[denny]

Anyone Kai sent beer to just threw up a little ...  j/k...

If my beers were only as infected as the ones Kai sent me, I could die a happy brewer! 

[majorvices]

Well, now I just feel left out...   OTOH that one big guy he drew swimming around actually had a tail... so, maybe not.  

[Beertracker]

Scary... isn't it? 

[bluesman]

I'm suddenly feeling nautious while I'm sitting here eating my lunch. Thanks Kai!   

[roffenburger]

great...thanks guys..  Now i want a microscope.  this hobby isn't getting any cheaper

Who said this was a hobby? 

[Kaiser]

I had no problems drinking the hydrometer sample They say nothing that survives in beer can kill you and I’m putting that to the test.

Kai

[Beertracker]

I had no problems drinking the hydrometer sample They say nothing that survives in beer can kill you and I’m putting that to the test.

Kai

If we don't see you on the forum tommorow, we'll know what happened. 

[majorvices]

I had no problems drinking the hydrometer sample They say nothing that survives in beer can kill you and I’m putting that to the test.

Kai

Yeah, well, if we ever do a beer exchange I will make you promise not to look at it under your microscope. Seriously though, if it is bacteria I would guess it came mostly from your serving faucet. But, that said, I have always heard that homebrewed beer has a lot more contaminants than commercial. I have questioned how clean carboys actually get, as well. You can scrub conicals and plastic buckets can be cleaned with a soft wash cloth - but carboy brushes do a bad job.

[bluesman]

Kai,

Here's a Fuller's yeast sample.



and some Brettanomyces. In most beer styles, Brettanomyces is viewed as a contaminant and the characteristics it imparts are considered unwelcome "off-flavors". However, in some styles, particularly certain traditional Belgian ales, it is appreciated and encouraged

[bluesman]

I think if we knew what we inhaled and ingested daily on a microscopic level, we would all change our ways.

Not to mention the fact of what we sleep with.... 

[ndcube]

But, that said, I have always heard that homebrewed beer has a lot more contaminants than commercial.

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If the commercial guys filter out the yeast then I imagine the big boy would get filtered out too.

[anotherdrummer]

Well, hobby for me.  By the time this is over, I'll be  mad beer scientist with bunsen burners, microscopes, gerbil tubes and periodic tables all over my walls!

[a10t2]

gerbil tubes

[Thirsty_Monk]

Fascinating.

[anotherdrummer]

i threw that part in there for dramatic purposes...