nikkuchan
Well-Known Member
Hello all. This is a story of my stupidity. I was brewing a new batch this morning, and everything was going normally. When I got to adding the LME, I add it as I always do (pour it out, then ladle some of the hot water into the LME container using a coffee mug, swish it around, pour, repeat), and nothing was going any different than usual. I never thought anything of using a ceramic coffee mug to ladle hot water since I regularly pour boiling water into it for tea, but now I won't be doing this anymore. I was ladling like normal, and about the third time I went to ladle some water, I dunked nearly the whole mug in the water (I usually only submerge it just enough to get a little water), and... physics... about a second after I took the mug out there was a sploosh and wort splashed all over. WTF? It took me a couple more seconds to realize the bottom of the mug was missing, so I fished out the piece that fell in. It was a clean break; I didn't notice any small shards or anything. Regardless, I didn't want to dump my beer, so I just continued. Now my beer is fermenting away, and though I'm not really worried, I wonder how harmful this would be to drink if there were teeny little ceramic shards in the beer.
Oh well. I think I'll use an actual ladle from now on.
Oh well. I think I'll use an actual ladle from now on.