Well
I messed up but Im pretty sure my beer is okay. I did a full mashed and when I was cleaning the grain from my tun, I found a rag under my mash tun! Ugh!
Here is what happened: When I brew, I always clean immediately. I just have too. I dont like leaving things around and my wife wouldnt like it either. So when I clean, I use PBW (1 tsp for a 10 gal) even on my mash tun to help clean out bits of left over grain, run it through the spigot, and then I wipe it dry as best I can In this instance I wiped it dry and then put a clean, dry rag on the bottom over my braid, under my false bottom (I use two defenses to make sure I dont get a stuck mash) to catch any miscellaneous drips from my false bottom I do this to prevent any mold from moisture. Its all overkill but I like to be sure. So once all that is done, and dry, I store these in my basement til the next brew. So a month later ready to brew again (I had a few beers too so my process wasnt as careful as it normally is) , I PBW the tun again (1 tsp - overkill, I know) just for a short time and then rinse with hot boiling water to raise the wall temp of the tun.
All, in all, Im pretty sure the beer is fine. My efficiency suffered but that was due to strike water measurement (beer) I think. Any impurities wouldve been killed through the 60 min boil and 45 min hop stand anyway. Im baffled at my idiocy. I know from now on Ill check under the false bottom but damn what an idiot!
The wort tasted fine, both pre-boil and post. No hint of off-tastes.
I thought Id share my ******* move.
Here is what happened: When I brew, I always clean immediately. I just have too. I dont like leaving things around and my wife wouldnt like it either. So when I clean, I use PBW (1 tsp for a 10 gal) even on my mash tun to help clean out bits of left over grain, run it through the spigot, and then I wipe it dry as best I can In this instance I wiped it dry and then put a clean, dry rag on the bottom over my braid, under my false bottom (I use two defenses to make sure I dont get a stuck mash) to catch any miscellaneous drips from my false bottom I do this to prevent any mold from moisture. Its all overkill but I like to be sure. So once all that is done, and dry, I store these in my basement til the next brew. So a month later ready to brew again (I had a few beers too so my process wasnt as careful as it normally is) , I PBW the tun again (1 tsp - overkill, I know) just for a short time and then rinse with hot boiling water to raise the wall temp of the tun.
All, in all, Im pretty sure the beer is fine. My efficiency suffered but that was due to strike water measurement (beer) I think. Any impurities wouldve been killed through the 60 min boil and 45 min hop stand anyway. Im baffled at my idiocy. I know from now on Ill check under the false bottom but damn what an idiot!
The wort tasted fine, both pre-boil and post. No hint of off-tastes.
I thought Id share my ******* move.