tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post6103955746394620331..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Bottling in 1914 - chilling, carbonating and filteringRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-35623867870795166782013-09-29T18:22:27.501-07:002013-09-29T18:22:27.501-07:00Coors got into with the media about using asbestos...Coors got into with the media about using asbestos in their filtering years ago. There was a stray paragraph about it in Citizen Coors, I believe. The beer came out of filtering with less asbestos than it went in with. It still made for a good scare story.ed pondeliknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-33969211225605070752013-09-27T01:35:34.326-07:002013-09-27T01:35:34.326-07:00The weird thing about asbestos is that it's co...The weird thing about asbestos is that it's composed entirely of tiny, tiny fibres - not threads, tiny stubs like hair clippings. Very very bad to breathe in - although oddly enough we don't actually know <b>how</b> it causes cancer - but very good to filter stuff through. The jury's out on whether ingesting it is actually bad for you, but it's out in a "how about we just stop using this very nasty substance altogether" sort of way.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-77087648277522890482013-09-26T03:45:00.757-07:002013-09-26T03:45:00.757-07:00I seem to remember that asbestos-based wine filter...I seem to remember that asbestos-based wine filters were still around the the 1970's.JeremyDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-75470157698614730222013-09-25T11:00:00.291-07:002013-09-25T11:00:00.291-07:00Sounds like the asbestos was a filter medium just ...Sounds like the asbestos was a filter medium just like diatomaceous earth in modern breweries which is also carcinogenic if inhaledAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-49545178983076298822013-09-25T09:01:20.921-07:002013-09-25T09:01:20.921-07:00Asbestos is still on industrial filtered beer. It&...Asbestos is still on industrial filtered beer. It's equal to less health Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-70572603326948668812013-09-25T04:46:36.136-07:002013-09-25T04:46:36.136-07:00I thought the risk from asbestos lay in breathing ...I thought the risk from asbestos lay in breathing in the fibres. So while it would be dangerous to the brewers to have it around, would there really be a risk to the drinker?BryanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550482701819539081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-84351465928827241002013-09-25T02:30:13.678-07:002013-09-25T02:30:13.678-07:00Phil,
so only slightly rather than seriously scar...Phil,<br /><br />so only slightly rather than seriously scary.<br /><br />Any idea what purpose the asbestos might have served?Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-83791170736365433082013-09-25T01:46:29.076-07:002013-09-25T01:46:29.076-07:00The bit about whipping the asbestos into a cream i...The bit about whipping the asbestos into a cream is particularly jolly. Actually this was probably OK in health terms - this would have been white asbestos* rather than the seriously nasty blue or brown varieties**, and most health risks from asbestos come from inhaling it anyway. Not a nice thought, though.<br /><br />*If you work with white asbestos over a period of years it's very likely to kill you.<br /><br />**If you find blue or brown asbestos in a building, they send in the men in noddy suits.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.com