Stupidest Mistake yet

[boomtown25]

I swear Murphy must have been a homebrewer because his laws always show up. This move was by far my stupidest one so far and I am bit embarrassed by it but what the hell, here it is. I woke up on Saturday and it was storming outside so I decided to bottle my Dunkelweizen. I sanitized ny bottles and was ready to go and began soaking my caps in a bowl of Star San that I poured out of my carboy from last brewday (I kept it full so I could keep the carboy clean during storage. OR SO I THOUGHT IT WAS STARSAN. With approximately 5 bottles to go, it dawned on me that the StarSan was a bit murky and that is when I realized. It wasn't Star San I was soaking the caps in, but Oxyclean. So needless to say, I capped nearly 45 bottles with caps that were wet with Oxyclean. NOt sure if it will effect my beer, I do not shake them up and they go from the storage room into the fridge and I do not drink out of the bottle, I pour into glass, so slight chance that it will not even touch the beer, but at the same time, they were wet when I capped them (I pull the caps out of the solution right onto the bottle).

 

[brewd00d]

you should good, oxyclean is very similar to the LD Carlson no rinse sanitizer, which i use for sanitation.

no worries!

 

[brewd00d]

for the caps its ok, but i wouldnt use it normally to sanitize.

here is a post i found on it too https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/oxyclean-cleaner-sanitizer-46591/

 

[JWS]

Don't worry about it....first batch I ever did, forgot to clean or sanitize my bottle caps. Just opened the package and went after it.

 

[onipar]

Are you *sure* it was Oxyclean? I only ask because Star San can in fact become quite cloudy if you mix it with tap water. Either way, don't worry too much, I bet it turns out just fine.

 

[nytimez]

I was expecting stupider. You let me down, OP!

 

[boomtown25]

I was expecting stupider. You let me down, OP!

Ha! Ha! Don't worry, I'm sure I will redeem myself in the future!:cross:

 

[PIGMAN]

Ha! Ha! Don't worry, I'm sure I will redeem myself in the future!:cross:

How did you like the Caribou Slobber? I just tasted mine this weekend and I was happy with the way it turned out. Pretty much matched NB's description.

 

[Zixxer10R]

All i kept thinking about is how Oxyclean is such a good cleaner: OXYGEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not that you'll have anything to worry about since CO2 will be touching the cap, not oxyclean.

 

[Longwave]

Yeah I was expecting worse too, haha.

 

[supermoth]

You can also tell by touch. Oxiclean would have been very slippery, while Starsan feels astringent. Either way, you should be fine.

On a distantly related note, my husband once drank several sips of Oxiclean before saying, "This water tastes kind of funny."

 

[Clann]

Don't worry about it....first batch I ever did, forgot to clean or sanitize my bottle caps. Just opened the package and went after it.

That is all I ever do Just open and go. No infections in 50+ batches ever.

Knock on wood

 

[boomtown25]

How did you like the Caribou Slobber? I just tasted mine this weekend and I was happy with the way it turned out. Pretty much matched NB's description.

Love the Caribou Slobber. I began drinking it after one week in bottles and I have one bottle left which I am going to try (try being the key word) for another 3 weeks just to see how good it gets. I even gave a strict BMC friend a bottle and he was impressed!

 

[PIGMAN]

Love the Caribou Slobber. I began drinking it after one week in bottles and I have one bottle left which I am going to try (try being the key word) for another 3 weeks just to see how good it gets. I even gave a strict BMC friend a bottle and he was impressed!

They go down pretty fast.

 

[boomtown25]

They go down pretty fast.

I'm itching to try my Cucumber Honey Ale. It was the first recipe I made up myself (with some inspiration from other posts on here:

6 lbs 2-row
1 lb Honey Malt
1 lb Flaked Barley
2 lbs Vienna

Hop Editions were:

0.75 oz of Saaz at 60
0.25 oz of Saaz at 30
0.50 oz of Saaz at 15

Notty Dry yeast. 70 degrees

Fermented for 7 days and then added about 4-5 lbs of cucumber chopped up to fermentor for 14 days.