New Brew and Project: Kitchen Faucet


Posted by Nate in Home Improvements, Homebrewing.
Saturday, January 28th, 2006 at 8:27 pm


So I’m launching into a new era of brewing: I’ve been doing all grain (i.e. "from scratch") brewing for almost a year now, and I’m about to order some kegs and a gas canister for the kegerator. I’ve also started ramping up production again after a big lull due to the move, dog, grad school, etc… Tonight was the first brew of the series, a delicious American Amber Ale with Wyeast 1056. It’s a smaller beer, coming in at 1.047 OG, but it’s perfect because when I brew the big (1.073) Rye IPA next weekend I’ll have all that good yeast to rack onto and the beer should ferment like a rockstar. I also made a yeast starter today for a Biere de Mars I’m brewing tomorrow – pretty big as well, hence the starter. That one I plan to ferment with Wyeast’s Ardennes yeast til it’s almost done and then rack onto their Roeselare Blend, hopefully to give it that crazy hint of sour and "something" that it should have. A decent brew day, all said.

… But in my standard procedure, I cool the wort with an immersion chiller – cold water running through a copper coil set into the hot wort. This means changing out the faucent adaptor on the kitchen sink, usually a pretty lightweight process. Tonight I decided, you know, while I’m in there, I might as well tighten this thing down a bit and stop the leak we’ve been getting through our water filter. I’ll just grab these pliers and give it a good tu… crap. It’s a stupid metal thread set over a stupid plastic nub, and I just broke the metal. So… Looks like I’ll be hitting the Home Depot tomorrow for a new faucet. Stupid everything.

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3 Responses to “New Brew and Project: Kitchen Faucet”

  1. Rick Says:

    Mmmmmm…. the beer sounds great! Although the vocabulary is foreign, but if I can post in spanish you can talk in beer terms. And sorry about the faucet. Last time that happened to me I think it was three trips to Ace or Home Despot before I had it done, so if you can do it in one trip I’m impressed!

  2. nator Says:

    Yeah, all the guides I’m reading seem to begin with: “Take on this project during store hours. Chances are more than 50/50 you will need something.”

    The Home Depot has a good selection of faucets, but there’s an Ace closer for emergency runs. They were my best friends when I was doing the lighting installation…

  3. Laurel Says:

    Sorry about the faucet, Nator… Think of it as a good thing – the perfect chance for home improvement! This may sound like a dumb question, but what does 1.047 OG mean???