Weavles(sp)

Littlechicago

Are there any issues with having them in your grain for mashing?

Moonshine

You mean weevils as in Wheat weevil @ Wikipedia?

punkin

Depends how picky you are. They generally float to the surface and can be scooped off if you soak the grain.

grim

embrace it

ANTY GIN @ The Cambridge Distillery

dad

It is a good point to negotiate a lower price on the grain.

Protein for the yeasties...

I always remember that the end product is hot ethanol vapor and nothing lives through the process.

grim

Eat a weavel. Nobody will respect you otherwise. If it's good enough for you to eat, who is to argue?

Kill_Devil_Spirit_Co

@grim said: Eat a weavel. Nobody will respect you otherwise. If it's good enough for you to eat, who is to argue?

A right of passage :))

Kill_Devil_Spirit_Co

In all seriousness though, soak the grain and scooping it's not a serious infestation. Call your supplier and tell them what's up, they should reimburse you I get bags replaced for free if they are even torn. Free grain imo

Kapea

Weevles wovvle but they don't fall down!

Kapea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=440l8poSQiA

Smaug

That was good wasn't it.

Littlechicago

wow. just wow... :)

Littlechicago

The problem is we grind a 12k lb trailer of corn at a time. it is in our ground corn.

Kill_Devil_Spirit_Co

Well I guess the first step is to isolate the origin, is it a supplier issue or something in house? Are you using an offsite mill house? Could be on them.

If I may ask, how bad is the infestation?

Littlechicago

We have a 100 ton silo 3 miles away from our facility. We grind 12k lbs (6 ton) in a corn trailer then store it outside of our facility under cover . we go through that in a month. the last trailer had those bugs in the last couple tons. I am willing to use it as I imagine the folic acid isn't enough to hurt our product. I was just asking opinions. The bugs are surely from storing outside.

CothermanDistilling

sounds like grinding half a truckload is worth any extra cost in the warmer months

Smaug

I'm not following your reference to folic acid?

punkin

Pink panther mate.

DeadAnt, ....DeadAnt, ....deadantdeadantdeadantdeadant.

Smaug

Swoosh,,,,,,,,the sound of it going right over my head?

Kill_Devil_Spirit_Co

I'm with cotherman, I'd rather make one or a couple of extra trips and deal with the costs than risk grain spoilage, especially if they were only in the last few tons

You guys go through a hell of a lot of corn haha

jacksonbrown

That's formic acid. Does weevils produce it too?

Smaug

@jacksonbrown said: That's formic acid. Does weevils produce it too?

Ah,,,now makes more sense.

Littlechicago

sorry big thumbs. FORMIC .lol And yes, we go thru a lot of corn and electric.

Littlechicago

I am ok with the loss this time, we get our corn at 130.00 ton anyway.

FullySilenced

i heard a few pounds of dry ice in the corn and they weevils don't survive... in a closed container

FloridaCracker

@FullySilenced said: i heard a few pounds of dry ice in the corn and they weevils don't survive... in a closed container

If there isn't a way to separate them out, I would rather have them live going into the boiler rather than dead or rotting. I usually take my weevles fresh.