sundaybrewingco
Well-Known Member
First of all:
Yesterday I finished brewing an IPA... had the the floating thermometer in the brew kettle while it was chilling down in an ice bath. I hit the 85-90 degrees mark, and poured the wort in the carboy and topped it off to 5 gallons with cold water.
When I was cleaning up, I realized the top of the floating thermometer was cracked off No mercury was released, but I do not know when this happened...
My guess it might of been when I put it in the brew kettle while it was chilling. If this is the case, I may poured some broken glass shards into my carboy.
Is this batch completely 'effed? If not, what would be the best way to ensure no broken glass moves from the primary into the bottling bucket? I am guessing it will just fall down and stick in the trub and won't come through, but I am just a little nervous because I don't know when or where the thermometer broke..
HELP!
Yesterday I finished brewing an IPA... had the the floating thermometer in the brew kettle while it was chilling down in an ice bath. I hit the 85-90 degrees mark, and poured the wort in the carboy and topped it off to 5 gallons with cold water.
When I was cleaning up, I realized the top of the floating thermometer was cracked off No mercury was released, but I do not know when this happened...
My guess it might of been when I put it in the brew kettle while it was chilling. If this is the case, I may poured some broken glass shards into my carboy.
Is this batch completely 'effed? If not, what would be the best way to ensure no broken glass moves from the primary into the bottling bucket? I am guessing it will just fall down and stick in the trub and won't come through, but I am just a little nervous because I don't know when or where the thermometer broke..
HELP!