Bugs in the Beer

[JWR_12]

So I'm setting out tonight to brew a lovely small batch, and as I'm setting up outside I see there are a ton of gnats flying around. I've got a fan to blow them off a bit and will keep an eye on it, but I'm pretty sure there's going to be a gnat or two in the beer (or ten), at the boil phase. So my question is: how bad is that?

 

[Minbari]

Just extra protein

the boil will sterilize it

 

[Donoroto]

Yeah, they will be sterilized so no problem there, and likely never be seen again. They are bad only if it freaks you out.

 

[JWR_12]

Thanks!

 

[richbon]

As an aside, it sounds like a good opportunity for a goofy beer name to me - which I try to never miss. "Dead Gnat Ale," or "Fly in the Ointment?" I thought about something similar when I caught a gnat in an airlock recently.

 

[SabreSteve]

As an aside, it sounds like a good opportunity for a goofy beer name to me - which I try to never miss. "Dead Gnat Ale," or "Fly in the Ointment?" I thought about something similar when I caught a gnat in an airlock recently.

Gnatty lite

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

I brewed outdoors for years so I invested in a stainless screen scoop with a handle, works great for the boil

 

[JWR_12]

I brewed outdoors for years so I invested in a stainless screen scoop with a handle, works great for the boil

Thanks! So you mean to scoop the bugs out? Or to use like a splatter screen to keep them out?

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

I just scoop bits of grain out and bugs, I have an 8 and 12 inch scoop

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]