First all grain batch

[flashburn66]

Hello all.

So about 3 1/2 weeks ago i did my first all grain batch of beer. Lots of things i learned while doing this but at least now i have an idea of what to do better next time. I did a pliney the elder clone recipe which when i kegged it turned out pretty much spot on with my readings i took. If anything it may be a bit higher abv wise.

After i got it kegged i tasted a little bit. It has the aroma spot on of an ipa for sure. I have never tasted a flat ipa before so dont know if its spot on on the flavor. But it made me look through my notes on brew day and i really didnt think much of it at first but now wonder if i may have contaminated my beer.

Before i brewed it i had made a hop spider with a pvc reducer and some threaded rod i got. I saw it somewhere on here. When brewing i didnt realize but the steam melted/warped it and it drooped into the wort while boiling. Part of it even slipped into the pot while it was boiling. I fished it out as soon as i realized it. I dont recall how long it was in the wort for though.

Do u guys think it will be safe to drink or should i chuck it up to a lesson learned and start over.

Thanks.

 

[day_trippr]

So, did you taste something "off" that's bothering you?

I wouldn't worry about a bit of dunking/dripping from a PVC collar, that's likely happened to everyone that made the mistake of building a hop spider using PVC.
Sounds like you got to it fairly quickly, and given the exposure we all have to PVCs a little bit more ain't gonna grow you a third eye

Cheers!

 

[flashburn66]

heres a pic of it before it fell in. you could see it was touching the boiling wort... again i dont recall how long it was like this as i was going back and fourth cleaning and sanitizing equipment at the same time.

Im not really sure if it tasted off or not, I haven't tasted a home made ipa before. or pvc lol. I thought it tasted fine tell you the truth, I just got worried when i remembered that had happend with the hop spider.

 

[Dcpcooks]

Any cured or uncured epoxy? If not your GTG. If you glued it idk

 

[NorthwestBrewman2013]

I'd say you're probably okay to let it ride. One cheap fix to this PVC issue is to use a collar for a garbage disposal. They are SS and pretty cheap to buy. Only thing you'll have to do is drill the holes for the SS bolts and you're good to go.

 

[flashburn66]

No epoxy what so ever just a white 3" to 2 " pvc reducer found in Home depot with some threaded bar stock and nuts holding it together and a couple of zip ties holding cheese cloth with the hops.

Ive deffinetly tossed the hop spider since. I found a stainless one at a local home brew store for $36 that I will be getting for my next batch I do.

lol I was just a little paranoid after reading some things about how bad pvc is. I guess they mean if you melt the whole thing into it and let it sit at the bottom for the whole boil process.

 

[kh54s10]

Some people are paranoid about plastics leaching chemicals..... I wouldn't worry about it unless the pvc melted enough to actually run, not just bend.