I recently had to relocate my carboy during its secondary fermentation stage. The brew stayed in the primary for 5 days and was good and fermented. I carried the carboy from the house to the car and along the drive it splashed and sloshed around a bit. Will this oxidize my brew or would it be alright considering the only gas in the carboy with the brew would be CO2 ?Also would this hurt my carbonation in the end? The brew is Mexican Cerveza.
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BlueHouseBrewhaus
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It won't effect your carbonation. It may have created a little oxidation but it's hard to tell. Partly, it depends on how long the drive was. Also, if the primary truly fully fermented, there may not be much CO2 in the secondary. Your best bet would be just to drink it faster before any oxidation shows up 
It was only in the secondary for 48 hours.It still had some fermenting I suppose.The drive was only 5 minutes there was a fair bit of bubbling and the airlock was bubbling good.. also I plan to drink them 3 weeks or so after being bottled.
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It should b ok but I do have a few follow up questions.
When it was transported was it capped or with an airlock? If it was capped it would build positive pressure from off gassing from the splashing and what not and would keep o2 out as well as bugs. With an air lock the gasses would go both ways.
A few more details might be nice but I hope I helped a bit.
When it was transported was it capped or with an airlock? If it was capped it would build positive pressure from off gassing from the splashing and what not and would keep o2 out as well as bugs. With an air lock the gasses would go both ways.
A few more details might be nice but I hope I helped a bit.
Mexibilly
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5 days primary makes me think there will likely be more co2 production, which might help drive off any oxygen.
If it was sealed and had an airlock the splashing may likely have been little more than co2 splashing bubbles
If it was sealed and had an airlock the splashing may likely have been little more than co2 splashing bubbles
It had the airlock on but it would still have slight positive pressure inside would it not? As it splashed the airlock was bubbling releasing co2. Also the primary fermenter was a bucket with lid no airlock sealed fairly tight and lid bulged so I think it held some additional carbonation.
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You'll be fine.
rnm410
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After one day of fermentation dissolved oxygen levels in wort can drop down to 30 ppb. When you are oxygenating wort prior to fermentation you are achieving 5-8 ppm of DO.
Oxygen will slowly be replaced by CO2 as a fermentation byproduct, where the lighter gas is expelled out under non turbulent conditions.
I would say you have nothing to worry about as long as you kept the system sealed.
30 ppb = 0.030 ppm
7 ppm = 7000 ppb
0.4% of the initial DO after one day, i.e. 230 times lower oxygen in liquid
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The BREWER International • March 2002
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