1st All-Grain - Disaster?

[brewit2it]

I'm not going to look this up. If anyone wants to believe that ingesting even the smallest bit of glass doesn't have the potential for serious harm, go ahead.

Glass is inert so it certainly wont poison you. Injuries from ingesting sharp glass shards are urban legends, not true medical case reports. If you filter the beer there is zero risk of harm from the glass, if you don't filter it there is really little to no risk as long as you siphon and decant it as usual. Exen if a small piece got in your glass it will sink. If somehow a piece finally got in your mouth you would notice it since your tongue and mouth is extremely sensitive to changes in texture, shape. If somehow after all this you swallowed a piece, it would almost certainly pass through you with no damage at all.

This is a definite RDWHAHB moment.

 

[frankstoneline]

Another vote for keep it, rack carefully through a paint straining bag (as has been suggested). You routinely come in contact with "powdered glass" and other much more harmful bits in your drinking water i would wager. The particulates in this case will be so small the risk is nonexistent, besides, any of the residual magic fairy dust glass should settle out to the bottom of the bottles (if bottled) and your beer should be poured off the top, leaving it with the yeast. life's too short to be worried about hypothetical glass dust and it's ability to lacerate your innards. (my .02)

 

[astropunk]

Has nobody here ever drank from a chipped beer bottle or mug??? I like the taste of a little glass in my beer!

 

[TrueSlacker]

Did the same thing and I am still alive.

When I did it, I just moved to a secondary (which I normally don't out of laziness) and then moved to a different container to bottle. Each time leaving a bit extra in the bottom. The glass and other crap will sink so it didn't get moved. I also made sure that before moving any liquids I let it sit for at least a good 20-30 minutes to make sure everything settled.