Small amount of sanitizer in bottle.

[Zoltar567]

Hello fellas. Im sure you are tired of hearing this question, but I'd like to ask it anyway as i haven't seen the specifics of my situation answered elsewhere.

I just finished bottling my first batch of beer. I used the Brooklyn Brew Shop kit I got for Christmas.

I had my beer in my glass 1 gallon carboy (after having been fermenting for 2 weeks) and I was siphoning it into a pot so I could mix it with the honey mixture i made before bottling it. I had to get my siphon started so i had my tubing (about 3 feet long) filled with sanitized water. As I started the siphon i didn't dump the water into the sink but instead I let it flow into the pot. It was too late before i realized i was an idiot and i let the 1 gallon of beer mix with the few ounces of sanitized water.

This is the sanitizer in question: http://brooklynbrewshop.com/accessories/brooklyn-brew-shop-sanitizer

I bottled the beer. I tasted it before i bottled it and it did indeed taste like beer. The question is do I have anything to worry about? IE dead yeast or bad taste?

Thanks!

 

[Slow_Day]

No rinse. No problem.
I'm not familiar with this particular brand, but if it tastes OK, no problem. I've read of others mixing much more than this amount with no noticeable effects.


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[Zoltar567]

Yeah that's what i deducted. I figure if it isn't harmful without a rinse then trace amounts cant harm the yeast or flavor. Of course my logic was not enough to settle my paranoia. Thank you!

 

[jc5066]

It will be fine. A little, an ounce or two, in a gallon wont even be noticeable. Sanitizers are food surface safe. You would need to ingest quite a bit of it to make one sick.

 

[Zoltar567]

Will it affect fermentation?

 

[DrWill]

Will it affect fermentation?

As others have noted, it shouldn't do. I admit I often was worried about this and avoided no-rinse sanitisers for a while. It's really not an issue, though that might be a little counter-intuitive.


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