borders
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I brewed my first batch last night. I filled the airlock half full as instructed prior to placing it in the fermenter. When placing it in the fermenter lid, most of the sanitizing solution escaped out the bottom of the airlock, (due to a equilibrium/change of pressure) into the fermenter. I then had to refill the airlock and repeat this step. The wort is fermenting just fine. The airlock is bubbling consistently. Because it appears that fermenation is fine, does anyone know what kind of residual affects sanitizing solution (3-4 oz) in the wort/fermenter has. It's a 5 gallon batch of wort. The sanitizing solution is a powder called "Easy Clean" from L.D. Carlson, requiring 1 tablespoon of it to be mixed per gallon of water. It came with my kit. The label does not say what the powder solution is made of. My main concern is the health affects of this in the final bottled beer and whether I should have any concerns of it being toxic to consume when inadevertantly mixed with the wort. Many thanks for any thoughts or advice.