Hey guys,
I am currently doing an all grain batch, for like the 8th time, so I'm not a complete noob at it. However when I went to drain it into the pot it just wasn't coming out. So I blew a little into the tube to free it up and added a little more hotter water. This would only work for like 3 seconds each time. I new at this point I must have shaken the tube from the outlet to the cone filter thingy at the bottom. I ran to wallmart, which is just across the street and got some of those rubber mittens for cooking so I could feel around to try to reconnect it. However, I couldn't do this and ended up poring out all of the mash laughter contents into my brew pot so I could fix the problem. I did it as gently as possible but a good amount of aeration took place I could tell by looking at the bubbles on the top of the water. So is my beer ruined? Is there anything I can do? What exactly will this aireration do to the beer?
Let me know what you think.
thanks
Rich
I am currently doing an all grain batch, for like the 8th time, so I'm not a complete noob at it. However when I went to drain it into the pot it just wasn't coming out. So I blew a little into the tube to free it up and added a little more hotter water. This would only work for like 3 seconds each time. I new at this point I must have shaken the tube from the outlet to the cone filter thingy at the bottom. I ran to wallmart, which is just across the street and got some of those rubber mittens for cooking so I could feel around to try to reconnect it. However, I couldn't do this and ended up poring out all of the mash laughter contents into my brew pot so I could fix the problem. I did it as gently as possible but a good amount of aeration took place I could tell by looking at the bubbles on the top of the water. So is my beer ruined? Is there anything I can do? What exactly will this aireration do to the beer?
Let me know what you think.
thanks
Rich