Crushed Grain Spill on Kitchen Floor

[hout17]

I would base my answer on how recently my floor was washed/swept/dust-mopped/swiffered.

Yeah, I had mentioned in one of the posts above that's it's been about 2 weeks.

 

[davidabcd]

Yeah, I had mentioned in one of the posts above that's it's been about 2 weeks.

Oops, missed that.
So, that's a "yikes!" for me, personally, regarding using it but a "not a problem" for the vast majority.
It's my restaurant upbringing, I suppose.

 

[Yooper]

As brewing accidents go, this one is quite mild. There are threads here devoted to recounting more dramatic incidents that cost dollars, beer, and/or hours of cleanup; perhaps priceless facial expressions, but doubtless much vigorous cursing.

Brew on!

Indeed. I just mopped my ceiling in my home office yesterday. And the walls, the floor, and everything else.

 

[joltinjp]

I just won idiot of the month. I finished crushing my grains outside brought them in and then proceeded to knock the bucket over and they all spilled out on to the kitchen floor and partially on a mat. I've gotten almost all of it up.

My question is would you brew with it? I also have a house dog too.

I'll probably brew with it but I wanted some opinions.

Also feel free to laugh, point fingers, talk trash I deserve it.

I did the same thing years ago. I used the grain and called the beer Garage Floor IPA....it was delicious!

 

[passedpawn]

Indeed. I just mopped my ceiling in my home office yesterday. And the walls, the floor, and everything else.

Okay, I'll bite... what happened?

 

[Tom R]

Kegging accident, perchance?

 

[hout17]

Indeed. I just mopped my ceiling in my home office yesterday. And the walls, the floor, and everything else.

@Yooper What happened? Sounds like there might've been an interesting experience there.

 

[Yooper]

Okay, I'll bite... what happened?

Transferring carbonated beer under pressure (only 2 psi, but beer was carbonated to 2.5 volumes), using out-to-out, and a poppet didn’t work properly. It was an awesome beer fountain.

I have small hands, and apparently my thumb is the exact size to seal said fountain. However, then you can’t move. And if you don’t want your spouse to know that you just covered his office area with beer, you don’t dare yell for help.

But no use crying over spilled beer I guess. Most of the beer was saved. As was my marriage.
Please, please, please- don’t tell him, ‘k?

 

[passedpawn]

Transferring carbonated beer under pressure (only 2 psi, but beer was carbonated to 2.5 volumes), using out-to-out, and a poppet didn’t work properly. It was an awesome beer fountain.

I have small hands, and apparently my thumb is the exact size to seal said fountain. However, then you can’t move. And if you don’t want your spouse to know that you just covered his office area with beer, you don’t dare yell for help.

But no use crying over spilled beer I guess. Most of the beer was saved. As was my marriage.
Please, please, please- don’t tell him, ‘k?

Haha, my lips are sealed. I've cleaned similar stains for same reasons. Those sticky poppets! Any time I pull the beer disconnect off, I FIRST pull the pressure release just for this reason. Otherwise, you're the dutch boy in the Hans Brinker story.

 

[balrog]

Indeed. I just mopped my ceiling in my home office yesterday. And the walls, the floor, and everything else.

Who amongst us has not?

Also, who amongst us has not also valiantly made sure to keep Significant Other completely ignorant of such shenannigans?

 

[BrewChem]

Think of brewing practices in days past… one of the reasons that beer was such an integral part of some cultures was that it was safer to drink than the water at the time. The boil, low pH and alcohol content will take care of any nasties floating around.

 

[Broothru]

Haha, my lips are sealed. I've cleaned similar stains for same reasons. Those sticky poppets! Any time I pull the beer disconnect off, I FIRST pull the pressure release just for this reason. Otherwise, you're the dutch boy in the Hans Brinker story.

Now I don't feel so bad. Two weeks ago prior to heading out of town for an extended visit, I disconnected two kegs in my Man Cave kegerator to avoid any accidental discharges while we were gone. Just before walking out the door, I headed downstairs to retrieve something, only to find a puddle emanating from under the kegerator.

At first I thought the refrigeration had failed and the kegerator had defrosted overnight. I should be so lucky. The 'beer out' poppet on one of kegs hadn't fully closed when the QD got removed. The result was 3/4 of an award-winning IPA being sacrificed to the Beer Gods, and a two hour delay on our departure to clean up the mess.

At least it didn't soak the ceiling.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Who amongst us has not?

About two hours ago, I had my keg washer running in the bathtub and I happened to be walking by the bathroom with a load of laundry and noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. It was my keg falling off the washer and an impressive geyser of iodophor taking its place. I was lucky that I was passing by when that happened. An iodophor geyser left to its own devices in a bathroom could've gotten very expensive, very quickly.

As for the OP, I've swept plenty of grain off the floor. It's good for you, it'll grow hair on your chest.

 

[balrog]

About two hours ago, I had my keg washer running in the bathtub and I happened to be walking by the bathroom with a load of laundry and noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. It was my keg falling off the washer and an impressive geyser of iodophor taking its place. I was lucky that I was passing by when that happened. An iodophor geyser left to its own devices in a bathroom could've gotten very expensive, very quickly.

As for the OP, I've swept plenty of grain off the floor. It's good for you, it'll grow hair on your chest.

And, just sayin', "Iodophor Geyser" would not necessarily be a horrible name for a rock band.

 

[Bramling Cross]

And, just sayin', "Iodophor Geyser" would not necessarily be a horrible name for a rock band.

Tonight, you win the internet.

All of it.

 

[Gozie Boy]

Roomba Dust IPA ...

 

[hout17]

Update: I went ahead and brewed this beer yesterday. I had a buddy come over and help out during the brew day. Everything went great and smelled very good. I hit my OG right on the nose at 1.050. The brew is currently bubbling away quite nicely.

One thing to note after the mash tun was drained my buddy looked in and said there are a couple things in there that don't look like grain. I just told him well I guess they miss a couple things here and there during processing lol. I didn't tell him about the incident!

The wort came out really nice though.

 

[hout17]

I'm posting this for documentation. The beer is great! I've posted the pic in another beer thread but figured I'd post here to wrap this up lol.

 

[hotbeer]

I was sitting here mesmerized by how clear and clean the beer in the bottle was. Then I realized the beer was in the glass and the bottle empty!

 

[bracconiere]

I'm posting this for documentation. The beer is great! I've posted the pic in another beer thread but figured I'd post here to wrap this up lol.

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it's not wrapped up until you lick the kitchen floor, to see if you can taste it in the beer! lol

 

[hout17]

Going to brew this again after my bitter the beer was great, so the question is do I spill the crushed grains on the floor again, or do I chance missing that little extra something in my brew?

 

[bracconiere]

maybe play around with percentage spilled malt, to non spilled malt?

hell if it was good, try tossing some hops on floor too!