Planning on Making Radioactive Sake or Beer

[mccumath]

T t t t t t t trolllllllllllllll!

 

[Mezmer13]

T t t t t t t trolllllllllllllll!

Yes, I do sound like a troll. However I'm super commited to this and I'm gunna see this through.

 

[mccumath]

Well, irregardless troll or no troll, i suppose i could still be availiable to hear about your results if you actually go through with it... Have you ever brewed a "normal" batch of beer before? Just curious about your brewing past i suppose.

 

[Mezmer13]

Well, irregardless troll or no troll, i suppose i could still be availiable to hear about your results if you actually go through with it... Have you ever brewed a "normal" batch of beer before? Just curious about your brewing past i suppose.

My first batch was extract, second was partial mash, the third was all grain. Since then on, I've been doing crazy brews.

 

[bb239605]

Well, irregardless troll or no troll, i suppose i could still be availiable to hear about your results if you actually go through with it... Have you ever brewed a "normal" batch of beer before? Just curious about your brewing past i suppose.

Ugggg, seriously!? Irregardless? I'm an engineer and that still bugs me, and I couldnt spell to save myself from hanging to death. (oh yes, a hangman joke).

 

[Hoodweisen]

The Toxic Avenger

 

[ingchr1]

Now what kind of radioactive particles will be in the brew (alpha, beta, gamma)? You'll need to take that into account since each has different effects on the body when ingested.

 

[JonM]

Now what kind of radioactive particles will be in the brew (alpha, beta, gamma)? You'll need to take that into account since each has different effects on the body when ingested.

There has to be an alpha acid, beta glucanase, gamma ray pun in here somewhere.

Anyway, assuming this isn't a trolling thread, same recommendation I give people when they propose to make a beer with the wife's afterbirth: if you share, warn people BEFORE they take a sip.

 

[JonM]

It's not my intention for any radiation to be left over in the final product. I just want the yeast to get as much exposure as possible. The contents of the beer should be consumable by humans without any hazards. Only a small amount of quarantined rice out of Japan has exceed safe standards (500 + Bq). The rice I'm looking for would be 200-400 Bq. That being said, humans can consume 1000-4000 Bq once and be okay. These dose rates rates can be correlated with the dose rates of medical testing in humans. The lethal limit is 1,110,000,000,000,000 Bq (1.11 x 10_15). Also, most of the radioactive element found in these grains will decay after about 70 days to more than safe levels. A 70 day brew even with lethal or cancerous levels should be more than safe to consume. Also filtering will catch 90% of any residual radiation left over after 70 days. I hope this quells concerns about makeing a poisonous brew.

This is like saying, "sure a seagull pooped I'm my kettle while the boil was on, but let me tell you all the reasons why this particular dose of bird crap won't hurt you ..."

 

[MrManifesto]

You should probably read about what radiation does before thinking you're going to get some useful yeast strain out of this. People don't get mutant powers from radiation, they just die, same thing with yeast.

 

[Mongrel]

I like it. Beer should be responsible for the zombie apocalypse.

 

[unionrdr]

Yup,T virus ale!....

 

[Mezmer13]

Just a follow-up:
I dosed my yeast during fermentation to get mutant yeast. I let it sit for a long time after removing the Fukushima metals and saved some of the yeast. The beer turned out okay, but I cannot for the life of me to get anyone to try it. Anyhow I’m enjoying it on my own. I’m pretty sure I’ll be cancer free.

 

[biochemedic]

Not just zombie beer, also a zombie thread!

 

[Arrheinous]

So you want to cause radiation-induced damage to the yeast to cause mutations.

Sounds interesting - a new sort of process for lambics?

You'd just want to irradiate the yeast and for that you don't need Fukushima rice. If you take apart a smoke detector you'll find a bit of Americium which is radioactive. Put this in/near a little bit of yeast and then culture it into a starter.

UV radiation will probably be more mutating (higher energy) than alpha/beta radiation. But I think that's why it kills/sterilizes microorganisms. A controlled exposure with a blacklight could work.

If you use this to produce funky yeast you could make a lambic or maybe a sour? Then you don't have to risk wild yeasts and other microorganisms getting in. This would be randomized yeast as opposed to wild yeast.

/ricewine

 

[Travestian]

Just a follow-up:
I dosed my yeast during fermentation to get mutant yeast. I let it sit for a long time after removing the Fukushima metals and saved some of the yeast. The beer turned out okay, but I cannot for the life of me to get anyone to try it. Anyhow I’m enjoying it on my own. I’m pretty sure I’ll be cancer free.

Troll revival anyone?

 

[Zamial]

The amount of use X crazy radioactive thing to mutate yeast is down right silly. Why not put your starter in the microwave for 2-5 seconds? What doesn't die is going to mutate due to... Microwave radiation.

 

[troy2000]

The amount of use X crazy radioactive thing to mutate yeast is down right silly. Why not put your starter in the microwave for 2-5 seconds? What doesn't die is going to mutate due to... Microwave radiation.

Nope. Microwave ovens don't really put out the sort of radiation you're thinking of; they put out... wait for it... are you ready... microwaves!!

Back when microwave ovens were brand new, I had an Amana I bought from a couple in the middle of splitting up their property during a divorce (only way I could have afforded one). I reheated a pot of coffee in it one morning and offered some to my neighbor, and she proclaimed, "none for me, thankyouverymuch. Unlike you, I don't plan to die from radiation poisoning."