Forgot to put water in airlock!

Yesterday I brewed a batch of Brewer's Best Irish Stout and pitched the yeast around 530 PM. I noticed today at 1230 that I forgot to put any sanitized water into my airlock. I then filled it up with sanitized solution.


Do you think my brew will be okay or are all of my efforts wasted?!

You'll probably be fine if you followed good sanitization beforehand. You gave it some protection by putting the empty lock on. I wouldn't worry about it; especially if you have signs of fermentation. Any signs?

You'll be fine. Your beer needs oxygen in this stage anyway. Some breweries still ferment in open containers. No worries.....

Yep, nothing to worry about.

Welcome to HBT! Try to come up with a harder question next time.

Thanks! I've been a forums reader for a few months now, but that was my first post. It's bubbling now, only after thirty minutes of a water-filled airlock!

now just fill it with some cheap ass plastic bottle vodka

defenestrate said:

now just fill it with some cheap ass plastic bottle vodka

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That's what I do! I don't risk any type of water sneaking into the beer.

MacGruber said:

That's what I do! I don't risk any type of water sneaking into the beer.

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i used to fill with water... then i came across a gross bottle of vodka on vacation that i will never drink so...

I had water from my airlock sneak into the fermenting beer and it infected the batch. Ever since then, it's been vodka.

Always Vodka, water is the perfect growth media for yeast and bacteria.

Sanitization is like wearing seat belts. It really doesn't matter if you buckle up or not until you actually get into an accident. Then you're a lot better off if you had your seat belts on. Likewise, infection isn't always going to come for you. You're just a whole lot better off if you're prepared when the nasties come your way. So to follow the analogy, you thought you buckled up when you first got into the car but you were wrong. Do you now buckle up and continue on your way or pull over and jump in the ditch fully expecting your car to explode any second now?

Even if I had water with One Step added?

Dunerunner said:

Always Vodka, water is the perfect growth media for yeast and bacteria.

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