Hose fell into secondary

[jmcd105]

So I was transferring from my primary bucket to secondary using a hose and spigot. As I tilted the bucket the hose came off due to the weird angle it was being pushed against the opening of the carboy. Tried to fish it out but there was just no way it was going to happen. Decided to slap the air lock on and go back to watching football.

I know not everyone uses a secondary, but I usually do. Anything that came into contact with the brew had been properly sanitized. As for what the tubing was made of, not too sure, its clear and I bought it from from a brew shop.

Wondering if or something similar has happened to anyone before?

I am assuming if I drain the carboy in a few weeks and the hose is still intact that it should be safe to drink. Thoughts?

 

[GPP33]

You're fine. If it was clean you have nothing to worry about.

 

[jmcd105]

You're fine. If it was clean you have nothing to worry about.

Thanks, kind of what I figured.

 

[RM-MN]

You can avoid this happening again by not using a secondary. They aren't required and not terribly useful.

 

[jmcd105]

You can avoid this happening again by not using a secondary. They aren't required and not terribly useful.

Ah yeah knew that was coming eventually!

 

[mongoose33]

When I'm transferring from kettle to fermenter or from fermenter to keg, I submerge all the tubing in my 5-gallon bucket of star-san. That way if something does fall in, it's sanitized. I even will Star-San spray the opening through which the tubing extends, on the off chance something on the lip of the opening contaminates the tubing.

And yes, ditch the secondary. Unless you only have one fermenter and transferring to secondary opens up the primary with which you can brew again!

That's the only reason, in this day and age, I can think of for using a secondary (unless the beer is aging a very long time).

 

[oceanic_brew]

I thought it said your house fell into secondary

 

[jmcd105]

When I'm transferring from kettle to fermenter or from fermenter to keg, I submerge all the tubing in my 5-gallon bucket of star-san. That way if something does fall in, it's sanitized. I even will Star-San spray the opening through which the tubing extends, on the off chance something on the lip of the opening contaminates the tubing.

And yes, ditch the secondary. Unless you only have one fermenter and transferring to secondary opens up the primary with which you can brew again!

That's the only reason, in this day and age, I can think of for using a secondary (unless the beer is aging a very long time).

Like I said in the original post, everything has been properly sanitized, I am not worried about an infection. The worry is having whatever the hose is made of sitting in the brew for weeks.

I have to free up my primary, which is the reason I have 2 brews in secondaries at the moment, one with a hose in it, one without

 

[GPP33]

The tube is vinyl.

 

[botigol]

While placing the airlock in the rubber grommet in the lid of my brew bucket, the grommet popped loose and fell in. I didn't even try to fish it out; collected it after bottling. Since it was sanitized, I say no worries!