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Offline JFMBearcat

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Mashed in my brewing water sheet
« on: January 09, 2022, 01:44:00 pm »
Well this has to be a first. I am brewing a blonde on my Foundry and I had wondered where my BruNWater sheet had gone earlier, figured it had blown away. Welp, it got mashed in for an hour @ 150.

Just want to make it's OK to continue making this beer - it was color ink by the way.

Thanks - dummy of the day.
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Re: Mashed in my brewing water sheet
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2022, 02:03:26 pm »
Hmm..I don’t think Palmer ever covered this….

I honestly have no idea if the ink will do anything harmful to the beer.  My guess is not likely, given the small amount that was on the paper.  But I do appreciate this post.  I hate to laugh at someone else’s misfortune, but that is pretty funny.  Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Mashed in my brewing water sheet
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2022, 02:26:20 pm »
I'm pretty sure modern-day inkjet ink is non-toxic. I'd taste the wort to make sure there's nothing horrible-tasting that's out of the ordinary in there, and if nothing noticible then I'd go ahead with the batch.
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Re: Mashed in my brewing water sheet
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2022, 03:51:44 pm »
Wondering how many ppg it will contribute:) Thought I'd either heard of or done every dumb thing possible but must have missed this one. How in the hell did it get in the Foundry?

Don't think there's a problem continuing with the brew, as long as you don't mind a little bit of a cyan tint to it.
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Mashed in my brewing water sheet
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2022, 05:39:37 pm »
I got a smile out of this.

It’s probably not toxic but if I had a choice…

Tell you the truth I’d probably not drink it. I have plenty of ingredients to make another batch.
« Last Edit: January 09, 2022, 05:41:15 pm by BrewBama »

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Re: Mashed in my brewing water sheet
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2022, 08:04:17 pm »
Wondering how many ppg it will contribute:) Thought I'd either heard of or done every dumb thing possible but must have missed this one. How in the hell did it get in the Foundry?

Don't think there's a problem continuing with the brew, as long as you don't mind a little bit of a cyan tint to it.
I apparently put it in the malt pipe to keep it from blowing away. Since the pipe you can't see thru it, when I picked it up and placed it in the Foundry, I then went inside while the strike water heated. Then I guess it didn't show itself at the top of the water when I mashed in. Crazy set of circumstances.

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Re: Mashed in my brewing water sheet
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2022, 03:18:48 pm »
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Re: Mashed in my brewing water sheet
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2022, 08:10:38 am »
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Re: Mashed in my brewing water sheet
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2022, 12:21:38 pm »
I got a smile out of this.

It’s probably not toxic but if I had a choice…

Tell you the truth I’d probably not drink it. I have plenty of ingredients to make another batch.

its too late now, but if i realized that just at the mash stage, as in i still hadn't gotten my other equipment dirty yet i would actually stop the brewday.

i try to avoid toxic stuff as much as possible, but i think ive accidentally tasted ink in food/drinks before and it is incredibly nasty. that ye olde imagery of fish n chips served on newspaper... yeah, in reality newspaper ink on fried stuff is absolutely disgusting. it makes it near inedible for me.


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Re: Mashed in my brewing water sheet
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2022, 09:15:57 am »
Sorry that happened. I used to print out Beer Smith recipes but I use small journal book now. I would taste the beer if it tastes good drink it!