will my wax paper mishap kill my yeast?

[whitebirdfeathers]

I just made a batch of candi sugar for a Belgian ale and poured it on wax paper instead of parchment to cool. Now it has some wax soaked into the candi. Will this wax kill my yeast upon fermentation or will the boil somehow disovle it?

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[neo71665]

It might make floaties in the end product but if its kitchen wax paper its food grade.


Start using parchment paper for cooking and leave the wax paper for wrapping meat.

 

[flars]

If you have not brewed with the candi sugar yet freeze it. You may be able to scrape most of the paraffin off.

 

[dinnerstick]

paraffin is completely insoluble in water, and is basically non-reactive. there's no reason i can see to think it would be harmful to yeast. my guess is that not much of it will make it past the boil, where it will melt and probably stick to the side of the kettle, any bits of it floating in the wort are going to end up stuck inside yeast rafts and you will be able to siphon the beer away from them just like residual krausen or trub.

 

[whitebirdfeathers]

Thanks for all your responses.