Dropped my cell phone into Boiling Wort

[sysera]

I've not heard of this "Steeping specialty electronics" technique before.

 

[Redbeard5289]

Gives new meaning to the phrase; "Drunk Dialing".

"Honestly Honey, I am not cheating on you. I drop my phone in the beer wort and now all it dials is my old girlfriends"

 

[slomo]

Brewing notes:

The verizon now network does not work inside a brew kettle filled with boiling wort.

 

[vitae_drinker]

Ha, good call!

Good call! HA!

Where's a rimshot when you need one?

 

[Cookiebaggs]

Brewing notes:

The verizon now network does not work inside a brew kettle filled with boiling wort.

FWIW, the Verizon now network doesn't work when the phone falls down the ice fishing hole either...

And the phone is tougher to retrieve!

Depending on the depth, impossible....

 

[djt17]

FWIW, the Verizon now network doesn't work when the phone falls down the ice fishing hole either...

And the phone is tougher to retrieve!

Depending on the depth, impossible....

You mean you don't have any experience snagging.

 

[Redbeard5289]

Its not the tough to retrieve a phone down an ice fishing hole, just need a bigger "thongs"

-ha ha ha

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

It's the best thing that could happen to a fooking cell phone and the beer will be fine.

I'm having a hard time trying to understand the problem here.

 

[andysim]

Was the phone for bittering, flavor, or aroma?

 

[Token]

Was the phone for bittering, flavor, or aroma?

LOL!!!!! Good one.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Zombie thread time.

I just did the same damned thing. I have insurance on the phone, so it could be worse. Funny thing is, this is my first extract batch in probably 2 years, and THAT'S when this stuff happens.

My wife's asleep on the couch though. So I don't know how long I'll be alive when she wakes up

 

[manisfive]

Zombie thread time.

I just did the same damned thing. I have insurance on the phone, so it could be worse. Funny thing is, this is my first extract batch in probably 2 years, and THAT'S when this stuff happens.

My wife's asleep on the couch though. So I don't know how long I'll be alive when she wakes up

My brewing time ends up like this minus the phone addition to the wort *crosses fingers while frantically searching for wood to knock

 

[DrunkleJon]

Well, at least it was boiling. It really would have sucked during the cooling/yeast pitching phase.

 

[unionrdr]

I did kinda the same thing last year. I was up at the new(er) Bundy's beverage shop looking at the craft beer when a call came in on my cell. Whipped it out,flipped it open,& got a twitch in my hand (darn arthritis!) & dropped it. Battery case broke open on the back. All this while I was gettin ready to reach for a 6'r...

 

[Qhrumphf]

I did kinda the same thing last year. I was up at the new(er) Bundy's beverage shop looking at the craft beer when a call came in on my cell. Whipped it out,flipped it open,& got a twitch in my hand (darn arthritis!) & dropped it. Battery case broke open on the back. All this while I was gettin ready to reach for a 6'r...

I tend to destroy electronics, so I always have my phone in a pretty heavy case. I've dropped it plenty without damage. But even that won't help against 212 degree boiling wort.

I might just want to get one of those heavy duty grade phones (the military/construction ones). The ones that are rated to survive underwater up to several meters.

In the mean time, my phone is sitting in a bag of rice. I hope that does the trick. I know it'll often work for water, but I'm not so sure about wort.

 

[TNGabe]

Zombie thread time.

I just did the same damned thing. I have insurance on the phone, so it could be worse. Funny thing is, this is my first extract batch in probably 2 years, and THAT'S when this stuff happens.

My wife's asleep on the couch though. So I don't know how long I'll be alive when she wakes up

Wow, it really is necrothread Tuesday! When you say 'same thing' as OP, did you use some thongs to get your phone out and if so flip-flops or underpants?

 

[Qhrumphf]

Wow, it really is necrothread Tuesday! When you say 'same thing' as OP, did you use some thongs to get your phone out and if so flip-flops or underpants?

As discussed in the "what do you wear while brewing" thread, I enjoy brewing barefoot and commando. I'll let you figure the rest out

In all seriousness, fished it out with a mash paddle, but it was in there a good 20 seconds. On when it fell in, too. Yanked the battery and dried everything off ASAP, but the screen looked pretty f'ed before I got the battery out. So I don't have high hopes, but I've seen the rice bag work wonders before.

 

[jweez]

iphone ipa?

 

[TNGabe]

iphone ipa?

iIPA

 

[two_hearted]

I dropped a dirty sock in my cooling wort once and it turned out great.

 

[Reef]

How?

 

[Qhrumphf]

iIPA

iIIPA.

Somehow, I don't think that's the "apple" flavor they refer to with acetaldehyde....

 

[cluckk]

So I was taking a picture of the wort and I accidentally dropped my cell phone into the boiling wort. I quickly got it out within 10-20 seconds with some thongs.

Do you think my beer is fine? I am worried about any chemicals that may have seeped into it.

Yea I know stupid move

I read this to my teenage daughter and she said, "He dropped his phone and he's worried about his beer?!"

I responded, "Of course! He's a homebrewer!"

 

[Zuljin]

That's a homebrewer, drops his cell phone in the boiling wort and wants to know if his beer will be okay.:rockin:

Ha!

Well, at least it was boiling. It really would have sucked during the cooling/yeast pitching phase.

Yeah. It's totally sanitary. Cool your phone and pitch. Only problem is it will always be drunk dialing.

I did kinda the same thing last year. I was up at the new(er) Bundy's beverage shop looking at the craft beer when a call came in on my cell. Whipped it out,flipped it open,& got a twitch in my hand (darn arthritis!) & dropped it. Battery case broke open on the back. All this while I was gettin ready to reach for a 6'r...

Are we still talking about phones?

 

[TastyWheat]

When the recipe called for Galaxy, it meant the hops, not the phone...

 

[kontrol]

Don't forget to add an ingredient in your recipe.

Steeped phone for 5 minutes at @ 30 minutes.

 

[unionrdr]

Hmmm...telefono el malto...:cross:

 

[ilv4xn]

All I can envision is trying to fish the phone out with two pairs of pantys.

 

[Brewenstein]

Talk about your "last call"...

 

[unionrdr]

All I can envision is trying to fish the phone out with two pairs of pantys.

Yeah,callin them thongs made me chuckle. Def something one might try after "last call"...