Last night, my Cerveza became ruined.
I foolishly thought I could bottle it from the carboy with a siphon and a bottling attachment (Author's not: BIG fucking mistake!). Long story short, after the tedious process of washing and sterilizing all the bottles and equipment, the siphon decided to play silly buggers and squirt beer every which way. Then the sediment at the bottom - which had seperated nicely, leaving clear Cerveza - became dislodged and turned the whole batch into a thick, pulpy sludge.
As if that weren't bad enough, I had noticed that a goddamn fly had flown into the carboy and landed atop the Cerveza sludge. There was nothing I could do to save it, so down the sink it all went. And with it, all the time, money and effort I've sunk into it.
It was a difficult, auspicious batch from the start, so it really doesn't surprise me that it would end up like this. I ended up having a really bad panic attack and I've been down in the dumps since. Clearly I have to make a point to never make the same mistakes again. That's the only thing I really can do.
In other news, the attachments for the Mash Tun (and the grain for the Porter) also arrived in the mail today. I might have to do a little filing to make everything fit, but as long as Bill can make a 25mm hole in the Chilly-Bin, it should be an easy task.
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