I'm new to home brewing and am on my third batch of beer.
I've got a 4 day old batch fermenting in a traditional plastic bucket with bubbler.
yesterday I noticed the rubber grommet that the bubbler fits into was kind of unseated a little, so I made the foolish decision of taking the bubbler out and trying to fix it. What happened instead was, when I removed the bubbler, the grommet FELL INTO THE BEER! Now I've got the bubbler just sort of loosely fitting in the hole that's left.
So at this point I'm sure there is at least some minimal contamination - there's no way that grommet was 100% clean. I'm trying to put together a batch of beer for memorial day and I only have one fermenter.
My question to experience brewers is: Should I throw this batch away and just start over, or is there a chance it will still turn out ok? I hate to throw $30 away (not to mention the 5 hours of work), but I would rather do that that have no beer to serve at my memorial day party...
thanks! Any advice would be much appreciated!
I've got a 4 day old batch fermenting in a traditional plastic bucket with bubbler.
yesterday I noticed the rubber grommet that the bubbler fits into was kind of unseated a little, so I made the foolish decision of taking the bubbler out and trying to fix it. What happened instead was, when I removed the bubbler, the grommet FELL INTO THE BEER! Now I've got the bubbler just sort of loosely fitting in the hole that's left.
So at this point I'm sure there is at least some minimal contamination - there's no way that grommet was 100% clean. I'm trying to put together a batch of beer for memorial day and I only have one fermenter.
My question to experience brewers is: Should I throw this batch away and just start over, or is there a chance it will still turn out ok? I hate to throw $30 away (not to mention the 5 hours of work), but I would rather do that that have no beer to serve at my memorial day party...
thanks! Any advice would be much appreciated!