001, 4:22 am
The dangers of epoxy.
John Monfoe -- 2/24/2001, 5:47 am
Re: another question might be...
Don Beale -- 2/22/2001, 2:14 pm
Re: another question might be...
Dale Frolander -- 2/23/2001, 2:12 pm
Re: another question might be...
Rob Macks -- 2/24/2001, 10:17 am
Re: another question might be...
don -- 2/25/2001, 11:07 am
Re: Fans
Don Beale -- 2/23/2001, 4:19 pm
Re:In fact...
Don Beale -- 2/24/2001, 12:38 am
Re: Will the wife kill me for glassing in the hous
Dale Frolander -- 2/21/2001, 9:38 pm
No, you will
mike allen ---> -- 2/22/2001, 1:33 pm
Problem solved
Dale Frolander -- 2/23/2001, 1:56 pm
Problem solved. Issue solved
mike allen ---> -- 2/23/2001, 2:53 pm
Roses & Victoria's Secret strategy
Marcelo -- 2/21/2001, 3:22 pm
Re: Will the wife kill me for glassing in the hous
Rick -- 2/21/2001, 2:20 pm
Re: Will the wife kill me for glassing in the hous
Liz Leedham -- 2/21/2001, 2:41 pm
Re: Another use for cats
Geo. Cushing -- 2/23/2001, 9:16 am
Re: Will the wife kill me for glassing in the hous
Angela Watson -- 2/22/2001, 1:06 pm
Re: Will the wife kill me for glassing in the hous
David Barrett -- 2/22/2001, 12:59 am
Re: Bye the Way............
Rehd -- 2/22/2001, 2:04 am
Re: Yeh... He's Cool !!
Rehd -- 2/22/2001, 1:54 am
Re: Will the wife kill me for glassing in the hous
Ross Leidy -- 2/21/2001, 1:52 pm
Re: Will the wife kill me for BUILDING 5 BOATS!!
Ben Staley -- 2/21/2001, 1:59 pm
Re: Will the wife kill me for BUILDING 5 BOATS!!
Ross Leidy -- 2/21/2001, 2:06 pm
Hey Ross~ Hows that headboard coming? *NM*
Larry C. -- 2/21/2001, 7:39 pm
Re: Somehow the OI was started first :) *NM*
Ross Leidy -- 2/22/2001, 9:25 am
Re: Will the wife kill me for glassing in the hous
Ben Staley -- 2/21/2001, 1:45 pm
What is it with homebrewing? (OT)
Bill Jankowski -- 2/21/2001, 11:35 pm
Re: mmmmmm beer (OT)
Ben Staley -- 2/22/2001, 11:33 am
Re: What is it with homebrewing? (OT)
Elliott Wagner -- 2/22/2001, 8:07 am
Re: What is it with homebrewing? (OT)
Ben Staley -- 2/22/2001, 11:50 am
Re: What is it with homebrewing? (OT)
Elliott Wagner -- 2/22/2001, 12:24 pm