forgot to sanitize bottling bucket

[sillyburt]

well it's like my 7th or 8th batch that I've bottled.

last night in a rush I put sanitizer in the bucket. started srewing on spigot after washing it with sanitizer....and somehow forgot to wash the walls of the bucket down with sanitizer. siphoned off beer from primary. only about half way thru bottling did I realize what I had done.

any suggestions and/or input?

I'm thinking perhaps just start drinking them as quick as possible before something nasty happens?

 

[maddriverman]

Itll be fine.....just drink the beer .:fro:

 

[Baldy_Beer_Brewery]

If I had to wager, I'd bet on it being fine.

 

[bsteele]

Itll be fine.....just drink the beer .:fro:

...unless you pooped in the bucket or something... but then I would have other questions...

 

[djt17]

...been there, done that...it was fine.

 

[brewagentjay]

1 + Drink it and it'll be fine.

 

[jturie]

The alcohol in your batch will most likely defeat any bad germs so long as you haven't been using your bottling bucket to tar your driveway. 99.5% sure you'll be fine.

 

[sillyburt]

whew, good news to hear.

like I said out of 7-8+ batches I've been (IMHO) pretty good about sanitation. but this time in a ruxh I totally forgot.

thanks for the good news

 

[l1ranger]

...unless you pooped in the bucket or something... but then I would have other questions...

+1 not pooping in your bottling bucket

 

[Dave11980]

Wait, hold on, so your not supposed to double up your bottling bucket as a camping latrine?

 

[Jalbert]

this is why I poop in my friend's bottling buckets.

 

[jturie]

Preferable to poop in carboys because a) it's a targeting challenge and b) you can see your results.