Posioned Beer

[Whsoj]

So we say nothing that grows in beer can kill you, your stupidity and what you put in your beer can. Read this guys story.




http://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/2or11t/tifu_by_homebrewing_a_poisonous_beer_and_having_a/

 

[LandoLincoln]

If I wanted to waste my time on Reddit, I'd go to Reddit.

 

[mkyl428]

What a dummy who puts random plants in their beer without first verifying what said random plant is

 

[Brettomomyces]

I'm sure he brews a delicious Death Cap Porter as well

 

[GarageDweller]

Bill Cosby :fro:

 

[dkennedy]

Moral: Thoroughly research adjuncts. At least he owned his mistake, too many people would blame someone else.

"My dad called sic the Euthanasia Beer"
Glad that I'm not the only one who found it somewhat amusing.

 

[Qhrumphf]

I believe the saying is "no pathogenic organisms that can harm you can survive in beer".

Doesn't apply to toxic chemicals, poisons, or even said toxic chemicals or poisons produced by pathogens that CAN survive in wort. And of course, doesn't apply to human stupidity.

That was entertaining, thanks for the read. And meanwhile, I'm going to continue my streak of NOT eating (or brewing with) strange plants I find in the woods without knowing exactly what they are.

 

[Hopper5000]

It's actually "no pathogenic organisms that can harm you can grow in beer". There have been studies showing that stuff like salomonella can survive in beer for about 30 days or so but can't actually grow. See this:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22004814

 

[Rev2010]

There have been studies showing that stuff like salomonella can survive in beer for about 30 days or so but can't actually grow. See this:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22004814

Keep in mind that's only part of the story.

"Salmonella Typhimurium could not grow in the mid-strength or full-strength beers, although they could survive for more than 30 days in the mid-strength beer when held at 4°C".

That clearly states it can survive for more than 30 days when held at 39 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooling allows the organisms to live longer hence, "Pathogen survival in all beers was prolonged at lowered storage temperatures.". Being we ferment and condition at much warmer temps, for ales at least, I think the studies would should it wouldn't live long enough to make it into the end product and harm the drinker due to the time length if infection was introduced in the early stages of production.


Rev.

 

[Psylocide]

Up Next: Belladonna Leaf-infused Mead

 

[drainbamage]

Reminds me of that thread a while back where the guy pissed off his wife and she retaliated by adding some mystery flower petals to his fermenter.

[...and of course there was never any resolution of why she did it, what the flowers were, or what happened to the guy...or the beer.]

 

[IJesusChrist]

Up Next: Belladonna Leaf-infused Mead

well... in small doses... :fro:

 

[Billy-Klubb]

so, I shouldn't drink my Rosary Pea/Oleander Ale or my Doll's Eye Wine?

 

[Psylocide]

well... in small doses... :fro:

That would be a hell of a ride.

 

[hunter_le five]

Hah, that was a pretty good read. What a dummy.

Somehow he mistook a yew/taxus tree for pine. They look nothing alike.

 

[Hopper5000]

Rev2010, I totally agree. I was just correcting terminology and being nit-picky. The overall message being that it's all good... You would have to dump some raw chicken juice or dip you hand in the bottling bucket after going to the bathroom and not washing to really mess things up and even so you probably would be fine...

 

[dkennedy]

Rev2010, I totally agree. I was just correcting terminology and being nit-picky. The overall message being that it's all good... You would have to dump some raw chicken juice or dip you hand in the bottling bucket after going to the bathroom and not washing to really mess things up and even so you probably would be fine...

Avast, you mean that my Colonel's Unfried Chicken Ale was a bad idea?

 

[brew2enjoy]

Meh, beer already has poison in it anyway. I say drink it lol

 

[JohnSand]

Really. Someone should have told the Original Toxic Brewer to just Walk It Off!
Light-weight!
Where's the rest of that beer?

 

[Whsoj]

And lando if I wanted your feedback on reddit I would have sent you a pm about reddit but, thanks for the non beer related comment in general beer fourm.

 

[MaxStout]

If drinking my nightshade/amanita mushroom/castor bean infused ale is wrong, I don't want to be right.

 

[Whsoj]

Up Next: Belladonna Leaf-infused Mead

Hemlock boch anyone?

 

[RPCidery]

If you can't tell the difference between pine and taxus (yew), stay out of the woods.

 

[Qhrumphf]

If you can't tell the difference between pine and taxus (yew), stay out of the woods.

Or, or, just don't eat the plants.

 

[unionrdr]

Yikes! That was a serious mistake! He should've paid attention to the recipes using young blue spruce tips. They haven't developed the toxic alkaloids yet. Pine & that other one are no-no's.

 

[RPCidery]

. Pine & that other one are no-no's.

Nonsense. Pine needle tea is tasty and chock full of vitamin C, I used to make it all the time when I was a kid. Yew needles, however are toxic. They don't look anything alike.

 

[unionrdr]

The young tips anyway would be OK, like blue spruce.

 

[RPCidery]

Younger needles are a little better, but all are OK.
http://www.practicalprimitive.com/skillofthemonth/pineneedletea.html
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/3126/

 

[unionrdr]

If it "tastes like turpentine", then it is! The adult parts of the trees contain alkaloids. That's why I don't see critters foraging on them. Maybe a small amount in some parts? Saved both links. Apparently there are certain pines that are used for those teas?...