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homebrewdad
Charter Member
Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


Last night, I toasted my oats for the oatmeal stout I'm brewing this weekend.  As I spread them in my pan prior to sticking them in the oven, I noticed a lone weevil.

Men, no big deal.  It was ONE weevil.  I picked him out, and what the hey... this is preboil, anyway. 

I did let the LHBS know, however.  One weevil is nothing.  I probably would have been less impressed to open a bag with hundreds of them.



Posted 34 days ago.

Necropaw
Charter Member
Central WI
608 Posts


At least it wasnt a weasel.



Posted 34 days ago.

SHv2
Charter Member
Westford, MA
21 Posts


...or vin diesel



Posted 34 days ago.

vinpaysdoc
Charter Member
High Point, NC
321 Posts


Well, you toasted the rest of them. 

Ugh, weevils. That's why my grains get the freezer quarantine for a few days when they enter the dwelling.




Posted 34 days ago.

ercousin
Charter Member
Toronto, Canada
77 Posts


Thankfully I have never had any weevils :) Knocking on wood right now though.



Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
Charter Member
Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


I have weevils, I really do.  Logically, I know that all of my grains have been exposed to insects.  Seeing one wriggle in the pan is a different story.

Ah, well.  It'll be sanitized.





Posted 34 days ago.

SHv2
Charter Member
Westford, MA
21 Posts


Well now you can come up with a punny name involving weevils.



Posted 34 days ago.

Oginme
New Ipswich, NH
18 Posts


And just what is the extract potential of a weevil?



Posted 34 days ago.

tracebusta
Charter Member
Somerville, MA
155 Posts


I've been lucky enough to not see any bugs in my grain. Whether I've been lucky enough to not have any in my grains, that's something I don't know. Not sure I'd want to at this point.



Posted 34 days ago.

chino_brews
Charter Member
Eden Prairie, MN
301 Posts


- Resident Weevil
- Chaotic Weevil Hobbit
- Weevil Dead

A good question is why you are buying flaked oats from a LHBS instead of just using Quaker. Unless it has to do with supporting your LHBS.




Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
Charter Member
Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


I'm happy to support the LHBS.

lol @ chaotic weevil





Posted 34 days ago.

vinpaysdoc
Charter Member
High Point, NC
321 Posts


Resident Weevil gets my vote.





Posted 34 days ago.

mchrispen
Bastrop, TX
485 Posts


Yeah - Resident Weevil




Posted 34 days ago.

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