Yesterday I brewed up my California Common (Anchor Steam Clone). Great right up until the end. Hit 75% efficiency with my new Barley Crusher.
Second time using my new converted kegs. In the past I used a bazooka screen to filter the hops out at the end of the boil, but last batch (Belgian Pale Ale) I just drained the boil kettle through the dip tube and the hops created a filter and things were good. This time, the dip tube got clogged with hop junk and I ended up having to pour the wort through a mesh bag into the fermenter, spilling about a gallon in the process. Hopefully the rim was sanitized enough. Hopefully I sanitized my hands well enough when I was trying to dig the hops out of the valve.
Either I made a great beer that I'll never duplicate or I'll have a California Sour.
