Wearing a face mask when brewing

[unionrdr]

The base of my BC mill fits the Lowe's bucket I use really tight. So there's no floury stuff poofing into the air. Problem solved.

 

[corycorycory09]

In a commercial brewing setting where you're making 500 gallons... maybe... but for a 5 gallon batch I think it would be overkill.

 

[ChucknBeer]

I use a hair net while transfering wort to the fermenter... I'm getting bold :3

 

[blizz81]

I use a hair net while transfering wort to the fermenter... I'm getting bold :3

No Beard Beer?

 

[Mismost]

I wear a bandana around my head to keep sweat outta my forehead and put a strip of black electrical tape over my eyes because I just like the vintage porno look.....does that count??

 

[stansoid]

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 also wear a dust mask when milling. I can feel the dust in my lungs after.

You know your hobby is worthwhile when it requires you to put thought into the proper PPE.

 

[A2HB]

[Y]ou are, of course, referring to TSA AKA, " Take Some Advice"?! Oye....

Yup that's the guy.

Back in the days on another website that was geared towards "flowers and gardening" he posted some of the most hilarious videos of all time. Never showed his face, all you heard was his voice and that weird nervous laugh. I'd bet my next batch of brew that's the same guy there. Anyways thought it was funny and a blast from the past.

 

[Homercidal]

I always try to cover my mouth with a glass of beer while I'm brewing. I think the beer will intercept any bad germs, and the layer of CO2 in the head will kill them.

 

[jlinz]

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.

Oh, common... You've gotta love the guy's enthusiasm. I watched a few of the other videos and he has a fun approach, even if he went a little overboard with the Starsan. He also seemed to mellow out over time.

 

[Melana]

Wait a minute... Wait a dang minute. This is brewing, not surgery?

 

[ChucknBeer]

No Beard Beer?

I put my beard in the mash for the last 10 minutes. It seems to add 5% to efficiency....

 

[SeraW]

My gut reaction is more like, "Well, I'm not a mouthbreather, so I'm fine..."

 

[Psylocide]

This is my grain milling mask. I think I'm doing it wrong.

 

[mcspanner]

This is my grain milling mask. I think I'm doing it wrong.

No, that's a definite improvement.

 

[ba-brewer]

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Only when I brew in a bog

ooops, I think they said you should start a brewing blog.

 

[eluterio]

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

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

was he for real!!

 

[Rhaop]

I wear a simple dust mask when milling i start sneezing and eyes start tearing up like crazy if I don't, will have to try conditioning the malt beforehand

 

[hucklb]

Was the guy in the video serious??

 

[Psylocide]

No, that's a definite improvement.

That's Plack Blague.

I'd suggest not watching his videos unless you want a brain full of wtf.

 

[jmark]

I've conditioned my grain ever since I got my mill and I'm sure it helps, but it's still dusty so after that bad infection I caught, I've always used a simple workshop dust mask.

 

[iijakii]

Same kind of people that sanitize their mash tun and BK I bet.

 

[balrog]

I figure wine turns out okay and you're supposed to climb into the vat to stomp the grapes with your bare feet.

I just never found the right shoes for stomping/crushing the barley without hurting my toesies.

 

[unionrdr]

Maybe see if you can borrow Ironman's boots. Then you can roast'em at the same time!

 

[slym2none]

Maybe see if you can borrow Ironman's boots. Then you can roast'em at the same time!

I don't think repulsor rays give off heat.



(I'm a total comic nerd)

 

[unionrdr]

So was I. Siblings stole my big box of comics. i loved Iron Man, Fantastic four, & a slew of others. Had some of the annuals too, like when Spidey meets the green goblin for the first time. And a '58 Tales From the Crypt. Good times. Or maybe he could strap some bigfoot casts to his feet? That'd make short work of those grapes?

 

[slym2none]

Just tell the Hulk that the grapes are his enemy.

"Hulk SMASH!" *stompstompstomp*

 

[GrogNerd]

what the HELL?

my very first beer, fermentation ended, got final gravity reading, started siphoning by sucking on the end of the hose. before this, my only experience siphoning was gas from the car to the lawn mower, so my first instinct was to SPIT IT OUT!

right into the bottling bucket containing my priming solution.

I continued as if nothing had happened. turned out to be, at the time, one of the greatest beers I've ever had.

my very first beer, fermentation ended, got final gravity reading, started siphoning by sucking on the end of the hose. before this, my only experience siphoning was gas from the car to the lawn mower, so my first instinct was to SPIT IT OUT!

my very first beer, fermentation ended, got final gravity reading, started siphoning by sucking on the end of the hose. before this, my only experience siphoning was gas from the car to the lawn mower, so my first instinct was to SPIT IT OUT!

 

[JonM]

Bots.

 

[tracyk]

I knew I was missing a few steps after seeing this guys you tube video. Step 1 Prepare 100 gallons of StarSan. Have it dripping off of everything including the walls, ceiling and clothes. Step 2 If possible don't breath. This way there is no contaminants or dust in the air. Step 3 If you make it to there congratulations you have transfered your wort!

Seriously though just use some common sense and keep everything clean and sanitized. If you have really bad allergies you may want to wear a face mask, but otherwise no, not for transferring wort. Some brewers do a secondary, some brewers don't. That is just the preference of the brewer. I do occasionally, as I have more 5 gallon carboys, than 6.5 gallon carboys.

 

[Yirg]

I bought a second hand mill and haven't had a chance to use it yet, but I'm glad I read this thread, and not just for the (many) laughs. It didn't occur to me that a mask could be useful when milling.

I don't use a face mask normally, but I just brewed a batch with a couple of friends from work, and we talked a lot (it was their first brew). We wore masks during bottling to reduce the chance of micro-spitting into the wort while talking. Can't hurt to be extra safe I guess. The beer btw turned out great!