Cricket in my boil

[Rockindaddy]

OK.....I keep my brew kettle in the garage and forgot to rinse it before I started a batch. During the boil I saw something dark floating around and fished out a dead cricket. Since it was about 10 minutes into the boil I am not going to discard the batch. If it were a cockroach I would feel differently.

 

[Braufessor]

Always better in your boil kettle than in your fermenter

You are good. Boil on.

 

[MaxStout]

It's been done...

 

[QuercusMax]

I found a slug in my grain-mill catch-bucket after milling my grain. Batch ended up kinda crappy, but it wasn't the slug's fault.

 

[zoomzilla]

No problem. In fact you don't even need to remove it. It will drop out during cooling. BTW cockroaches are no worse than crickets. I'm a pest control tech. Its all the same protein.

 

[nextgenxx]

Crickets - Protein of the future!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/daniell...ins-of-the-future-cultured-beef-bugs-soylent/

Beer should be good!!

 

[tommyguner03]

my last two boils i have had bees in my wort. i continued to boil and no issues. i guess it could add some extra protein.

 

[atom]

it'll just be extra "hoppy". i usually do flameout crickets in my ipas.

 

[Rotgut]

I washed some bottles then ended up not having time to bottle that day so I left the washed bottles in closed cases. Apparently a pincer bug found its way into one of the bottles. I didn't realize it until I was about to drink it a couple weeks later. I drank it anyway. It was a dark ipa... I didn't notice any difference in the flavor.

 

[Rockn_M]

You know what's worse than a worm in your apple....half a worm in your apple.

I wouldn't worry about it. Could probably name the brew after the cricket.

 

[Zuljin]

It's going to turn out so good that you'll have to start raising crickets to make it again. Homecrickettalk.com

 

[lolznrofls]

It's going to turn out so good that you'll have to start raising crickets to make it again. Homecrickettalk.com

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