Not your everyday "is it ruined?"...

So last night I attempted to bottle a Rye IPA I've had in secondary for a week. While connecting the tubing to my siphon, my hand slipped and I apparently cut my knuckle on the edge of the siphon. Well I didn't notice, and when I went to adjust the angle of the tubing in my bottling bucket, I dropped a fairly large drip of blood straight into my beer (guess I won't be sharing this one... sigh). The internet doesn't have too much to say about this one. Any thoughts?

 

It will be fine. One drop of blood in 5 gallons of already fermented beer shouldn't be a problem.

 

Thanks for the quick response! I figured the odds were in my favor, but wasn't too sure about it.

 

Beer namers should be on this one soon.

 

Alcohol will kill any issues. You're fine.

 

It's very unlikely anything that survives in your body won't be able to stad the alcohol and low pH. Except maybe hepatitis. You don't have hepatitis do you??

 

Mmmm. Bloody Good RyPA. Plus you've a good story for those you do share with

 

Actually it's not as uncommon as you might think. You should be fine.

 

Communion RyPA

 

Sacrificial Ale. (Now with more hops!)

 

IPA-negative

 

Rye Negative IPA

 

IV Ale or IVA....

 

Do you know how much of my blood, sweat and tears went into making this beer? Well, not so much sweat and tears ...

 

Brue Blood \/---\/

 

VampAmp. Energy Drink for Sparkly Vampires

 

Blood on the Racks Rye IPA

 

You got me. My first thought was changing the name because of it.

 

It was first and best!

 

DNA RyePA (that should ensure no one will want any!)
Not Your Everyday Vampire Ale (from the title of this thread)
Drink My Blood RyePA (if you're feeling messianic)
Blood Brother RyePA (what someone will become with you once they drink a pint)
Deal with the Devil RyePA (if someone asks, tell them you signed the contract in blood...)
Windigo Ale

 

What do I win?! ::

 

So what impact does blood have on head retention.

 

He just scratched his finger, he wasn't decapitated so I doubt it would have an impact.

 

Here's Blood in Your Rye
(Here's mud in your eye - a phrase I have no idea what it means)

 

Good one.

 

Count Hopula (hop-yu-luh)

 

You can never be too careful. What if he got infected and became a zombie? His head might fall off then!

Better drink lots of beer to stave off any pathogens.

 

Surprisingly, "Here's mud in your eye" is an old English toast said when drinking with friends.

 

Fixed

 

AIDS IPA?
(ducking and running)

 

Yup. Been there done that lol

 

All of my beers have blood in them...wait that's not normal?

 

I have cut myself the exact same way.

Are you diabetic? the sugar in our blood could ferment and add to the ABV!!!