yellow jackets in my wort

[davcar74]

As I was cooling my wort (brewed outside this am), I noticed the yellow jackets loved it - no surprise there. But, I fished three out of the wort...curious how big my risk is of infection/wild yeast due to this. My wife would frown on RDWHAHB at 11:30 am...

 

[JeepDiver]

Well it is a football Sat so I'd say 11:30 is perfectly fine for RDWHAHB, unfortantly it's only 9:30 here so my wife doesn't belive I should start drinking at 11:30 where ever the kickoff is.

The risk is fairly small, people brewed outdoors for hundreds of years over open flame and just threw the wort in a old tree stump and made beer. Ok, maybe it wasn't quite like that but you get my drift

 

[unionrdr]

That's why I put a lid on mine while in the ice bath. Darn lil critters...if it was still fairly warm to hot,you might be ok.

 

[kaz4121]

In the future you should look into putting sanitized aluminum foil on top of your pot. It lets the heat out better than a lid, and also forms a nice tight seal.

 

[windbreaker123]

Sounds like a stinger ipa I made a few years ago. Hopefully they died from heat and not your recipe. I use a screen from the hardware store to keep stuff out now. And let her frown pretty sure it isn't the first time. And probably won't be the last.

 

[shutupjojo]

Next time just throw out a couple of hot dogs in the driveway. When your done brewing , go over there and crush the little f.....s.

 

[h22lude]

11:30?!?! I started at 10 last Sunday for the Pats Jets game. Yeah she thought we were all alcoholics but she has known that for a while lol

To answer your question, I would say you are fine. If you just started cooling, you could have heated it back up quickly and boiled for a minute.

 

[FromZwolle]

did you make them spit the beer out? greedy little jerks!

 

[rycov]

beer should be fine. just scoop em out and give the brew a sweet name. i'm more concerned with you not being able to have a beer!

 

[unionrdr]

Or leave'em in the Angel's share. If they're gettin part of your beer,then let'em have that part. Maybe give it a nectary note?...
This made me remember my all time favorite label one of you did about a brew called angel's share. We call BS,& want our beer back!!...lolz

 

[StittsvilleJames]

If the bars can start serving at 11:00, than you can start serving at 11:00.
My grandma used to tell me you couldn't hit the scotch until after 4:00 (and only two fingers in a glass!), but beer was ok at 11:00.

 

[rexbanner]

Insects are crawling with wild yeast etc. Out of 50+ batches, I have had one single infection, and it was a fruit fly that got into the fermenter. Don't mean to bum you out but unless your beer was still 150+ degrees when the bees got in, you have a very high chance of infection.

 

[moose123]

My son chucked a Lego in my beer awhile back right after I pitched the yeast tryed fishing it out but couldn't find it. Went through 3 weeks in the fermenter then I kegged the beer and found the Lego! Beer tasted great no infection. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a germ free Lego either

 

[davcar74]

Thanks all....1100 works on most days...just not when I need stamina for marathon cheer, dance etc...I never would have made it...

 

[dover157]

My son chucked a Lego in my beer awhile back right after I pitched the yeast tryed fishing it out but couldn't find it. Went through 3 weeks in the fermenter then I kegged the beer and found the Lego! Beer tasted great no infection. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a germ free Lego either

Linclon Lager is all could think of when I read this....

 

[Flomaster]

next time just drape a towel over your brew whilst chilling

-=Jason=-

 

[BOBrob]

did they turn the beer yellow? A pair of pantyhose with the legs cut off and secured to the chiller hose with a rubber band will keep bugs out. Get the big girls and the waistband will fit over your biggest brew pot. Hand washed and sanatized of course.