Is my beer safe?

tape the caps...or wax everything. Condoms might get expensive

 

I wouldn't be worried about the contents of the bottle being contaminated, but rather the harmful chemicals on them when you do finally pop it open and pour it... I would be worried about contamination from your hands touching the bottle and possibly there being some residual bug killer around where the cap fits over the glass; dangerously close to where the beer will flow! bag them somehow to minimize the contact.

 

If this is just for a day? If it is, I would put them in a box and keep them in my car. I have an SUV, so I could easily do that. Yeah, keeping them in a hot car would suck, but better than possibly have poison leak into them, at least imo. If it's for more than a day could you take them to work? If worst comes to worst, cover them in multiple layers of plastic and hope for the best.

 

Quick, brew something and leave it in an open fermenter in the house.

 

Thank you for starting this. Our house is getting tented soon too and I didn't even think about it

Probably going to plastic bag everything

 

If you have the time, this seems like possibly the safest option.

 

Great minds think alike, even if they don't read three posts above theirs.

 

Do health departments still offer the brown bag of free condoms?

 

I dunno its been a while since I went looking for them

 

To be safe, just live with the bugs.

 

Day 32. The bugs love imperial IPAs and have accepted me as their bug overlord.

 

Hey OP when is this all going down?

 

Let us know how it goes!

 

As in, if you drink the beer and don't die, let us know!

 

This is exactly what I was going to say.

 

Not to worry, Heisenberg Exterminating is extremely safety conscious.

 

This. I don't see why you would treat your beer any differently than other food products, which are typically bagged during fumigations if they can't be removed.

 

despite differing opinions and the fact that it would probably have been ok, i moved all my house beer to a friends last night out of paranoia. at least i'll have the peace of mind now

i also have an offsite cellar but my home "cellar" is kind of my temporary holding zone before it goes into the fridge and into gullet. i was shocked to see how much beer i have, just in my house (not counting off site)

i need to slim down my collection

 

I'd think the statement "sealed" for your fridge contents is kind of a clue here. Your beer is sealed, and i think the chance of ingress into the bottle is pretty small. I'd for damn sure wash the hell outta an exposed bottle before opening it, though where you didn't bag and bottle everything. Maybe the pesticide company can tell you the persistence of the chemicals? Does it break down in a couple weeks, or do it last for years? I don't know the answer, but you could reasonably ask that question, I reckon.