Duckfoot
Well-Known Member
After getting my AHS Vanilla Porter and making sure all was well, I went ahead today and started up my batch....
Everything was awesome... No boilover for once and the new recirculating chiller pump worked like a champ...
All is well one might think....
That is until I started putting the batch into the carboy.... Noticed on the last bit that went through the strainer that there was a weird metallic sound... Stopped pouring immediately and noticed some small metal pellets in the batch... Turns out that my floating thermometer apparently was cracked at some point and finally let go in the boiling process...
Assuming this stuff is lead, I went ahead and dumped the batch to err on the side of safety...
I am not happy....
Lesson learned.... NO MORE FLOATING THERMOMETERS....
Just gives me an excuse to buy a few digital / bi-metal ones...
Hope everyone else is having a better day...
Everything was awesome... No boilover for once and the new recirculating chiller pump worked like a champ...
All is well one might think....
That is until I started putting the batch into the carboy.... Noticed on the last bit that went through the strainer that there was a weird metallic sound... Stopped pouring immediately and noticed some small metal pellets in the batch... Turns out that my floating thermometer apparently was cracked at some point and finally let go in the boiling process...
Assuming this stuff is lead, I went ahead and dumped the batch to err on the side of safety...
I am not happy....
Lesson learned.... NO MORE FLOATING THERMOMETERS....
Just gives me an excuse to buy a few digital / bi-metal ones...
Hope everyone else is having a better day...