Ants on my fermenters!

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vince805

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So I go check my 2 brews this morning in the closet and there ants on the lids and sides. Not a whole lot, maybe a dozen or so. do you guys think the ants could have gotten inside?
 
I seriously doubt it. Maybe you have wort running down the sides,& dried to something sticky that they smelled? I wondered if the mice coming in the house that my cat kills are smelling my brewing supplies on the shelf?
 
That happened to me once, with my apocalypse IPA. I cleaned some sticky wort of the carboy with warm starsan solution and sprayed home defense around the perimeter of the closet. No more ants.
 
Now I'm picturing a bunch of drunken, stubling ants all over the place.

beerloaf
 
Here's the drunk ants!

I sprayed some starsan on them and the instantly froze dead. Awesome stuff

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