HELP! Did I ruin my beer?

brewsterk2 · Feb 26, 2010

I was just taking a gravity reading to see how soon until racking to the seconday for clearing. I was putting the bung back on with the airlock already on it. I didt realize there was still a small amount of water/sanitizer solution inside and a few drops got into the batch. What can I do? Should I be worried? Thanks for any and all input.

Phil · Feb 26, 2010

Relax, Don't Worry, Have a Beer?

TipsyDragon · Feb 26, 2010

+1 RDWHAHB. you will have to try harder than that to infect your beer.

brewsterk2 · Feb 26, 2010

thanks guys. I guess I just wigged out. I tasted the beer though. It's an IPA. Somewhere near 100 IBU's with a badass hop flavor and oily mouthfeel. Got it near 1.017 from 1.065. I think a couple more days in the primary will do.

ReverseApacheMaster · Feb 26, 2010

If you're trying to infect your beer, drop a deuce in it.

wyzazz · Feb 26, 2010

What kind of sanitizer do you use? Hopefully not bleach. If it's one of the no rinse varities like iodophor or starsan you'll be just fine.

Pappers_ · Feb 26, 2010

TipsyDragon said:
+1 RDWHAHB. you will have to try harder than that to infect your beer.

I may have sunk my entire arm into a batch once. The real problem is that now I have to do the same thing with every batch because that one turned out so well . . .
:ban:

Bacchus · Feb 26, 2010

I've dropped a whole hell of a lot worse in my brews and they all came out fantastic. Relax and get ready to enjoy the end product, my man.

LVBen · Feb 26, 2010

brewsterk2 said:
I was just taking a gravity reading to see how soon until racking to the seconday for clearing. I was putting the bung back on with the airlock already on it. I didt realize there was still a small amount of water/sanitizer solution inside and a few drops got into the batch. What can I do? Should I be worried? Thanks for any and all input.

Next time, use vodka instead of sanitizer.
This time... RDWHAB

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