Left a hop sock in.

voodoochild7 · 01-23-2006, 02:30 PM

I made my sam adams clone last night. After I pulled out the hop socks. I put the brew pot into a cold bath to cool. After cooling I pulled out the pot and poured it into the fermenter I noticed a large splash while pouring turns out one of the socks sank and I left it in the whole time it was cooling. I have no idea if it was the bittering, flavoring, or finishing. What's the scenarios here depending on what bag was left in.

El Pistolero · 01-23-2006, 02:33 PM

Shouldn't matter at all.

**DeRoux's Broux** · 01-23-2006, 02:46 PM

yea, you'll be fine. it was sterilized with the boil....

voodoochild7 · 01-23-2006, 02:47 PM

Not worried so much about sanitation as far as flavor.

**Baron von BeeGee** · 01-23-2006, 02:48 PM

I usually don't remove mine until the wort is cool. Learned that because I kept burning my fingers. When I learned to use tongs the hop bags dripped on my feet and burned them. So now I just wait until everything is cool...haven't noticed any ill effects.

El Pistolero · 01-23-2006, 02:49 PM

Most of us leave our hops in until after the wort is cooled anyway...once the wort starts cooling it isn't extracting any more flavor or aroma from the hops.

**DeRoux's Broux** · 01-23-2006, 02:55 PM

try throwing them in lose too. you'll get better extraction of the oils without them being all bundled together.

Rhoobarb · 01-23-2006, 03:08 PM

Yep, leave them in during wort cooling. It won't affect the beer.

McCall St. Brewer · 01-23-2006, 06:02 PM

I wouldn't worry. I pushed a rubber stopper into my carboy in my last batch. When I bottled it and got the thing out, the stopper smelled like beer, but the stopper did not affect the taste of the beer.