Help please, my bung fell into the carboy!

[LeroyJenkins]

I just finished my first brew, everything went great until the last step. The bung was soaked in starsan and slipped right in. Should I transfer to a new carboy? The yeast was just pitched.

 

[NTXBrauer]

You should be okay, if it was well sanitized. Just add a new bung and your airlock. Let fermentation begin and remove the bung after you transfer to bottle.

 

[skitamofo]

Can you get to the bung? Whatever you pull it out with, make sure it is sanitized.

 

[Epimetheus]

Wow. There are just so many ways to read that wrong.

You should be fine. It will pass.

 

[masskrug]

http://www.jaysbrewing.com/2012/01/11/tip-and-trick-to-get-a-rubber-stopper-out-of-a-carboy/

After fermentation of course.

 

[MaxStout]

Leave it in. You have a greater risk of infection by trying to fish it out.

I had an air stone pop off the end of the tubing once and it spent 4 weeks at the bottom of my carboy. Both the beer and air stone turned out fine.

 

[ChefRex]

You should be okay, if it was well sanitized. Just add a new bung and your airlock.

If you have one, if not spray a piece of aluminum foil with star san and cover, pick up a new stopper as soon as you have a chance.
You'll still have beer

 

[LeroyJenkins]

I had a back up luckily. Thanks for all the ell so quick. So will it give it a weird taste?

 

[ChefRex]

I had a back up luckily. Thanks for all the ell so quick. So will it give it a weird taste?

No

 

[Cider123]

So now you have a gaping bunk hole?

 

[stevem86]

I had the same problem with my second brew. Left it in the carboy for a few weeks and the beer turned out good (it was only my second brew.)
After cleaning the carboy I used the plastic bag trick to get it out. Worked great! Definitely a lot easier than trying to fish it out with a thermometer, a hanger, a potato peeler, the hook on the end of a bungy cord. (I tried a few things before deciding to just leave it in.)

 

[Trox]

Wow. There are just so many ways to read that wrong.

You should be fine. It will pass.

Please tell me pun was not intended...