Evan!
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the_bird said:
I know, I know. I get that way about being struck by a meteorite.
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I know, I know. I get that way about being struck by a meteorite.
Evan! said:I know, I know. I get that way about being struck by a meteorite.
My biggest worries revolve around roundhouse kicks to the head. It's not LIKELY to happen, but still - always show the proper respect.
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I avoid the kitchen and the bathroom as a general rule, seeing how most household accidents and death happen in these two areas.
Evan!
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BrettMan said:
Nice. Though...it seems...kinda...familiar...hmmmm
Torchiest
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Glad to hear some of the old pros share my concerns about internal damage. Working at a bar, I've witnessed enough weird incidents with broken glass that I want no part of it if it can at all be helped.
Also, the most beers I've ever had while brewing was two. I'm very fastidious, and I like to be sharp as a tack while brewing. Again, bar experience informs this. I've worked with plenty of people who got drunk on the job and acted fools.
Also, the most beers I've ever had while brewing was two. I'm very fastidious, and I like to be sharp as a tack while brewing. Again, bar experience informs this. I've worked with plenty of people who got drunk on the job and acted fools.
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Ok - a little update for those that might be interested. I racked this beer to my secondary tonight. I tied a nylon mesh bag to the end of the auto-siphon to filter out any potential glass and/or lead pellets from the broken thermometer. Once it was racked over, I poured all of the trub and yeast and everything else into a big mixing bowl and inspected thouroghly for any glass or pellets that may have made it into the primary to begin with. I found absolutley nothing at all - except for that racking cane tip that dropped in when I brewed it....
So - I think I'm in the clear. I tasted it after taking my hydrometer reading and it tasted pretty good for a green beer. No off flavors that I could detect.
So - I think I'm in the clear. I tasted it after taking my hydrometer reading and it tasted pretty good for a green beer. No off flavors that I could detect.
Madvillain
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no comments i'm just happy 
and this forum rules!
and this forum rules!
Hercules Rockefeller
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A couple insights gained when I did the same thing a couple of months ago; the metal pellets are not lead, and the red stuff in the thermometer is alcohol, the old school silver thermometers are the ones with mercury. So I wouldn't worry about it.
I have done this too. I'm not handy enough to use silicon tho'. I just wrapped a rubber band around the bottom of the airlock several times and shoved it down into the lid. I had music in the airlock in less than 12 hours and the IPA tasted fine so it all worked out.
Torchiest
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Funny that this thread popped up again almost three years later. I DID end up breaking a thermometer in one of my batches, and I DID dump the entire thing as soon as it happened. Well, after I finished swearing. And it was a big beer too. But it was the entire thermometer exploding into it, not just glass. It was worth it for the peace of mind, and the replacement batch has long since been drunk and sent back to the ocean.
northernlad
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First things first:
What the hell are you people doing cooking with anything glass? It is completely unnecessary to take these chances when there are so many thermometers made that will not break into your food. I am sure I will get some Schit for this, but that is just plain stupid.
Second: glass particles that small will not float. Please don't be so dramatic.
Third: If you are using a glass thermometer old enogh to contain mercury you deserve what you get.
What the hell are you people doing cooking with anything glass? It is completely unnecessary to take these chances when there are so many thermometers made that will not break into your food. I am sure I will get some Schit for this, but that is just plain stupid.
Second: glass particles that small will not float. Please don't be so dramatic.
Third: If you are using a glass thermometer old enogh to contain mercury you deserve what you get.
amercuric
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bought a digital thermometer with a timer, equipped with a stainless steel probe and never looked back. i prefer coffee when i brew anyways.
Torchiest
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I totally agree. This happened years ago, when I was still relatively new. The thermometer floated, which was supposed to be a perk, I guess. It was the thermometer they were selling at the brew shop, so at the time I just assumed it was okay for whatever I did.
The incident occurred when I left the thermometer hanging off the side of the brew pot, and it got super heated from the flames coming over the side. As soon as I tried to put it back into the pot, it exploded on container with the wort. When I was going to buy another one, I thought, why the hell am I brewing with a glass tube floating in my wort? Stupid!
I ended up buying a 30qt boiler pot that came with one of those long metal-stemmed thermometers. Haven't looked back since. So yes, I would definitely recommend ditching the glass. They're a pain to use and dangerous.
TheBeerNerd
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I ended up fairly tipsy on Teach a Friend to Homebrew day this year. Made a basic American Wheat recipe... that I'm not real hopeful for... kinda yellow in the carboy, but nearly clear (like water) in glasses....
bonzombiekitty
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I haven't brewed drunk. But I have bottled & transferred drunk. That was a really bad idea and will never do it again. During the process I:
1. Forgot to put the priming sugar in the bucket. Luckily I remembered right before I started bottling and got it in on time. So that wasn't a big problem, but just a sign of how absent minded I was being.
2. Dropped a dirty, nasty piece of plastic into the bottling bucket full of beer. Plastic came out of the bucket cleaner than when it went in....
3. Used my bare hands to retrieve said piece of plastic, rather than using a sanitized utensil.
4. Probably spilled about 1.5 bottles of beer on the floor during the bottling process.
5. When I was done bottling, I transferred my porter from primary to secondary. I put some coffee into the secondary and didn't think "hey, there's gonna be less room in the carboy now". So I overflowed the carboy and probably got a bottle or two worth of beer all over the floor.
The whole kitchen was a disaster area. I'm limiting myself to one beer whilst doing anything beer related now.
1. Forgot to put the priming sugar in the bucket. Luckily I remembered right before I started bottling and got it in on time. So that wasn't a big problem, but just a sign of how absent minded I was being.
2. Dropped a dirty, nasty piece of plastic into the bottling bucket full of beer. Plastic came out of the bucket cleaner than when it went in....
3. Used my bare hands to retrieve said piece of plastic, rather than using a sanitized utensil.
4. Probably spilled about 1.5 bottles of beer on the floor during the bottling process.
5. When I was done bottling, I transferred my porter from primary to secondary. I put some coffee into the secondary and didn't think "hey, there's gonna be less room in the carboy now". So I overflowed the carboy and probably got a bottle or two worth of beer all over the floor.
The whole kitchen was a disaster area. I'm limiting myself to one beer whilst doing anything beer related now.
