Wearing a face mask when brewing

[andy6026]

I just do this at my house prior to brewing... it makes sure there's no live bacteria able to get into the wort:

 

[m00ps]

hope you dont have any batches going when you do that each time. The light alone may be enough to instantly skunk everything, not to mention how mutated yeast is going to affect fermentation. Youll maybe get like 140% attenuation and end up with rocket fuel

 

[MaxStout]

How do you contact YouTube to have them pull offensive and objectionable material?
That dude is an embarrassment to home brewers everywhere.
And think of the potential home brewers that don't try the hobby after watching this clown.

YouTube has a flagging function for videos. There's a link to their "community guidelines" with a list of legitimate causes for flagging a video.

However, I doubt "embarrassment to home brewers" is one of those causes. The video did make me facepalm a few times. Yikes.

 

[m00ps]

is there anyone that can honestly claim they arent an embarrassment to homebrewers? if anything, im an embarrassment...

 

[Psylocide]

Me and my buddy on brew days:

 

[beergolf]

How do you contact YouTube to have them pull offensive and objectionable material?
That dude is an embarrassment to home brewers everywhere.
And think of the potential home brewers that don't try the hobby after watching this clown.

I just look at it as great humor. You definitely can't take that guy seriously.

 

[agrazela]

I have to wear this whenever I'm around beer:

Solely for the protection of anyone who gets between me and my beer.

 

[A2HB]

Subbing so I can watch that video later this evening

 

[Terek]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kJocMX7Ex-Y

Some of you may remember this guy. Skip the first 2 minutes.

is this guy for real? where is the contamination chamber.......

 

[jmark]

Okay, my 0.02 as I play party-pooper! I wear a mask these days over my nose and mouth but ONLY when milling grain. Last winter, I got a pretty bad fungal infection in my lungs that started after a brew day - took me 2 months to get over it. Now it may have been a coincidence, but whenever I mill these days, I have the mask just to be safe.

 

[MaxStout]

Okay, my 0.02 as I play party-pooper! I wear a mask these days over my nose and mouth but ONLY when milling grain. Last winter, I got a pretty bad fungal infection in my lungs that started after a brew day - took me 2 months to get over it. Now it may have been a coincidence, but whenever I mill these days, I have the mask just to be safe.

That's actually a very wise idea. The dust from grain is nasty.

 

[SEndorf]

I just look at it as great humor. You definitely can't take that guy seriously.

I forgot to include the sarcasm icon...
I don't seriously think this is a youtube offense.

He does have an entertaining follow up video where he sips his "first home brew" and simply laughs hysterically into the camera while shouting how incredibly great his beer is.....

To the OP, it's a valid question, and there are circumstances where a mask may be a good idea.. just not for the brain surgery indicated in the video.

 

[Jetski]

That's actually a very wise idea. The dust from grain is nasty.

I'm going to start wearing a mask when I mill. My allergies kick it in to high gear every time when I don't wear one. You'd think I would have learned before going through this a dozen times!

 

[GrogNerd]

Okay, my 0.02 as I play party-pooper! I wear a mask these days over my nose and mouth but ONLY when milling grain. Last winter, I got a pretty bad fungal infection in my lungs that started after a brew day - took me 2 months to get over it. Now it may have been a coincidence, but whenever I mill these days, I have the mask just to be safe.

like the guy who is allergic to starsan, the mask & glovers are not so much to protect the beer, but to protect you

 

[unionrdr]

I know the most important thing when brewing is sanitation. Also, our mouths are full of different kinds of bacteria (that I assume would love to set up shop in a fermenter). Is it recommended to wear a face mask when dealing with the wort after its cooled, or when dry hopping for instance?

you've been watching TSA on YouTube again, haven't you!? C'mon, admit it!!

 

[JonM]

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[GrogNerd]

 

[JonM]

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[unionrdr]

Hence my remembrances of TSA....

 

[GHBWNY]

Is it recommended to wear a face mask when dealing with the wort after its cooled, or when dry hopping for instance?

Absolutely. I wear a face mask when I brew. It's black with two eye holes. The townspeople call me the Lone Fermenter.

 

[unionrdr]

" Return with us now, to those thrilling days of yesterbrew! When out of the past, come the thundering hoofbeats"...

 

[djsereno91]

I use a dental dam just to be on the safe side.

This one made me laugh the hardest!![emoji23]

 

[BrewerBrad82]

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

So you play doctor while brewing too? Sweet. Just dont give your beer the plague.

Honestly to OP's question no...i wont even lie i have some pretty low sanitation standards compared to many here and ive never had an infection in 3 years. Ive even stuck my arm up to the elbow in wort to get something out of a bucket before (after spraying my arm with starsan) with no ill effects.

Contrary to what you may get from this beginners forum, its actually quite difficult to get an infection in a beer that's properly cared for. Fermenter sealed tight, proper yeast amounts pitched, and not opening up the fermenter 50 times a day while its fermenting.

In general i'd say that's probably the biggest source of infection for new brewers, opening up their fermenter all the time and transferring to secondary opens you up to a whole host of infection possibilities.

 

[LandoLincoln]

Okay, my 0.02 as I play party-pooper! I wear a mask these days over my nose and mouth but ONLY when milling grain. Last winter, I got a pretty bad fungal infection in my lungs that started after a brew day - took me 2 months to get over it. Now it may have been a coincidence, but whenever I mill these days, I have the mask just to be safe.

I always forget to wear a dust mask before milling and then spend a half hour coughing and sneezing afterwards. Every dang time.

Maybe I should hang a dust mask on my mill to remind me. Nah. That would be too easy.

 

[bruteforce]

" Return with us now, to those thrilling days of yesterbrew! When out of the past, come the thundering hoofbeats"...

 

[mcspanner]

I can't see a pic like that without thinking of [ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok5rOO2v2dU[/ame] seasons greetings

 

[A2HB]

I'm pretty sure that guy that was obsessing over germs was the same guy that made the "hardmode" videos. Some of you may know what I'm talking about, but probably most won't.

Finally can put a face to that ****ing laugh lol!

 

[unionrdr]

Lol! I wondered where ned got off too? Haven't " heard" his hoofbeats in some time now!

I'm pretty sure that guy that was obsessing over germs was the same guy that made the "hardmode" videos. Some of you may know what I'm talking about, but probably most won't.

Finally can put a face to that ****ing laugh lol!

you are, of course, referring to TSA AKA, " Take Some Advice"?! Oye....

 

[blizz81]

For those talking about wearing masks while milling grain, just condition your grain.


Although I did use to wear the $80 respirator I bought solely as a Breaking Bad costume part when I milled grain before I started conditioning...