NuclearRich
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New personal best, if it qualifies. I was working on some brewery equipment, but not actually brewing.
haha! love the ER curtains in the background. How many stitches?
New personal best, if it qualifies. I was working on some brewery equipment, but not actually brewing.
You can minimize the dangers of bacteria by living in a negative pressure HEPA filtered bubble, but you won't get to enjoy life the same way. If there weren't appropriate uses for glass carboys and bottles, they wouldnt be manufactured because they wouldn't sell.
Don't you think propane is dangerous?
I don't care what ya do really, just trying to free you from blinders.
(there are some pretty scary things up on this thread!)
haha! love the ER curtains in the background. How many stitches?
I can't fathom why anyone would use those lethal time bombs.
1. I know what blinders are. I'm not some 6 year old child you need to explain it to
2. It does seem you care because you clearly felt the need to parallel someone using plastic fermentation vessels as "being in a bubble" or not "enjoying life the same way".
3. While I'm still a noob brewer I've not yet dealt with any negative aspect of not using glass carboys over a number of different brews I've made. Frankly, I don't even want to use any carboy type shape, even better bottles.
4. Even given a slight chance of injury, I'm sure if I did slip up and drop a glass carboy and sever some tendons or arteries I'd later feel the beer in that carboy just wasn't worth the damage.
So please understand it's my personal outlook on it. If I did want to age a beer for such as extended period as you I would probably leave the carboy in one place for the whole process and only move it for cleaning. But I already said in detail why I'm much more cautious of glass. I don't think at this point I need to explain myself further.
Rev.
Minor cuts and burns for me. But I use the Better Bottle carboys and one slipped off a 4' shelf one and landed right next to me. Sprayed wort for 10' around the room. Had that been a glass carboy, I would be telling a very different story.
I am so happy my brew teacher got me into the Better Bottles from the start. I can't fathom why anyone would use those lethal time bombs.
lol, I don't know why you think I am attacking you. I am just trying to give valid information. I explained blinders for a reason, and not to underestimate your intelligence.
Glass is really the lowest danger of those three, and it strikes me as odd when it is more feared.
Sometimes when I dip my hands into the star San for extended periods of time it starts to dry out my skin. Usually I just get gross looking old man hands, other times it cracks a bit and starts to sting. Ouchie!!
I'm still waiting to hear more from HOUBLON on his capping accident!! ???
Was that a wing or a table capper?? what happened?
This thread inspired me to put together a Brewing Safety lecture for the Whale Homebrew club. I wasn't sure how it would be received but it sounded like people took it seriously. When I started it up, I asked how many have been injured while brewing and I saw at least 20 hands go up (that's about half the room).
I wanted to thank everyone that posted in this thread and let you know I used some of the pictures. You can find the article on the WHALES website. If I've used a picture of yours and you do NOT give me permission to use it, please PM me and I'll take it off.
Not that I'm guilt free but some people really need to take a look at their Personal protective equipment use and operating procedures.
I'm curious to know how many of these accidents were caused by too many brews while brewing? Maybe we should promote Relax dont worry have a Snapple until the carboys are put safely away.
In your "precautions" section for DIY, based on my recent act of stupidity, maybe add:
- Clamp things down when drilling or cutting.
I got a mosquito bite once.
This thread inspired me to put together a Brewing Safety lecture for the Whale Homebrew club. I wasn't sure how it would be received but it sounded like people took it seriously. When I started it up, I asked how many have been injured while brewing and I saw at least 20 hands go up (that's about half the room).
I wanted to thank everyone that posted in this thread and let you know I used some of the pictures. You can find the article on the WHALES website. If I've used a picture of yours and you do NOT give me permission to use it, please PM me and I'll take it off.
New personal best, if it qualifies. I was working on some brewery equipment, but not actually brewing.
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