Wasp in my wort

I found a wasp in my cooling wort when it was around 85 degrees. I scooped him out with a sanitized spoon as soon as I noticed. Am I screwed? Will it get infected?

You should be ok...don't freak out! Put the wort into the fermentor once it's gets to temp and pitch yeast as normal!

Wasp Ale mmmmmmm

Thanks for the reassurance I'm hoping that if it did have any bacteria on it the hops and yeast will push it out during fermentation

Should be fine, the thing about infections is which bacteria gets a foothold. most home brews are "infected" to some degree, but the yeast (which is bacteria) wins the fight for food and kills off the invaders with alcohol.

Remember you are pitching billions of cells, there are likely hundreds or thousands of cells of other **** growing in there, they just get overwhelmed by your yeast colony.

Lol

Ale and Wasp... Wasn't that an Alice in Chains instrumental?

Mmmm...I can taste a hint of wasp in this batch! Don't worry, it'll turn out just fine.

budbo said:

Should be fine, the thing about infections is which bacteria gets a foothold. most home brews are "infected" to some degree, but the yeast (which is bacteria) wins the fight for food and kills off the invaders with alcohol.

Remember you are pitching billions of cells, there are likely hundreds or thousands of cells of other **** growing in there, they just get overwhelmed by your yeast colony.

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Yeah... Yeast isn't a bacteria... at all.

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stru said:

Yeah... Yeast isn't a bacteria... at all.

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It is a fungus, bacteria, same same they are both single cell organisms that thrive in sugar water (Wort)

Should have squished it up and added the venom to the brew. Would have made for a weird buzz, I imagine.

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I will update yall when the wasp ipa is ready to taste

I just brewed a lager a week ago and a wasp got in my first runnings, I almost threw it out. Glad I didn't overreact.

I found a house fly in my Oktoberfest half way through fermentation. I had a moment of panic and then thought "F@*k it, there's nothing I can do now". When I tested gravity and tasted it, seemed fine! No infection.

Now I have a great name for it: "Stubenfliege Oktoberfest"! Stubenfliege being house fly in German.

Can't wait for people to taste it and ask how I got the name!

budbo said:

It is a fungus, bacteria, same same they are both single cell organisms that thrive in sugar water (Wort)

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They are similar from a macro perspective but very, very different when you start examining them more closely. Every time you say yeast and bacteria are the same thing a microbiologist loses his slant, JFYI.

aprichman said:

They are similar from a macro perspective but very, very different when you start examining them more closely. Every time you say yeast and bacteria are the same thing a microbiologist loses his slant, JFYI.

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Lol!

Buzzzzzzzzed beer

I brewed a saison a couple weeks ago and during the boil noticed a wasp had met his maker trying to get at the wort. I think I fished out most of the pieces, but a few might've been left behind. Watch, it'll be the greatest saison I've ever made and I'll be forced to throw a wasp or two into every batch from now on just in cSe that was the secret ingredient.

It is that time of year for those bastards...flowers are dying off so they're searching elsewhere for food. Sweet, sugary wort has gotta be pretty tempting.

budbo said:

Should be fine, the thing about infections is which bacteria gets a foothold. most home brews are "infected" to some degree, but the yeast (which is bacteria) wins the fight for food and kills off the invaders with alcohol.

Remember you are pitching billions of cells, there are likely hundreds or thousands of cells of other **** growing in there, they just get overwhelmed by your yeast colony.

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budbo said:

It is a fungus, bacteria, same same they are both single cell organisms that thrive in sugar water (Wort)

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Tremendous.

Hall of Fame worthy nonsense.

By the same logic for beer's other three main ingredients

Barley=Bamboo (Both members of the grass family)

Water=Hydrogen peroxide (Both liquids with near identical molecular structure)

Hops = Tulips (Both flowers)

@chuckthebutcher I think you'll be fine. The wasp likely got in at some stage during hotter proceedings, and was well and truly denuded of any nasties. (Was it alive or dead) That could tell you when it may have been added to the recipe.

Either way. I would have done exactly the same. Scoop it out, move on. Tasty beer is highly likely.

Oooh! Malted Bamboo!
I'm going to order some!

Dry Tuliped beer, sounds like a winner.

(sparrows and mice are small, they too are probably related)


All kidding aside, I may be wrong, but I though the of the Eucaryotes, Fungus was the most closely related to animals.

Gavin C said:

Tremendous.

Hall of Fame worthy nonsense.

By the same logic for beer's other three main ingredients

Barley=Bamboo (Both members of the grass family)

Water=Hydrogen peroxide (Both liquids with near identical molecular structure)

Hops = Tulips (Both flowers)

@chuckthebutcher I think you'll be fine. The wasp likely got in at some stage during hotter proceedings, and was well and truly denuded of any nasties. (Was it alive or dead) That could tell you when it may have been added to the recipe.

Either way. I would have done exactly the same. Scoop it out, move on. Tasty beer is highly likely.

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Brewskey said:

Ale and Wasp... Wasn't that an Alice in Chains instrumental?

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I can't believe nobody noticed this. Does nobody hold the AIC sacred anymore?

It was the ale and the wasp. They just messed up on the name and put that pesky "wh" sound in front of it.

ElJefeBrews said:

I can't believe nobody noticed this. Does nobody hold the AIC sacred anymore?

It was the ale and the wasp. They just messed up on the name and put that pesky "wh" sound in front of it.

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Ha! I just liked that post. I love AIC. saw them live a couple of weeks ago. They did not play The Ale And the Wasp tho...

The wasp in my wort last weekend inspired the name Azacca Anaphylaxis Ale

I've got my Epipen handy for the first pint

I bottled this today. Turns out the wasp did not infect it. One of the better beers I've brewed actually

"Nice Buzzzzz Beer"

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I bottled this today. Turns out the wasp did not infect it. One of the better beers I've brewed actually

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Keep some wasps on hand for dry hopping next time.
I have a huge nest on my second story. If you can get it, you can keep it. I'm nice like that.

Hello said:

Keep some wasps on hand for dry hopping next time.
I have a huge nest on my second story. If you can get it, you can keep it. I'm nice like that.

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+1 lol