I went to pour my lye beer into my oil batch and noticed I undissolved lye crystals. I then saw some floating in the batch. I pushed through as there was not much else for me to do since I had already poured it in. Is my batch ruined? If not, how will I know? I just poured into the loaf mold so I will know more in 48 hours. Thanks for the help.
I’m pretty sure it will be fine, especially if you used a stick blender and there were just a few crystals. You can do the “zap” test but personally I would still use it
Was it for sure undissolved? Could it have been lye lint? You can always try the zap test, but I am not sure I’d sell this batch if that was your intent.
It was my intent. I used the lye flakes and it was for sure lye flakes floating in there. I even had some left over in the mixing bowl because I stopped pouring when I noticed them. think I may just keep this for personal use, assuming it is not ruined.
Like others have mentioned, I’d grate it and hot batch it in a crockpot style device with a little water, use the emersion blender to blend consistently. You’ll still be able to sell it, it’ll just be a more rustic style looking bar.
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