Joewalla88
Well-Known Member
I've asked a similar question before, and for some reason my most recent posts have been me worrying about poisoning people with my beer. I asked reddit and they freaked me out. Here what I posted there.
"I've seen a few posts that say it's not a big deal, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I was grinding my grain and and accidentally knocked it over and spilled some grain. I scooped up what I could with my hands, a couple pounds or so, and put it back in the mill. I wouldn't think anything of it, but there were some old dried stains on the garage floor from who lived there before. No fresh puddles or paint or anything, just slight stains left behind, and there was a jug of weed killer near by along with some ice melt. Not sure why I'm worried about those things, they weren't spilled or anything. I'm sure it's fine, but would I need to worry about anything in terms on poisoning or toxicity of this beer? Not worried about germs. I'd eat something I dropped on the garage floor as long as it wasn't wet. Is this an RDWHAHB moment?"
The beer's in the fermentor, and I'm sure it won't kill anyone, but I hate to serve people poison brew (common theme for me here). A smart brewer friend of mine says he saw a study that showed homebrew level toxicity issues are resolved during brewing. Mostly through the mash ferment and boil. My garage isn't the dirtiest, but not the cleanest either.
"I've seen a few posts that say it's not a big deal, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I was grinding my grain and and accidentally knocked it over and spilled some grain. I scooped up what I could with my hands, a couple pounds or so, and put it back in the mill. I wouldn't think anything of it, but there were some old dried stains on the garage floor from who lived there before. No fresh puddles or paint or anything, just slight stains left behind, and there was a jug of weed killer near by along with some ice melt. Not sure why I'm worried about those things, they weren't spilled or anything. I'm sure it's fine, but would I need to worry about anything in terms on poisoning or toxicity of this beer? Not worried about germs. I'd eat something I dropped on the garage floor as long as it wasn't wet. Is this an RDWHAHB moment?"
The beer's in the fermentor, and I'm sure it won't kill anyone, but I hate to serve people poison brew (common theme for me here). A smart brewer friend of mine says he saw a study that showed homebrew level toxicity issues are resolved during brewing. Mostly through the mash ferment and boil. My garage isn't the dirtiest, but not the cleanest either.