Glass in the beer!!!

[spazmonkey]

Okay, so I was using a glass wine airlock during primary fermentation. Before transferring to secondary fermentation, I managed to break the airlock and I'm 50/50 on whether or not glass got into the wort.

I'm about ready to bottle now. What should I do to make sure there is no glass in my beer? Will glass just sit with the sediment at the bottom of the bottle? I was considering rigging up a few coffee filter to an auto-siphon...

 

[BigB]

Use an autosiphon with a tip on it. The glass will sit on the bottom and not be able to be drawn around the tip and into the small holes of the autosiphon.

 

[hudsonj6]

lots of times when I transfer from secondary to bottling bucket (with auto siphon) I just run it all through a grain bag to make sure theres as little hops and yeast chunkies as possible and then bottle from there

 

[lumpher]

like bigb says...

 

[kingmatt]

To each his own, but this is one case where I would dump. I don't care how careful you are, ingesting a razor sharp piece of glass isn't worth $40 worth of beer.

 

[WillPall]

I really don't think glass will make it through the siphon process and into a bottle, but if it did I don't think it would make it out of the bottle and into a (drinking) glass, but if it did I don't think you'd be able to miss a piece of (broken) glass in your (drinking) glass, but if you did I don't think you'd miss a piece of glass floating in your mouth, but if you did it must be really tiny and I'm sure you've ingested glass that size before and you're still alive to tell the tale.

But don't take my word for it.

 

[pwndabear]

at the very least, tie a hop bag or something around the end of your siphon.

 

[Shackled]

Buddy of mine had a thermometer break in his sink after finished cooling his wort. He had no idea if any of it made it into the beer. He ended up dumping it for safety reasons as most would.

You have to ask yourself if $40 of beer is worth possibly sending yourself, a family member or a friend to the hospital?
What costs more: your ER Co-pay on your insurance or another batch of beer?

 

[passedpawn]

I really don't think glass will make it through the siphon process and into a bottle, but if it did I don't think it would make it out of the bottle and into a (drinking) glass, but if it did I don't think you'd be able to miss a piece of (broken) glass in your (drinking) glass, but if you did I don't think you'd miss a piece of glass floating in your mouth, but if you did it must be really tiny and I'm sure you've ingested glass that size before and you're still alive to tell the tale.

But don't take my word for it.

Great post.

After an epic disaster with a glass carboy, the only glass that gets near my beer now is the one I pour the finished beer into.

I wouldn't dump it, but I'd probably transfer to a secondary through a paint strainer bag (you can get a 1g size at home depot for a buck). I'd hang it inside my secondary carboy, suspend it with tape, and transfer the beer through it.

 

[bmsteele]

I really don't think glass will make it through the siphon process and into a bottle, but if it did I don't think it would make it out of the bottle and into a (drinking) glass, but if it did I don't think you'd be able to miss a piece of (broken) glass in your (drinking) glass, but if you did I don't think you'd miss a piece of glass floating in your mouth, but if you did it must be really tiny and I'm sure you've ingested glass that size before and you're still alive to tell the tale.

But don't take my word for it.

AAA+++++ comment. Will read again.

 

[AnOldUR]

I really don't think . . . but if it did I don't think . . . but if it did I don't think you'd be able to . . . but if you did I don't think you'd miss . . . But don't take my word for it.

Lotta thinkin' and butt's goin' on there.




Damn! It's beer, not your first born.
You f-ed up.
Take the hit and brew another batch.

 

[smokinghole]

Look at it this way. If the yeast settles out to the bottom of the fermenter then surely the glass will be sitting on the bottom with all the trub on top of the glass. So as long as you don't siphon all the trub with the beer you should absolutely no problem leaving the glass behind. It's not exactly like it's sitting in there floating.

Plus What WillPall said!

Ooh and my copay is cheaper than a batch of beer. I'd never dump it. I'd pour each beer through a gold coffee filter before I dumped a batch because of potential glass.

 

[kevmoron]

Look at it this way. If the yeast settles out to the bottom of the fermenter then surely the glass will be sitting on the bottom with all the trub on top of the glass. So as long as you don't siphon all the trub with the beer you should absolutely no problem leaving the glass behind. It's not exactly like it's sitting in there floating.

I'm inclined to agree with above. Regardless of particle size, it will sink, unless your concept of physics is the same as these guys: