Oops! Stir bar in primary!

[scottm1]

Had a great brew day except for that. Made a Belgian specialty ale using a all wheat base. And a single hop schedule of hallertuar hop schedule. Sg at 1.060. What fun!

 

[passedpawn]

Use a magnet and drag it back out.

 

[res291que]

I say leave it, won't hurt any thing unless you need another starter before this beer finishes.


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[duboman]

Use a magnet and drag it back out.

+1
Easy peasy!


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[G-Hog]

I did that the first time I made a starter. Leave it, it won't hurt anything.


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[cjgenever]

Next time pull it out before resting the starter in the fridge. If I don't I always forget it.

 

[harleybug88]

I always put a yellow sticky note on my growler to remind me, and put the magnet on the front counter so it gets in the way.

 

[govner1]

I say leave it, won't hurt any thing unless you need another starter before this beer finishes.


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Leaving it unless you need it right away. Why risk an infection?
You can retrieve it when you rack to secondary or whatever your next preferred step happens to be.


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[Spartan1979]

That's why I bought an extra.

 

[brewbama]

I've also done it. I just left it until I kegged. Then, I bought another one in case it happens again.


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[CanAusBrewer]

Dropped the lid from the growler into the primary before. Beer still turned out great but I couldn't refill my growler for a few weeks.

 

[beernutz]

I've done it twice, the first time I just left it in the primary but the second time I needed it so I used a magnet to pull it out of the primary which is harder than it sounds. Now I use a magnet to remove it from the Erlenmeyer before pitching. I leave the magnet and the stir bar together so I don't forget to use it.

 

[Cyclman]

Everyone who uses stir plates has done this at one point. I bought a six pack of bars cheap on homebrewfinds.

 

[dobes]

I tape a magnet to the side of my starter as soon as it comes off the stir plate. Then it reminds me when I go to pitch it I tape the magnet to the bottom of my starter to keep the stir bar from going into the wort.

 

[TheMinionsThree]

I have not done this yet thankfully. I did drop my bottling wand into secondary trying to use it as a wine thief (beer thief in this case). Works great to pull small sample for refrac test, as long as you don't drop it.

 

[JayInAmes]

Haha, just searching the posts to see if anyone else has done what I just did. Sure enough, they have. Good thing stir bars come in packs of 4, huh?

And here I thought I was special!

 

[schematix]

Everyone who uses stir plates has done this at one point. I bought a six pack of bars cheap on homebrewfinds.

Not true. I have never done it.

I bought an extra large magnet that i stick to a handle on my stir plate. As soon as I take the starter off the plate, i use the magnet to pull the stir bar out. Works every time.