How bad do you think this is?

[MTBAdam]

I was making my second kit last weekend and had my immersion wort chiller spring a leak due to the pressure from my hose. It sprayed right into the wort. So I turned the hose back off and brought the wort back up to a boil for about 5 minutes to kill everything that might have gone into the wort. Fixed the immersion chiller and this time turned the hose on just slightly to not have it happen again. I'm figuring it's fine but just wondered what you'd all say.

 

[Gnomebrewer]

You'll get a bit more bitterness from the increased boiling. Possibly a slight rubber taste from the hose water. Apart from that, you'll be fine.

Edit: And it might be a bit more watered down, depending on how much water got into the wort.

 

[unionrdr]

...& how much boil-off you had to start with.

 

[MTBAdam]

Yeah. This batch had so many screw ups from using a new propane burner that I almost just dumped it but I've read enough posts here saying just to wait that I said **** it.

 

[unionrdr]

Yup. Sometimes, ya just gotta say F**** it & soldier on... I did that, once again, with my Hellfire IIPA that was a series of unfortunate events...to say the least. All in al, it still came out pretty decent for my 1st imperial.

 

[Auger]

Same thing happened to me while brewing over the summer. It was my second batch of the day and I was tired and not paying attention, and the hose came off the chipper and sprayed probably 8-12oz of water into the wort. I didn't even bother re-boiling at that point, I just said screw it and hoped for the best. Beer came out fine.

 

[ace0005]

I've had a similar situation happen to me. The difference was that someone intentionally added about a gallon of hose water to my fermenter to add volume! The result was that we made horrific beer!

Overall, the result will mostly depend on the type of water you have, and the type of hose you are using. If you are using a regular garden hose, then you can have big problems. (Boiling your wort to kill bacteria was a good idea) Garden hoses are not food rated, and therefore are more prone to allowing mold and bacteria to grow inside of it. I suggest you invest in an RV hose (usually colored white). They are made to handle drinking water, and are less prone to growing mold and bacteria.

 

[MTBAdam]

Good to know. How do people usually get water from a hose to use to make wort? Do you get a water filter to add on to the hose and then also use food safe hosing? Just wondering as I've been building up to do more brews outside.

 

[ace0005]

I usually use water from my tap, & I already got water profile from my water company which lets me know the type of water I have, luckily I have soft water so there really is nothing I need to do to it. But, according to Brew Like a Pro by Dave Miller, if you have what's known as hard water you will need a reverse osmosis filter. If this is the case then you will need to add certain minerals to your water. Some people really get into it and use a reverse osmosis filter to strip the water of all the minerals and then they recreate water used by certain breweries by adding minerals.

 

[Auger]

Good to know. How do people usually get water from a hose to use to make wort? Do you get a water filter to add on to the hose and then also use food safe hosing? Just wondering as I've been building up to do more brews outside.

That's pretty much what I do. I got a ball valve attachment on the end of a food-grade hose, hooked up to a hose bibb in my basement. I don't filter it though, since our tap water is pretty decent quality. I just use campden tablets for the chloramine.

 

[bucfan1234]

I think you will be fine. The extra boiling will have killed anything that got in. Unless a ton hose water got in, I don't think you will have rubber flavor fro the hose.

That Same thing happened to me on the first batch I brewed outside with a new IC.

I gambled that not much hose water made it in and that the wort was hot enough to pasteurize it. I let it sit a a couple minutes while I fixed the IC, and then chilled, transferred and pitched.

Beer turned out great!