Spigot on primary sprung a leak

[Kaotica]

Self inflicted pain... I brewed a pale ale last night and pitched about 9pm. Finished cleaning around 3pm today and moved my primary bucket in the closet to make some room. Bumped the spigot on the wall and it sprung a leak.

Kinda rushed to clean and sanitize my bottling bucket and poured from one to the other. Got a ton of foam during the pour. Anyone else ever do something like this and still wind up with a good beer?

It was fermenting like crazy when I took the lid off, and all the clumps of kraussen looked like swamp water durning the pour. Hoping it's ok since it was only 18 hrs since pitching.

Opened a home brew and trying to rdwhahb... Pretty awful feeling tho. 90 min later and airlock just started showing signs of life.

May the Beer Gods have mercy on my clumsy soul.

 

[mikeysab]

It's fine, go watch some porn to take your mind off of it.

 

[petey_c]

I agree with mikeysab, it'll be okay.
Is the spigot salvageable?

 

[Kaotica]

I agree with mikeysab, it'll be okay.
Is the spigot salvageable?

Thanks.

Spigot is ok. Unlike my other bucket where this spigot has a very tight fit thru the hole in the bucket, this new one has a bit of a gap so I need to get the rubber gaskets lined up carefully. When I bumped it the whole thing moved and the gasket wasn't covering the hole in the bucket.

 

[Lucky_Chicken]

the reason why I dont use them for fermentation, i dont trust the seals... however i agree with everyone else, you will be fine!

 

[Kaotica]

Saved. Overshot OG with a 1.068. After 5 days reached FG of 1.016, abv is 7.1% but looks good and the sample tasted pretty good despite the blunder. Thank you Almighty Beer Gods.

Here she is:

 

[3PegBrew]

Nice color. Probably look even better after conditioning.

 

[Mikethepoolguy]

I'm glad you got it fixed. But sometimes they will leak and can't be fixed. This would be a problem if you didn't have another fermenter. Buy an extra spigot to keep for that situation. I am glad I did.