polamalu43
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Here’s a classic is this infected question:
I strained my wort through mesh bag with elastic band that fits around my brew bucket. Because I used an obscene amount of hops (7 ounces), they absorbed a lot of the wort. Thus, in order to get the liquid out of the mesh bag, I squeezed it. In fact, I squeezed it a lot. A good deal of cooled wort ran over my hands as I squeezed it into the fermenter.
What do you think are the odds this will infect my beer?
My hands were definitely clean. I also had been dunking them in some iodophor throughout the brew session, but I’m not 100% confident that they would qualify as sanitary when I squeezed the wort. They might have been, but I don’t know.
I’m not a total noob—this was my 10th batch. Thus, I know the only way to tell will be to just wait a few weeks and see. In the mean time, I’ll RDWHAHB.
LESSON FOR OTHER BEGINNERS: In the future, if you need to squeeze the nylon bag used for straining, make sure your hands are SANITARY!
I strained my wort through mesh bag with elastic band that fits around my brew bucket. Because I used an obscene amount of hops (7 ounces), they absorbed a lot of the wort. Thus, in order to get the liquid out of the mesh bag, I squeezed it. In fact, I squeezed it a lot. A good deal of cooled wort ran over my hands as I squeezed it into the fermenter.
What do you think are the odds this will infect my beer?
My hands were definitely clean. I also had been dunking them in some iodophor throughout the brew session, but I’m not 100% confident that they would qualify as sanitary when I squeezed the wort. They might have been, but I don’t know.
I’m not a total noob—this was my 10th batch. Thus, I know the only way to tell will be to just wait a few weeks and see. In the mean time, I’ll RDWHAHB.
LESSON FOR OTHER BEGINNERS: In the future, if you need to squeeze the nylon bag used for straining, make sure your hands are SANITARY!