266: If the brew day has gone wicked smoothly and you are near the end…
You forgot something!
This time it was the Irish moss. Again. Last time I brewed this recipe I also forgot!
Maybe this beer is telling you it WANTS to be cloudy. 
Try using a checklist and a mise en place (that is, set out everything you need in a specific order). I use a Brewsmith brew sheet printout and I place my ingredients out in small Pyrex cups in the order in which they will be used.
Oh believe me I do that also. I start prepping about 6 days in advance usually. Something about little munchkins running around gets me slightly distracted… No, I can’t blame them either. The truth is, even if I were 100% prepped and on the ball I would get distracted at some point! :
;D
I took this idea one step further. Using those $2.00 kitchen timers, I set a timer for every kettle edition. Best $10.00 I ever spent. ;D
I use the timer on the microwave, but same concept. I use it for the mash, then for the boil. (Just in case I accidentally hit the wrong button and cancel the timer, I write the start time on the brewsheet.)
I have a mental block against irish moss. Its been 40 gallons since I have remembered. I guess Somewhere along “Good last hops are in…oh man I gotta sanitize the chiller” I forget
I put my whirfloc right in with my last hop addition when I am weighing them out.
If you have to forget something irish moss is the least of your problems…
I forget Irish moss all the time.
I also forget the moss a lot. A couple times I’ve actually forgotten the 0 minute hops, and those were supposed to be hoppy red ales, too! There’s so much to remember at the end of the boil, it’s easy to leave stuff out. I really do need to start doing the mise in place thing…that would really help.
See, now that is what I try and do. It should have happened too as I had hop additions at 15 and 10 minutes either would have been fine. It does not work when you have a beer with no finishing hops though… 
I even measured the hops out 2 days in advance!
Microwave timer. Whirlfloc tabs in the 15 min hop addition.
Random law of the brewday #267: You will inadvertently leave some tap or valve open at a critical point in the process.
Especially if it will pour hot wort/water into your sock/boot
…or your crotch. (First runnings…down my leg)
You “win” for that one.
I’m not even gonna ask what your crotch was doing near the draining wort…
Check, I have done #267 the scalded foot. Only it was hot water on my very first all grain while dumping in strike water. A brown ale that ended up infected…
Sadly I was wearing sandals? or crocs? maybe chuck taylors? or some other such improper footwear! YeeOUCH! That was a blister!