really oxygenated it into secondary...

[mlutha]

I've checked through past threads on dangers of oxygenating when racking, and found many helpful posts about rdw on minor oxygenation during transfer, and it taking several months to cause damage, but I'm pretty sure I crossed the line...

with my 3rd batch (hophead double ipa kit), I did my first-ever transfer into secondary 10 days ago. I used a pail for primary, and have a better bottle that I racked into for secondary. When racking, I came up with the brilliant idea of using a funnel into the carboy to filter any trub sucked up with the racking cane. Doing it as a 1-man operation, I was initially more concerned with my racking cane not sitting on the bottom of primary. After about a minute (and maybe a half gallon) I finally checked the carboy and realized I was completely splashing it in. I'd created about a 4-6" 'head' of bubbles in the carboy. I then realized my blunder and abandoned the funnel and put the ass end of the racking cane down below the wort in the secondary and transferred the rest uneventfully.

Which leads to my question(s). I'm preparing for bottling later today, and am wondering a couple things:

1. Is this batch doomed? I'm assuming 4-6 weeks for conditioning. Has the massive oxygenation spoiled the batch assuming this timeframe? Is it not worth the effort of bottling?
2. Is there any way I can tell by taste/smell now if I've done irreparable damage?

I appreciate any input. I know the mantra to never throw it out, but if it's a lost cause to bottle this, I'll just make today a brew day, as I've got two recipe kits burning a hole in my pantry. Thanks all

 

[jds]

I say go ahead and bottle it. If it tastes fine before you bottle it, it should be OK after priming.

 

[HillbillyDeluxe]

Bottle it, it will be fine. It's unlikely you oxygenated it too bad. First couple batches i did i actually poured from the bucket through a muslin bag and into another bucket to remove sediment. NOT siphon, poured! Did it three times one batch. I had no issues.

 

[mlutha]

thanks for the quick responses. I rdwhahb'd and bottled. Tasted pretty damn fine...

 

[Revvy]

More than likely you DIDN'T over oxygenate it.....

It takes a lot of splashing and other things to do any damage to our beer, someone on basic brewing years ago, (Palmer, or Chris Colby of BYO) said that in order to truly provide enough O2 to oxydize our beers it would take pumping and entire one of our red oxygen bottle/airstones into our beer AFTER fermentation is complete.

Most of the splashing intentional or accidental that we do in the course of our brewing will not harm it...Including pumping with your auto siphon...

So I wouldn't worry.

Read this to see what we've managed to do and our beer still mananged to turno out okay;

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/wh...where-your-beer-still-turned-out-great-96780/

And beside Oxygenation damage isn't immediate anyway, most of us would have our beer drunk long before it would happen.

So I would just relax it is much hardier that you think it is.