Great White Whale of a Stout

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We picked up the stuff to brew a dry stout yesterday from the Hop Shop in Grey. One can of hopped dark malt syrup and 3 pounds of dry malt for a richer brew. We started the brewing process last night after Honora was put to bed. Things went fairly well initially. Sanitized all the buckets and equipment, no boilovers, generally a good time. We filled the brew bucket with the water and wort and took the hydrometer reading to find out how much alcohol might be at the end of the process then walked the 95 bucket into the basement. Once in the basement I noticed the seal around the spigot was leaking. Some one tightened it a bit too much. Someone who thinks you can muscle everything just a little better. I couldn't reach my hand into the bucket to fix things so we had to move everything over to the glass carboy. In the process of moving everything to the carboy the hose we were using detached and began to spill future beer everywhere. We cinched off the flow of beer and began to clean up while we waited for the yeast to reconstitute. After cleaning up we poured the yeast into the carboy, gave it all a mix, popped on the air lock and went to bed. This morning I went downstairs to check on everything and the airlock was full of foam and more was pouring out of the top making a giant mess all over the counter. I did neglect to take a picture and I can't find one online but it basically looked like someone was making foamy bread on top of the carboy. If it happens again I'll make sure to get one. We had to remove the airlock and rig up a bubble over bucket. Now it is fermenting away bubbling and happy... This better be an awesome stout because it has been a pain so far.

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