is my bucket ruined?

[epistrummer]

I used one of my fermenter buckets for blowoff and didn't clean it until several days after I bottled the beer. it had mold in in it and I was wondering if the bucket is now ruined for fermenting or if it will be ok if I sanitize and clean it really well?

 

[duboman]

I used one of my fermenter buckets for blowoff and didn't clean it until several days after I bottled the beer. it had mold in in it and I was wondering if the bucket is now ruined for fermenting or if it will be ok if I sanitize and clean it really well?

Soak it with some PBW or Oxy and it will all come clean and then sanitize as normal when ready to use again.

 

[theredben]

The mold you saw only happened after the beer was emptied because the mold cannot grow in beer. No need to worry, just clean up properly next time.