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Post by Ken on May 1, 2020 20:20:41 GMT -6
Say you had 6 cubic yards of stinky mulch dropped on your driveway and say that you spent 10 hours today distributing it so the pile is gone but the garage still stinks like mulch. Let's say you plan to brew on Sunday where the boil and the chill takes place in the garage... 15 to 20' away from where the stinky mulch pile was. Can that stinkiness somehow bifugal up your vulnerable chilled wort? Sincerely, the garage smells like a horse's ass right now. Thoughts?
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Post by bklmt2000 on May 1, 2020 20:32:09 GMT -6
Say you had 6 cubic yards of stinky mulch dropped on your driveway and say that you spent 10 hours today distributing it so the pile is gone but the garage still stinks like mulch. Let's say you plan to brew on Sunday where the boil and the chill takes place in the garage... 15 to 20' away from where the stinky mulch pile was. Can that stinkiness somehow bifugal up your vulnerable chilled wort? Sincerely, the garage smells like a horse's ass right now. Thoughts?
Short answer: nope. Unless some mulch somehow physically infiltrates the wort before it hits the fermenter, i'd say you're ok. I'd try to air out the garage tomorrow as much as possible in the meantime.
That said, you might want to brew with the garage door up on Sunday. Just in case.  |
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Post by Ken on May 1, 2020 20:41:47 GMT -6
I seem to remember a brewday where I brought the hot kettle into my shed because I could get a hose into the shed for the chill and I'm pretty sure the only reason I would have done that is because there was a pile of mulch 20' away from where I was brewing. It could have also been that the driveway had just been sealcoated and the garage had a different stink. I could pressure wash the driveway tomorrow so there is less evidence. I would like to get a brewday in on Sunday if possible. Thanks B.
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Post by bklmt2000 on May 1, 2020 20:48:07 GMT -6
My earlier post was somewhat in jest, but in all seriousness, if you can clean/pressure-wash away the mulch remants, it would be good insurance against any airborne mulch dust/debris getting into the wort.
I recall that mulch, especially the finer shredded stuff, can get a little powdery when it dries out, so the less of it around, the better. And beyond that, IMO fresh mulch doesn't smell far off of manure. That would not be a smell I'd want interfering with malt/hop goodness on a brewday.
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Post by jkor on May 2, 2020 5:04:34 GMT -6
People make oaked beers, why not mulched?
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Post by Ken on May 2, 2020 7:41:50 GMT -6
I'm sure you've all smelled this stuff. It's a combination of wood, smoke, vomit and I don't know what. The smell doesn't last long but I'm sure my neighbors notice it. I remembering ordering a few years ago and I was talking to this woman on the phone and I said "Does it stink?" and she said, "Well, I don't smell anything" and I said, "You didn't answer the question". It STINKS!
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