Fermenter next to the toilet: is my beer ruined?

[nebben]

The coldest place in my house is in the bathroom, since there isn't any heater in it. I put my lager next to the toilet since SWMBO (what does that stand for, anyway?) wont tolerate sharing a shower with a fermenter anymore.

Anyway, I brewed a batch this morning and put it in a bucket next to the toilet since it's about the only place there is room. I forgot to put the lid on since I was busy aerating it and I walked away to get the yeast.

Unfortunately, since the bathroom is so cold, the toilet seat is freezing. This promotes...well..umm...."hovering" behavior for all who use it. Needless to say, my roommate (who is lactose intolerant and just had a bowl of cereal for breakfast!) "used" the toilet in "hover" mode, and well.... now I don't know if any of the ...."non beer material that should be in the toilet" made it into my fermenter.

Should I pitch anyway? I mean, I just brewed it TODAY... I feel like such a fool.
:cross:

 

[BendBrewer]

To answer your first question:

Someone Who Might Be Obese.

 

[Dawggy_Stile]

swmbo -

She Who Must Be Obeyed

Im no expert, but a primary next to the toilet...there is way to much bacteria floating around in the bathroom specially there. I wouldn't trust it.

 

[JetSmooth]

It may not be ruined. But you may have to enlist your roomate as your "secret ingredient" in future brews if this one turns out to be good.

Why waste the beer? Pitch and plug that sucker.

My brew is sitting in the bathroom as well, but I've been good about keeping a spray bottle of StarSan next to it and am keeping the lid and top well, spritzed.

 

[KellyK]

Pitch anyway! The worst that can happen is the batch goes off and you have to toss it out. I doubt your roomie directly took a dump in your fermenter, so you're probably only talking minor contaminants (if any at all). Though I'd probably be tempted to name the beer S*** Demon (whatever type of beer it is). Not that I would ever advocate eating poo, but to me dumping out the batch is worse when you don't actually know if it's contaminated.

 

[nebben]

Would I be a fool to continue and pitch yeast anyway?

 

[bob1852]

Would I be a fool to continue and pitch yeast anyway?

only today....

 

[Reelale]

The coldest place in my house is in the bathroom, since there isn't any heater in it. I put my lager next to the toilet since SWMBO (what does that stand for, anyway?) wont tolerate sharing a shower with a fermenter anymore.

Anyway, I brewed a batch this morning and put it in a bucket next to the toilet since it's about the only place there is room. I forgot to put the lid on since I was busy aerating it and I walked away to get the yeast.

Unfortunately, since the bathroom is so cold, the toilet seat is freezing. This promotes...well..umm...."hovering" behavior for all who use it. Needless to say, my roommate (who is lactose intolerant and just had a bowl of cereal for breakfast!) "used" the toilet in "hover" mode, and well.... now I don't know if any of the ...."non beer material that should be in the toilet" made it into my fermenter.

Should I pitch anyway? I mean, I just brewed it TODAY...
:cross:

If it's been there less than 41 hours, you should be good to go.

 

[wyzazz]

First off, NO ONE tells anyone what SWMBO stands for, it's kind of a Right-of-Passage.

No on to the important stuff, the beer. I wouldn't keep anything I'm consuming (covered or not) next to the toilet. Pitch anyway, hopefully the yeast will most likely outcompete any other "stuff" that got in there, but I wouldn't drink it anyway. Just imagine telling your buddy as he cracks open a longneck why you call it PooPoo-Brown Porter.

 

[nebben]

Man, I can't believe that the first two posts totally ruined the SWMBO thing too...is nothing sacred?

 

[Bopper]

First off, NO ONE tells anyone what SWMBO stands for, it's kind of a Right-of-Passage.

^^^ - This!!

Honestly, I almost never advocate dumping beer but after a 0 minute bodily waste addition I would dump without hesitation. Your roomate would know either way. If he Sh!t in your beer, I say he buys ingredients for the next batch!

 

[Jenks829]

Wow....so many sincere answers on this April Fool's day

 

[babalu87]

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I heat our house with wood so the bathroom is a natural place for me.

Between human and beer fermentation it can reek of Rhino farts in there though

 

[nebben]

Wow....so many sincere answers on this April Fool's day

I know!

Maybe I should edit the OP and put in some more no-no's. ... like, "I baked my carboy in the oven, brought it over to the toilet area, it got peed on (but glass isn't pee-permeable, right?)" ... or .... "I accidentally put all the malt extract into the toilet instead of the bucket...how do I rack beer from the toilet into bottles?" .... or .... "the open bucket was next to the toilet, and my male roommate...well...the bucket was warmer than the toilet ."

 

[wyzazz]

Wow....so many sincere answers on this April Fool's day

I was thinking the same thing, did you see Google yet?

 

[Reelale]

I know!

Maybe I should edit the OP and put in some more no-no's. ... like, "I baked my carboy in the oven, brought it over to the toilet area, it got peed on (but glass isn't pee-permeable, right?)" ... or .... "I accidentally put all the malt extract into the toilet instead of the bucket...how do I rack beer from the toilet into bottles?" .... or .... "the open bucket was next to the toilet, and my male roommate...well...the bucket was warmer than the toilet ."

And they ruined the **** out of SWMBO.

 

[SoonerDoc]

Merry Christmas! ****ter was full.

 

[JetSmooth]

I was actually thinking of a way of buying a new, clean toilet and convert it into a brew system. Mash in the tank and the flush it down into the bowl for the boil. But I didn't think the porcelain could handle the heat.

 

[Jenks829]

..how do I rack beer from the toilet into bottles?"

This is great.....

And I just opened a Google page and laughed out loud.

 

[wyzazz]

I was actually thinking of a way of buying a new, clean toilet and convert it into a brew system. Mash in the tank and the flush it down into the bowl for the boil. But I didn't think the porcelain could handle the heat.

You're crazy bro, a direct fired porcelain brew system. :rockin:

 

[152Sumo]

hahhahaha.. I called April Fools when I got to the lactose intolerant part... hahahah.

My wife got me this morning when she sent me a text that said she dropped 4 22 ouncers while reaching for pickles behind them. One beer would have been no big deal. But 4 22 ouncers!!! I was ready to cry. She should have sold it better and said the whole shelf gave out and all of the 22 ouncers broke (I have 10 or so in there).

 

[springer]

To answer your first question:

She Who Must Be Obeyed.

To answer your second question:

Ask her.

swmbo -

She Who Must Be Obeyed

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what the hell ?! I haven't had to use this in a while and please don't take it personal but

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[BendBrewer]

I don't get it.

Oh, you're from NY. I get it now........

 

[springer]

its all in jest but I do think STFU is pretty standard on the internets .

 

[BendBrewer]

Did I explain it wrongly or was I wrong to explain? I am a self proclaimed noob after all.

 

[RedGlass]

or was I wrong to explain?

It's a rite of passage. Explaining it takes out all the fun.

 

[BendBrewer]

It's a rite of passage. Explaining it takes out all the fun.

Oh. I'll admit, I used Google to find out what it was when I first read it on here.

Why wonder when you can Google?

Now time to change my post.

 

[RedGlass]

Now time to change my post.

Good form.

 

[Mikethepoolguy]

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I heat our house with wood so the bathroom is a natural place for me.

Between human and beer fermentation it can reek of Rhino farts in there though

The milk crates are a great idea! I learn something everytime I log on.

 

[steinsato]

I think this thread needs to be moved to the Wierdest Ingredient thread..
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/whats-weirdest-ingredient-30626/