So I meticulously scrub every last inch of my bottling bucket, my siphon tube, my bottling bucket, and of course my bottles. I bother to grab a bottle of Whistle Pig [ten year rye whiskey], to "cleanse my mouth" before siphoning, because I am sophisticated and/or delusional enough to think this will somehow kill the bacteria in my mouth. I've done this several times before. I'm calm and collected.
I then victoriously rip the airlock off my carboy and smell the savory wafting odors of an adequately fermented milk stout. And, in a rush of adrenaline, inexplicably begin pouring my beer directly into my bottling bucket. I can see my siphoning tube. I can see the woefully neglected bottle of Whistle Pig. Yet I continue to pour my milk stout directly into my bottling bucket.
Idiot.
So just how oxidized is my beer? Is my beer ruined? Anyone experience this sort of oxidation before? Should I shame myself by finishing my bottle of Whistle Pig? Thanks.
I then victoriously rip the airlock off my carboy and smell the savory wafting odors of an adequately fermented milk stout. And, in a rush of adrenaline, inexplicably begin pouring my beer directly into my bottling bucket. I can see my siphoning tube. I can see the woefully neglected bottle of Whistle Pig. Yet I continue to pour my milk stout directly into my bottling bucket.
Idiot.
So just how oxidized is my beer? Is my beer ruined? Anyone experience this sort of oxidation before? Should I shame myself by finishing my bottle of Whistle Pig? Thanks.