HELP! aeration stone is stuck in my carboy!

[Bisco_Ben]

Hey guys, I need some advice real fast! My aeration stone fell off and is now stuck in the bottom of my carboy filled with unfermented beer that I plan to enter into a competition. What would you advise that I do? I dont have an open carboy to transfer to at the moment but I could shuffle some stuff around and free one up if absolutely needed. Quick insight would be much appreciated!!!

 

[WayFrae]

I would just leave it in there if I were you.

EDIT: You can call it Totally Stoned Pale Ale or something along those lines

 

[EuBrew]

2 options

It's stainless and you trusted it was sanitary enough to oxygenate your wort. Leave it and see if you can boil it after your beer is done to salvage or buy a new one, they aren't overly expensive.

Or find a coat hanger and sanitize it and go fishing.

 

[PrinceOfThePoint]

Yes, just leave it in. There are all sorts of inert objects you could leave in a fermentation vessel with virtually no effect. Most metals and plastics... no problem. Cheers

 

[Gentlemans_Ale]

Not sure if it's magnetic but you could guide it out with a strong magnet from the outside. I've done this with a stir plate bar I dumped into my carboy.

 

[k1ngl1ves]

Stop playing with it, or you'll get it infected.



At least that's what my Doc says. I don't listen...

 

[Reaver]

Get some masking tape and mark the carboy so you don't forget to fish it out at the end. You'll have to wade through the trub, so you might not see it to remember. Many stories of people dumping stirbars they forgot on the forum.

 

[Bisco_Ben]

Heyy, so I figured I would update this thread. I wound up winning 1st place with this beer at a local festival/competition in Brooklyn, NY. Obviously the aeration stone didnt effect anything, just make sure its sanitized! Cheers!!!

 

[Hello]

Get some masking tape and mark the carboy so you don't forget to fish it out at the end. You'll have to wade through the trub, so you might not see it to remember. Many stories of people dumping stirbars they forgot on the forum.

I never forgot my stir bar on the forum.

 

[Dixon9717]

That's awesome congrats....

 

[chickypad]

Heyy, so I figured I would update this thread. I wound up winning 1st place with this beer at a local festival/competition in Brooklyn, NY. Obviously the aeration stone didnt effect anything, just make sure its sanitized! Cheers!!!

Hold on, can we really be sure? I'd say you're obligated to add the stone every time you brew this now.

 

[HumulusHead]

Hold on, can we really be sure? I'd say you're obligated to add the stone every time you brew this now.

Solid point.

Your gonna go broke brewing this beer!

 

[LarMoeCur]

Old post but if it happens again. Use a magnet to walk it up to the neck. I used a sanitized pinch arm from harbor freight to grab it from there. Nothing touched the beer or carboy.

 

[Bisco_Ben]

LarMoeCur, I tried to do that with my keeper magnet. It seems that my aeration stone was made of ceramic or something of the sort and didnt have any magnetic properties.

 

[ImNoExpert]

Hmmm... Maybe I should dump my aeration stone in my beer...