bhughes
Well-Known Member
I brewed my second batch today. Everything went really well as I got to use my new propane burner and did a full boil even faster than doing a partial boil on the stove.
So, of course I'm now hanging out with family for christmas and worried that the one or two mistakes I made will mess up the beer. Basically, there were two instances where my hand was in the cooled wort. I will say that I was dipping my hands in my bucket of starsan sanitizer solution like every 10 minutes. My hand got in the wort once when I was scooping the wort out with a small pitcher(sanitized) putting it into the fermenter. Then, I used a paint strainer when I poured the wort into the fermentor. When I lifted the paint strainer, it looked like there was a gallon of wort still in it trapped in all the gunk, so I had to squeeze the strainer to get some of the wort out, hince the wort was all over my hand.
So, my hands did touch the cooled wort, but is it likely that it was contaminated if I was dipping my hands in the starsan fairly often? thanks
So, of course I'm now hanging out with family for christmas and worried that the one or two mistakes I made will mess up the beer. Basically, there were two instances where my hand was in the cooled wort. I will say that I was dipping my hands in my bucket of starsan sanitizer solution like every 10 minutes. My hand got in the wort once when I was scooping the wort out with a small pitcher(sanitized) putting it into the fermenter. Then, I used a paint strainer when I poured the wort into the fermentor. When I lifted the paint strainer, it looked like there was a gallon of wort still in it trapped in all the gunk, so I had to squeeze the strainer to get some of the wort out, hince the wort was all over my hand.
So, my hands did touch the cooled wort, but is it likely that it was contaminated if I was dipping my hands in the starsan fairly often? thanks