do not put hops or yeast down the sink!

[hopsoda]

U know, "That dark stuff"

 

[schristian619]

I know...I've been dumping them down since I've been brewing including the 8 months that I've been in this condo and have never had a problem. I always run water after I turn the disposal off, but for whatever reason it clogged last time. I don;t know if the plumber was a brewe. He said it looked like wood chips and I told him they were hops. The he proceeded to tell me that I should not dump hops or yeast down the sink. With that being said, I will not dump hops anymore, but I dumped yeast today after he left, oh well. Hops go in the planters outside my patio, if any animals eat them, that's their problem

 

[Baldy_Beer_Brewery]

Let's here it for PVC pipe!

As it has paid the bills for a quarter of a century for me, I'm a big fan of PVC piping products.

As for the original topic, I can see that whole hops could perhaps clog a sink if not run through the disposal, but yeast slurry should be no problem.

 

[enderwig]

Yeast is like steroids for my septic system! It all goes down the drain. (hops in the composter though)

 

[dontman]

Like someone else mentioned, I throw my spent hops outside in the compost but to keep my animals safe I pour antifreeze over it and mix it a little so that the animals would never consider eating it. (I top it with raisins and baking chocolate.)

And back on topic. Whenever I want to throw hops or yeast slurry down the drain I mix it with bacon grease and hair clippings and then rinse with cold water. Works like a charm. Don't even need to run the disposal. (For some reason it just makes an annoying buzzing sound whenever I run it now anyway.)

 

[bull8042]

Like someone else mentioned, I throw my spent hops outside in the compost but to keep my animals safe I pour antifreeze over it and mix it a little so that the animals would never consider eating it. (I top it with raisins and baking chocolate.)

And back on topic. Whenever I want to throw hops or yeast slurry down the drain I mix it with bacon grease and hair clippings and then rinse with cold water. Works like a charm. Don't even need to run the disposal. (For some reason it just makes an annoying buzzing sound whenever I run it now anyway.)

We have been sampling a little tonight haven't we?

 

[bmckee56]

Uhhh can you imagin ... Sh*t eating mutant yeast

Seeing as how they do such a good job at making wort into beer, I figure they ought to be able to convert S#@t into something better than it originally was, right!

Salute!

 

[Smurfe]

I too have cast iron pipe and septic. No issues with brew clogs. I wouldn't dump whole hops down the drain though.

I do have issues with clogs but it is the wife dumping whole pots of left overs down the disposal. Last time was corn. She plugged the drain, started the laundry and dishwasher and went to bed. Nice little flood there. Had to have Roto Rooter come out at 1AM. You think your plumbing bill was steep. She paid the bill though, not me. Time before a pot of left over spaghetti.

Only plumbing I ever plugged was the commode. I fixed that though by replacing the stool in my bathroom with one of those American Standard crappers that will flush a bucket of golf balls. Not even close to a clog since that glorious day.

I just smile and tell the wife I love her though. She did buy me a Sabco Brew Magic so she is a keeper in my brew log. She supports the brewing obsession. I guess she figures if I am brewing my beer and keeping busy I stay out of the Tittie bars that are in close proximity of the homestead. I dunno about that though as the last time I went she drug me there with a lesbian couple that are friends of ours and co-workers of mine. I got in free since I showed up with 3 chicks :rockin:

 

[bull8042]

......I guess she figures if I am brewing my beer and keeping busy I stay out of the Tittie bars that are in close proximity of the homestead. I dunno about that though as the last time I went she drug me there with a lesbian couple that are friends of ours and co-workers of mine. I got in free since I showed up with 3 chicks :rockin:

If there aren't pictures, it didn't happen!

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Whenever I want to throw hops or yeast slurry down the drain I mix it with bacon grease and hair clippings and then rinse with cold water. Works like a charm.

wat? No uncooked rice?

The way I see it...shortly after dumping the yeast down the drain I'll be chasing it with the PBW solution I used to clean the carboy so hopefully that's good enough.

 

[BlackDogBrewing]

I'll stop dumping trub down the toilet from now on...it's fun to leave trub in the bowl, it looks like colon blow.

 

[SkewedBrewing]

Wait, I live in an apartment and have limited outlets for dumping my trub, spent hops, spent grain, etc.

I dump it all in the toilet... are we saying this is no good?