Help! How bad did I mess up?

[Plinythelderphan]

I brewed an IPA with whole leaf hops and everything went great until the siphoning to bottle bucket. I couldn't siphon it with the hops, I tried three different siphons all of which worked for other beers (including one today) and nothing would work! So I had no choice but to either ditch the beer or pour it very slowly through a sieve and a funnel into my bottling bucket. I went about as slow as humanly possible to avoid oxygen. I have never done this before! Is this batch ruined? Thoughts/experiences?

Thanks

 

[Qhrumphf]

Well, you probably oxidized it a bit, but only time will tell how badly. Oxidative off-flavors can take some time to surface, so your best bet would be drink it on the quicker side. IPAs should be fresh anyway, so I'd say once it's carbed have some friends over and pound em down.

 

[jimboj79]

Oxygen pre pitching of the yeast is desired... You'll be fine...

 

[Qhrumphf]

Oxygen pre pitching of the yeast is desired... You'll be fine...

He's talking about en route to the bottling bucket, presumably after dry hopping with whole hops. Not when you want to pick up oxygen.

 

[MaddBaggins]

I always bag my hops, even for dry hop. I have a bunch of stainless steel balls I add to the hop bag to help keep it under the beer instead of riding on top.
Doesn't help you now, but next time.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-stainless-steel-balls/=vf6wzj

 

[jimboj79]

He's talking about en route to the bottling bucket, presumably after dry hopping with whole hops. Not when you want to pick up oxygen.

Oops... Misread... Apologies...

 

[cjgenever]

It's oxidized. By the time they are carbonated you'll know how bad the damage is. It is what it is now. Just relax and don't use a funnel post fermentation again. I use pellet hops and put a paint strainer bag on the outlet of my siphon. Works well.

Maybe this could be rigged up to a cane?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B006FX4ZCK&linkCode=as2&tag=hombrefin-20