MBM30075
Well-Known Member
Last night I brewed an extract American IPA. I was going to use a copper coil heat exchanger, but it sprung a leak, so I had to go the ol' ice bath route in the kitchen sink. My wife accidentally spilled about 1 to 2 oz. of tap water into the cooling wort when it was at about 135F.
I went ahead with the batch as planned, and this morning, I have decent (expected) activity in the blow off.
Question: Did she screw it? I know it's possible to use pure tap water and not screw it up (with bacteria), and it's possible to be extremely careful and sanitary and still screw it up, but what are my chances? Also, what should I look for to tell me whether the batch is hosed? Will a taste test when racking to secondary be good enough to decide? Should I simply stick my nose over the blow off in a day or 2 and see what smell is coming out?
I want to follow RDWHAHB, but I also don't want to put up with a CLEARLY screwed up batch.
Thanks!
I went ahead with the batch as planned, and this morning, I have decent (expected) activity in the blow off.
Question: Did she screw it? I know it's possible to use pure tap water and not screw it up (with bacteria), and it's possible to be extremely careful and sanitary and still screw it up, but what are my chances? Also, what should I look for to tell me whether the batch is hosed? Will a taste test when racking to secondary be good enough to decide? Should I simply stick my nose over the blow off in a day or 2 and see what smell is coming out?
I want to follow RDWHAHB, but I also don't want to put up with a CLEARLY screwed up batch.
Thanks!