Highs/Lows for the week...

[Brendon]

Ok - so this might seem a little weird and PC by my usual standards but in team meetings at work I encourage people to give a quick "barometer" check of their week to see how they are going. It helps people crystallize their thoughts into the essential things that are going on. So I thought I would try it here on the forum.
There are only 3 rules:
1. You must provide an answer when asked as you would in a team meeting at work - if you are lucky enough ;-) (volunteer out of turn - it's fine on a forum);
2. You may have as many highs for the week as you can reasonably think of but at least one is compulsory; and
3. You may have a maximum of only 1 low for the week.

So what are my items this week? Glad you asked....

Highs:
1. California Lager yeast (Wyeast 2112) - wow, just loving it and the fact that beers take so little time to condition up!
2. Quick disconnects for my gas on my corny kegging system - how did I live before hand. If people want to get you a cheap but valuable present for birthday/father's day/any other reason then get them to buy you a QD's for less than $35.
http://craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=964

Low:
1. Promising 15L of beer to a friend on Friday 30th May and knowing that you don't have a hope in hell as it's that good it won't last that long! ;-)

B

[Simon David kelly]

Highs
-Won the WnBC on Saturday.
-Got PH meter and Refractometer and GPS for birthday on Saturday.

Lows
- Cronic stomach ache from the meat fest of a Birthday BBQ.

[Reviled]

Congrats on the win Simon!!

[Rhyno]

High's

-Finding out I am booked into a motel just down the road from Hallertau this Sat, might have to go check out this place you guys keep talking about.

-Bottling my Dunkel.

 

Low's

-having a fg of 1.022 :(

[Dai]

"Low's -having a fg of 1.022"  That's not that low ;) 

[Rhyno]

I was aiming for 1.014, still trying to figure out why I didn't get down that far.

Guess I can tend to sulk abit when things don't totally go as planned lol :)

[Richard Jack]

had the same thing happen to my dunkel - finished out unexpectedly high at 1.02. Curse of the dunkels?

[Daniel Parker]

About three hours ago..

http://www.beerstore.co.nz/images/IMG00039-20110713-1645.jpg

 

A pallet of German beer bites the dust while unloading..

 

:-(

 

*Edit* Got to get some Humor out of this..

 

*Edit 2* in case it wasn't obvious, this is a low.

[Rhyno]

Thats horrible. To lose that amount of quality beer is a tragedy.

 

It could be worse though, your business could of been in Christchurch......................

[Daniel Parker]

True.. I'm not suggesting for a second that they are the same..

[Stu McKinlay]

oh dear... that is awful. and all that broken glass means licking it up is not really an option!

[Bambule]

This is what 20L of Pot Kettle Black Clone looks like on a brewery floor.  The keg popped its lid.... Oh fuck. 

 

The only positive is the house smells really, really nice at the moment!

[Chris Scott]

Gutted mate, sorry for your loss. I can empathise.