About 9 days ago, as I was pitching yeast into a 6 gallon fermentation bucket, I inadvertently dropped a (unsanitized) rubber band into the wort. I immediately fished it out with sanetized tongs, figuring it would be better to reduce the amount of bacteria I introduced.
A few days ago, I racked the beer to secondary. The beer had some dark brown flakes floating on the top which looked like kreusen or yeast - nothing alarming. The beer tasted pretty bitter to me but it's a yeast I haven't used before, so definitely no alarm bells there.
I'm not worrying so much about the beer itself, but I washed the yeast and am wondering how long should I wait to see if an infection emerges before reusing this yeast? Also, I'm planning on reusing the fermentation buckets tomorrow for a new beer - should I nuke them with bleach or just go about my normal StarSan sanitization procedure.
Thanks! Nick
A few days ago, I racked the beer to secondary. The beer had some dark brown flakes floating on the top which looked like kreusen or yeast - nothing alarming. The beer tasted pretty bitter to me but it's a yeast I haven't used before, so definitely no alarm bells there.
I'm not worrying so much about the beer itself, but I washed the yeast and am wondering how long should I wait to see if an infection emerges before reusing this yeast? Also, I'm planning on reusing the fermentation buckets tomorrow for a new beer - should I nuke them with bleach or just go about my normal StarSan sanitization procedure.
Thanks! Nick
