greatschmaltez
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I was cooling down my wort after a partial mash. I had my pot in an ice bath and simultaneously stirring the wort and the ice bath (while patting my head and rubbing my tummy). I pulled the thermometer (I have one of those floating thermometers) out and saw the class tip on the end had broke. I found immediately tried to see if the bulb had broke by breaking the glass more and pulling the beads out. I found the bulb in my sink (not sure if I broke it off or it came out stuck to my spoon). I found the glass pieces at the bottom of the pot as I transferred to my primary fermenter (nothing to lose attitude) and a couple of the beads. I had a strainer that catches most of the hot/cold break and the hops... I would expect it to catch any deadly pieces of glass... I'm just concerned about toxic levels of mercury at this point.
What would you do at this point (abort or not abort)? Will the yeast tell me if the mercury levels are toxic? Do these thermometers still use mercury or is it something else? I hate to abort my first partial mash... but then again, I also hate to die of mercury poisoning.
What would you do at this point (abort or not abort)? Will the yeast tell me if the mercury levels are toxic? Do these thermometers still use mercury or is it something else? I hate to abort my first partial mash... but then again, I also hate to die of mercury poisoning.