What Would You Do?

[Mercs Own]

So you have cleaned out your brewing vessels and filled the mush tun up with the required amount of water, put the lid on and bought it up to strike temp. Got your grains ready to go all excited cos your brewing!!

You take the lid off the mash tun and there floating on top of the hot water is not one, but two dead cockroaches - just floating on their backs!

What would you do?

 

[Stuster]

Just run them through the mill before using them. Helps to release all the goodness.

Or perhaps, just start heating up that water all over again. What a classic. :lol:

 

[agro]

Give them a glass of cold water and charge by the hour - Sauna's aren't cheap you know!

 

[ozbrewer]

Merc....come on be an Ozzie........Does the term "sheelll Be right mate" ring a bell

 

[devo]

start again.

 

[PhilS]

Could be worse....3 dead cockroaches!

Seriously, pull them out & keep going. Should be ok as you'll be boiling any nasties for 1 & 1/2 hours.

 

[Screwtop]

Yeah, could have been worse, could have been my mash tun
Brew Name:2 Rocking Coach Ale

 

[Kai]

Remove the cockies and proceed as normal is what i'd do. After all, you're going to boil for a good hour and you'd need more than two to affect the flavour.

 

[tangent]

yeah, if they were squashed maybe start again, but whole, c'mon!?

 

[Jazzafish]

sprinkles, just sprinkles!

Keep in mind you have never seen what went through the water before it hit your place. Let alone the grain...

 

[Mercs Own]

Yep, I scooped em out and doughed in!

During clean up I think I worked out where they were hiding so next brew day I will be flushing out my sparge arm extra well!!

 

[Mr Bond]

cock roaches,aren't they the flava and colouring for sarsparilla?
Maybe you should call it root beer.

 

[Doc]

I'd take a pH sample to make sure they hadn't altered the water chemistry balance too much, then rerun the water through the water filter and finally make an offering to the brew gods before continuing

Seriously though biff them and forget about it. Any nasties will be boiled out later on.

Beers,
Doc

 

[Darren]

I would have tasted the water. If by some chance a coupla big cockies had been heated for an hour or so and "fouled" the water I would have had no choice but to start again.
Cockroaches do tend to have a certain smell. If I couldn't taste it in the water I doubt I would be able to taste it in a beer.
cheers
Darren

 

[warrenlw63]

CPR :lol:

Warren -

 

[Darren]

You alright Warren?

 

[warrenlw63]

Darren, I'm never alright. :lol:

What's wrong with a bit of compassion for a couple of cockroaches?

Warren -

 

[Darren]

Compression is ok. Mouth to mouth and you have a problem.
cheers Warren, great to internet "stouche" with you. Makes life interesting.
cheers
again
Darren

 

[warrenlw63]

Whatever floats yer boat. :blink:

Warren -

 

[Darren]

Yep