Bumble Bees in Wort

[Fast Cletus]

I just racked off my Youngers Special Bitter clone, and noticed something in remaining trub. A bumble bee. Surely this has happened to someone before. Cant think that this will hurt my brew, but would like to know if anyone has had this happen. My fermentation started off very well, but slowed very rapidly. A little odd but not too odd for me,and my experience

 

[Memorex88]

Yup, happened to me. Won't change a thing. If anything, you just added a smidge more protein to your beer

 

[slinn]

Bumble Bee Bitter!

 

[passedpawn]

If you like the result you'll have to always add one.

No pic? C'mon man, feed the forum!

 

[Fast Cletus]

Damn your right I should of taken a pic. I guess I can look at it this way. My beer was so good a bee took his own life to have some

 

[devilishprune]

This thread isn't creating the buzz I thought it would.

 

[dwarven_stout]

I've seen a bee get poured out of a bomber. Happened at a homebrew club meeting... we all had a good laugh. Well, all of us except the bottler. :cross:

This thread isn't creating the buzz I thought it would.

Meh. Stuff gets into boils all the time, especially if you brew outside. Sooner or later someone will post on here about a bird falling into their boil.

 

[ptakers]

Joke
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dwarven's head

FWIW, I lolled a wee bit.

 

[Cpt_Kirks]

I've had flies, wasps and gnats in my wort, but no bees.

Yet...

 

[BigJerk]

I found a beetle in the hops of a recent pale ale I made after I strained them from the wort, thus was born "Spotted Beetle Pale Ale"

 

[Neutrino]

Anyone know the rough IBU contribution for a Bee?

N.

 

[devilishprune]

Depends when you put it in: boil or FWH (first wort hive)?

 

[likwidbliss]

Isn't beer always brewed with one large bumblebee added during the boil?

 

[biochemedic]

The bees love it when I make mead outside (especially when I do my hopped mead that I have to boil...never seen more bees come around in my life!) I've fortunately never gotten one in the brew before, but I think if I did it'd be fine...

 

[Cpt_Kirks]

Anyone know the rough IBU contribution for a Bee?

N.

It depends on your bee utilization, and the type of bee.