Yesterday I was showing my friend all of the brewing I am doing. I open up the fermentation fridge and notice that the jug the blow off line was in was nearly empty.
Quickly I put it together: it is an Altbier that I dropped down to 40*F last week for secondary (from 55*F). I wanted to kick myself in the balls for forgetting about suck back into the carboy.
Now there is about 1/3 gallon of star san solution in the beer. I took a little taster and it tasted like young flat beer, but I am still a little worried. Luckily I swapped out the star san solution after vigorous fermentation was done, but I am still very worried about what could happen.
Am I safe? Will the beer be okay? Should I have even drank the sample?
Since it likely happened last week (dropped temperature last Tuesday), I am hoping the fact that no off flavors were detected means I am in the clear.
Quickly I put it together: it is an Altbier that I dropped down to 40*F last week for secondary (from 55*F). I wanted to kick myself in the balls for forgetting about suck back into the carboy.
Now there is about 1/3 gallon of star san solution in the beer. I took a little taster and it tasted like young flat beer, but I am still a little worried. Luckily I swapped out the star san solution after vigorous fermentation was done, but I am still very worried about what could happen.
Am I safe? Will the beer be okay? Should I have even drank the sample?
Since it likely happened last week (dropped temperature last Tuesday), I am hoping the fact that no off flavors were detected means I am in the clear.