I hope someone here can identify these critters & reassure me!
I opened my airtight plastic dogfood container today to get our some 2-row, and found tiny little bugs crawling inside... There were 20-30 I could see, it wasnt like a horror-movie infestation, but definitely enough to concern.
They are black and much smaller than a grain kernel. A picture of a few of them in the corner of my weighing vessel, and a video of one of them moving is attached.
I really have to use this grain if I want to brew in the next month, so I'm going ahead with today's brew but I'm gonna toss the remaining 30 lbs or so (which is killing me since my LHBS shut down and I cant get any more big sacks of 2-row).
Anyone know what kind of bug this is? Is my beer (Pale Ale) gonna taste like crap?
FWIW their were no bugs on the outside of the container, so I think it was something that had hitchhiked in the original bag I bought. I last used this container at the end of January and did not notice any crawlies in it then...
The grain _looked_ OK so hopefully it will taste the same. With maybe a little higher protein from the bugs <g>.
I opened my airtight plastic dogfood container today to get our some 2-row, and found tiny little bugs crawling inside... There were 20-30 I could see, it wasnt like a horror-movie infestation, but definitely enough to concern.
They are black and much smaller than a grain kernel. A picture of a few of them in the corner of my weighing vessel, and a video of one of them moving is attached.
I really have to use this grain if I want to brew in the next month, so I'm going ahead with today's brew but I'm gonna toss the remaining 30 lbs or so (which is killing me since my LHBS shut down and I cant get any more big sacks of 2-row).
Anyone know what kind of bug this is? Is my beer (Pale Ale) gonna taste like crap?
FWIW their were no bugs on the outside of the container, so I think it was something that had hitchhiked in the original bag I bought. I last used this container at the end of January and did not notice any crawlies in it then...
The grain _looked_ OK so hopefully it will taste the same. With maybe a little higher protein from the bugs <g>.